Comments on: Baby food blooper

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:33:17 +0000

I love my baby bullet. My husband and I are going to use it for my son but I’ve already began using it for smoothies.

By: RhodeyGirl

RhodeyGirl — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:26:49 +0000

Awesome video hahaha! I was making a video once and the blender BROKE when I put it on, splattering silken tofu (gross) EVERYWHERE. It was hilarious.

By: tobasco

tobasco — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:58:53 +0000

Here’s a dirty little secret – babies don’t need purees. *SHOCK!!! AWE!!!* Historically speaking, baby’s first food was sucking/gnawing on a nice thick bone – lots of nutrients actually. My daughter never got purees and my life was so much easier for it. There are strong developmental arguments against purees. Check out “baby led weaning”.

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:26:00 +0000

The BabyBullet does not cook. There are a few recipes included in a cookbook.

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:45:15 +0000

… And i thought the only peril was it being so good you had to start your own business a la Baby Boom

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:22:09 +0000

I have a magic bullet and the warnings on the box to not use the engine for more than like 15 seconds at a time made me wonder about the Baby Bullet. I can’t help but question if they made it more robust.

I have a KidCo, which is basically the same thing, I think, since I also bought little baby food cups similar to the ones up there. I think the baby bullet is supposed to do the steaming too, though? which could be a nice feature.

I counted up how many things I puree’d the other day and I came up with 15 different things. and I still have a ton of cubes in the freezer… and my 8 month kiddo is on finger foods. So…… yeah – I’m glad I didn’t spend too much on the whole puree concept.

It’s very cute though. and if I had known about it back when I bought my KidCo, I might have bought it instead. because I’m a sucker for cute and my kid is spoiled.

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:07:30 +0000

@Rebeca, I love how you credit the BROKEN bullet with a smoother transition to table food.

By: Rebeca @ The Average Parent

Rebeca @ The Average Parent — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:13:18 +0000

i used the traditional magic bullet for my baby food and instantly got mom envy when I saw a friend of mine post a picture of her super cute baby bullet. I did a lot of big batches at first and continually replenished my freezer stockpile with whatever was left over from our nightly meals. It was great, super handy, didn’t take up as much space as a blender, and was really easy to wash (we don’t have a dishwasher ) Unfortunately, it died after just 4 months of use. I learned that the magic bullet is super cool…but you have to be easy on it, or it won’t last long.

On the upside, the broken bullet allowed us to move to regular table food at 8 months…much sooner than I did with my jar fed first born.

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:06:20 +0000

I can’t see a reason to use a tiny blender like this when you could make larger batches. But then again, I did save it so ask me in several months.

By: Elana

Elana — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:58:48 +0000

I use a mini Cuisinart and immersion blender so I can do multiple flavors at once. I store in the Toys R Us brand trays which are super easy to use, individual containers. Its a nice combo cause you make in large batches but are storing in baby food containers. The trays are cheap, BPA free, etc.

By: Christi Woodworth

Christi Woodworth — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:40:31 +0000

HIGH-larious! We’re starting food this weekend and I’m planning on making our baby food using a mini-cuisinart and ice cube trays. Any real reasons other than the cool accessories to go w/ the bullet, beaba or any other baby food maker?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:39:23 +0000

I keep seeing the infomercials for this and it is SO ADORABLE. With the little faces on the storage cups…ugh they know how to sell a product.

I made all our baby food…and never purchased anything special, other than some ice cube trays since we didn’t already have any. But I found it was nice to make a larger batch at a time, and I even on a couple of occassions thought to puree some more than the rest, thus creating “stages” and labeling them as such. I cannot imaging using a device that would make so little food at a time, since it seems it would just take longer…or worse, just as much time, with less to show for it.

Then again, I was more of the “batch and freeze” method, and a lot of people prefer to make it fresh every few days, and simply store in the fridge. Those little cups sure would make it easier to bring baby food along on outings, too. So I guess it depends on your style. I think I can probably safely stick with what works for me for this next little one.