baby food

I was just wondering about baby food. I have started to give Max a little food at night. He has some cereal and with that I give him some carrots. But on another parent forum that I frequent seems like that they all make their baby food. Should I be doing this? Is it ok to feed him jar food? I went and looked at all the ingredients of stage one food veggies and all of them just said what veggie it was and water. Am I missing something here on the labels? I plan to buy just the organic one. Does it really save you money? I don't want to buy all kinds of veggies and fruits which can be expensive and not have hime like any of it. He is just starting out so I am just doing one veggie a week, so far he likes the carrots.

I am just starting to feel like a bad mother if I don't make his food. I plan on it when he is older and when he goes to stage 3 foods.

Just confused!

Hi,

Jar baby food is perfectly fine.  I would puree foods for the kids at times.  To expose them to all of the different foods the jars were great.  I never feed them stage three, by that time we switched them to table food. 

It is perfectly fine to feed them jarred food.  I have made some when they were eating the pureed, but for the most part, they were fed jarred food.  It gave them a variety of foods and they didn't mind eating it.  Now they are 11 months old and they are eating almost all table food.  As long as he is getting a well-balanced diet, that is all that matters.

You are totally not a bad mom... jared food is perfectly fine for your baby. If it wasn't - they wouldn't make it. -)

I actually make some and I buy some. I originally thought I would make it all... but there are a lot things that aren't in season or things I can't find organic. The things that I have found and made I made a batch and froze it in cubes. (apples, mango, sweet potato, squash, bananas, avacodo) It is quite simple and doesn't take as much time as I thought. I also don't buy a lot of fruit or veggies at at time - a little goes a long way.

Hugs,
Erika

i have never made not one bit... i dont have time for it or the energy... really he only eats the fruits now.. he eats "real" veggies.. and likes them much better..

Thank you ladies, this makes me feel so much better!!!!!

Jar baby good is perfectly healthy, as well as homemade.  The biggest difference, homemade food is way cheaper!  I make a lot of Libby's food, except dinners.  She does not like homemade meat.  I think the texture is just too weird for her.  So, I make her fruits and veggies.  It is much cheaper than buying it.
Also, organic isn't any better for your kids than non-organic.  I did some research on it a while back ago for a friend of mine that swears it is healthier.  Here is just one article to read
http://www.ajc.com/eveningedge/content/eveningedge/stories/2 008/09/04/advice_on_organic_food.html