It seems that it is no longer safe to purchase pre-made foods anymore. You hear stories about melamine in infant formula, and the FDA contradicting themselves by saying that small, minute amounts are safe. You also wonder if genetically modified (GMO) food is safe. However, it is now time to move bebe to solids in conjunction with breast milk.

For my darling bebe, I have chosen to go organic for his diet. It’s highly likely that his environment (and his mama) has put toxins in his system. It doesn’t mean that I can’t try to make sure that he eats well without pesticides or GMO. I could buy organic baby food, but instead I now make it from scratch. For our baby shower, my hubby’s work friends bought us a Beaba Babycook. So now either A or I make bebe dinner. Here are my photos of making pears.

First you chop up the pears and add them to the steamer basket.

Then you allow the BabyCook to steam the fruit or veggies.

You take out the basket, reserve the requisite amount of water and then pour the fruit back into the bowl for the food processing portion.

Here it is pureed into pear mush.

And voila, here is the final product. Pear mush that is organic and good to eat, no added sugar or salt. Very good for bebe. You make so much that you do end up storing it for use at a later time. But it works well, and is easy to use.

There was origionally a lot of concern about the Babycook containing BPA, with many people getting rid of theirs because they were not getting a good response on the situation from the manufacturer.  We sat on our Babycook for 6 months (until our baby was ready for solid food) before using it and the problem had worked itself out and the Beaba is indeed free of BPA.  Good news!