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Somewhere between four and six months, you get into weaning. babies need sloppy food that they can manage with gums. Now, if you have time, a bit of energy and some suitable pots (Avent do good ones.) you can puree stuff for your baby - just cook up fruit and veg. however, if you have limited time or want the option of a 'day off' you might consider baby foods. Hipp are an option well worth considering.
I am not aware of any other companies offering organic baby food (please comment if you know otherwise as this would be very useful.). I'm sure I don't need to spell out the advantages - the chemicals added to 'protect' ordinary produce can cause reactions and may have long term harmful effects. So, there's a lot to be said for organic baby food.
Cost: This is usually what puts people off. Thus far, I have comapred Hipp to Farleys and some own brands, and the prices are indeed comparable, it isn't significantly more expensive than any otherdecent brand.
Is it all lentils then? I appreciate that many people still asociate otrganic food with being a vegan, living off beans and hugging trees. I have nothing against the forementioned but appreciate that many people dislike that sort of image. Hipp do a range of baby foods comparable to other brands and not noticably any more 'hippy.'
The range: Hipp offer organic powder forula milk for babies - for starting off and for later months. They offer dried feeds that you make up with milk. These come in re-sealable packs, you make them up with whatever formula you use and away you go. They are very good. Hipp also do little pots of baby food - haven't tried these yet, breakfast cereals and all sorts of goodies.
Ease of use - the packaging is very good and clear so it isn't hard to find out how you should be applying the food (although in practise, getting solids into a baby is never easy, expect to end up wearing some of it, scraping some out of the carpet and finding some weeks later when it has grown fur.....).
Finding it: Very easy. I initially had some information in my baby bumf pack (you get these automatically from the marketing fairy.) You can mail order Hipp products, and they do also turn up in supermarkets - Sainsbury's stock a good range in their baby section.
The critical bit is the taste test - doesn't matter how healthy a thing is if your offspring doesn't like the look of it. Well, so far so good, my little one is a fan. He prefers mashed bannana to almost anything else currently, but he's more than happy to tuck into a Hipp offering now and then. (And he's not one of these who will eat anything, he didn't like potato at all.)
This stuff is affordable, good for your baby, good for the environment. I could wish the pakaging was a tad more environmentally friendly, but I guess that may come with time. Well worth a go.
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