Question by mommy2dw: Organic babyfood vs. Regular babyfood?
What really is the difference?? I know that my daughter loves the organic better, but i really dont like paying the price for the organic. I had a bunch of organic babyfood that i found clearanced–but im about to run out of it. I dont really want to spend the money on the organic, if she will eat the regular..which she does…so is there really a difference or what?
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Answer by sanveann
I’ve always fed my son (14 months now) organic food. I just don’t like the idea of pesticides and other crud being in his little system. Plus, there is some research showing that organic foods have more nutrients.
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why dont you try making your own? a blender or food processor and whatever food she likes. that way you know whats in it
There isn’t much difference.
Will you be feeding only organic foods once she’s on table food? If so, I would stick with the organic (or make your own from the produce you buy.) If you will be giving her ordinary non-organic foods — a couple of months of organic babyfood aren’t going to make any difference in her life-long load of toxins/pesticides.
well have organic and save money buy making it urself. Its not time consuming it only takes a few minutes actually. I have 4 kids and always bought the food. And its so high. I just started making my own for my 6 month old daughter. you can buy organic foods and make them yourself in a blender or even buy the baby food machines….
There is bad stuff in the non-organic. There are preservatives, pesticides and a lot more harmful stuff. Take what you are eating and puree it in your blender, then you will have better foods. Don’t give chicken though unless you have bought the natural chicken. It has LOTS of hormones that are making children develop faster. And I’m not talking about being able to read at 3! Check ingredients in EVERYTHING nowadays, foods, drinks, immunizations, medicines, toys, you will be surprised at what they are giving to our children, which in a lot of cases are quite harmful.
Don’t use baby food at all and its even cheaper.
http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintro...
It appears that a baby’s general development keeps pace with the development of his ability to manage food in his mouth, and to digest it. A baby who is struggling to get food into his mouth is probably not quite ready to eat it.
Pureed baby food is ‘unnatural’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/676279...
She said children should be fed only with breast or formula milk for six months, then weaned onto solids to improve control over how much they ate.
This could prevent babies becoming picky about food.
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Solids best
After six months, Mrs Rapley said babies were capable of taking food into their mouths and chewing it.
Therefore, feeding them pureed food at this time could delay the development of chewing skills.
Instead, she said, they should be given milk and solid pieces of food which they could chew.
Mrs Rapley argued that babies fed pureed food had little control over how much food they ate, thus rendering them vulnerable to constipation, and running a risk that they would react by becoming fussy eaters later in life.
She blamed the food industry for convincing parents that they should give children pureed food.
She said: “Sound scientific research and government advice now agree that there is no longer any window of a baby’s development in which they need something more than milk and less than solids.”
http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintro...
The babies who participated in the research were allowed to begin at four months. But they were not able to feed themselves before six months. Some of the younger babies picked food up and took it to their mouths; some even chewed it, but none swallowed it. Their own development decided for them when the time was right. Part of the reason for this study was to show (based on a theory of self-feeding) that babies are not ready for solid food before six months. It seems that we have spent all these years working out that six months is the right age and babies have known it all along!
It seems reasonable to predict that if parents choose to provide babies with the opportunity to pick up and eat solid food from birth they will still not be able to do it until around six months. The principle is the same as putting a newborn baby on the floor to play: he is being provided with the opportunity to walk but will not do so until about one year – because his own development stops him. But: everything depends on the baby being in control. Food must not be put into his mouth for him. Since it is very tempting to do this, it is probably safer to recommend that babies should not be given the opportunity to eat solid food before six months.
http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintro...
Many parents worry about babies choking. However, there is good reason to believe that babies are at less risk of choking if they are in control of what goes into their mouth than if they are spoon fed. This is because babies are not capable of intentionally moving food to the back of their throats until after they have learnt to chew. And they do not develop the ability to chew until after they have developed the ability to reach out and grab things. Thus, a very young baby cannot easily put himself at risk because he cannot get the food into his mouth in the first place. On the other hand, the action used to suck food off a spoon tends to take the food straight to the back of the mouth, causing the baby to gag. This means that spoon feeding has its own potential to lead to choking – and makes one wonder about the safety of giving lumpy foods off a spoon.
The toxic chemicals farmer’s spray on fruits & veggies are not on there. I would be thrilled that she loves it. I would see if there is an 800 number or look up the company on the internet & beg them for coupons.Maybe this could offset your cost. Or I would see if they had other ideas in how to get them cheaper. Can you order by the case. I think it is a good investment in how she feels, thinks, looks, etc.
If you’re that concerned you should make your own then you know everything that is going into it; my wife has never given any of our children shop bought baby food.
i try to feed my family organic when ever possible.
the difference is the chemicals, pesticides and stuff like that.
Organic food (in plants) is food that has not been sprayed with potentially hazardous chemicals such as pesticides herbicides fungicides. They are not exposed to radiation. They are not grown by poor farming practices such as human feces or sewage fertilizers.
Though (they may say) these chemicals pose little dangers to adults, children and babies are very sensitive to these and the risks are much greater.