The Benefits of Making Your Own Homemade Baby Food

It is natural for you as a mother to want the best that life has to offer for your baby, especially concerning food. You have the choice of opting for commercial baby foods, or preparing your baby's meals from fresh food. While a large percentage of mothers settle on the first choice mentioned because of convenience and time restraints, more are now realizing that fresh food is best for a baby's health. There are several benefits to feeding your baby homemade food versus commercially prepared baby food.

Homemade baby food is cheaper than commercial baby food. You will find that you will save money by making your own baby food from scratch. You might think that the price of one can or jar is minimal, but as most babies would consume two or three a day, by the end of a year, you would find the cost would add up to a considerable amount of money.

Your baby will benefit health wise by eating homemade food. Bought baby foods normally contain mega amounts of sugar, salt, fat and thickeners, and some of the food nutrients would most likely have been destroyed by the extremely high cooking temperature of commercial baby food. You will also have the peace of mind that your baby is eating fresh food.

This leads on to the next benefit: You will know exactly what you are feeding your baby. This is extremely beneficial if your baby has allergies to certain foods, because it will be easier to pinpoint what food or ingredient is causing the reaction. Also you won’t have any concerns about the quality of the food.

Your baby will become accustomed to a larger variety of food and to different tastes and textures, than one who is only fed commercial baby food. You will find it much easier to wean your baby on to your normal family table food when that time comes.

 Making your own homemade baby food is a “green” decision, when you think of all the cans and jars that you would otherwise put in your garbage bin.

Homemade food will give your baby a healthy start in life, accustom his taste buds to a variety of tastes and textures, save you money, be beneficial for the environment, and will make you feel great!