Things I'm Loving: Baby Food Pouches and Snacks

Hopefully by now, we have boarded the plane to Maui and Little Miss has fallen asleep...

I was totally into making all of Lilly's food, until I realized that we don't always have new foods for her to try. So I tried a couple different brands. I was so SHOCKED at how misleading the labels are. 

I would find sugar, added preservatives, and a whole slough of unpronounceable ingredients.

However, Peter Rabbit Organics are the best.

If the flavor is Apple, Banana, you will find the ingredients as organic banana and organic apple.

There may be organic lemon juice to keep it preserved, but this is by far the best brand.

Its also certified organic by Oregon Tilth, which is a good company and very trustworthy.

One of Lilly's favorites

They retail for about 1.50, depending on where you get them.

And they sell them at some Starbucks, which is great when I don't have time to get to a grocery store.

In a close second, is Happy Baby.

They have some great products, but you can't take the flavor at its word like Peter Rabbit Organics.

We recently bought a Blueberry, Purple Carrot, and Apple food pouch. However, it also had Salba, which is from the same family as a chia seed. There was white grape juice and a few other things, which didn't bug me, but CHECK THE LABEL.

Happy Baby has a line for toddlers too, Happy Toddler and one for babies, Happy Bellies.

These products were a success with little miss (I did break them into smaller pieces for her to eat.)

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What products have you had success with? Any that you swear by? Let us know!!

(all thoughts are my own. I was not paid to write this article, I just simply wanted to share my thoughts on these lovely products.)

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Feeding Lilly: An Update

So I just wanted to share another update about Lilly's feeding. 

It seems like this is all I do and stress about.

Since feeding Lilly, we decided to do Baby-Led Weaning.

So far we have tried:

Blueberries (frozen in those Munchkin pouches)

Apple slices,

Carrot slice

Quinoa

She seems to really like it!!

We tried the packets, and she takes a little bit.

I'm not sure if she is confusing textures, not liking purees because she is still breastfed, but this Baby-Led weaning seems to be working.

It might be because she has 8, yep EIGHT, teeth.

It is really good for her teething. I make sure to watch her, and not let her eat too big of bites.

What are your thoughts on feeding baby?

***UPDATE*** I combined apple and butternut squash purees that I made with some water, and Lilly loved it. We are on our way to eating. She such a curious little one!!

Food update for Lilly

Well, We've been trying purée foods for a while with Lilly but she doesn't seem to like them very much. I posted before that should we had tried butternut squash sweet potato, apple, and banana, and peas. I tried the HappyTot brand and she are quite a bit of it. I also bought the Plum Kids brand.

But this past weekend, I offered an apple to Lilly...and she loved it.

I also offered her a carrot too! And she loved that!!

I am going to be looking at baby led weaning, it seems practical since she has so many teeth!!

Ever tried baby led weaning??