Toby is in the early stages of weaning so it is just a few ice cubes of various veg. We went out the other day and i took a jar of similar and he HATED it.
Hi when dd1 was a baby I use to buy some ice cube type trays (with snap shuit lids) and take one of them out with me and to warm in i use to do like i do with a bottle and just ask for a small jug of hot water and stand it in for a min. as for pudding I would buy her a yogurt when we went out. edited to say this is the things i used (not exactly these as it was almost 5 years ago but this product) http://www.kitchen-home-garden.co.uk/page.asp?pageID=280
[Modified by: wannababy on April 03, 2010 04:43 PM]
I use to take them out of freezer and put in the fridge the night before and take them in a cool bag. Like i said this was over 4 years ago so I dont know what people do now
Hey there, I take the ice cube out of the freezer and put in a pot with a lid (I've got the Tommee Tippee weaning pot things) and by lunch time, they have defrosted and just need a couple of minutes standing in warm water to heat through or in a microwave if there is one. This seems to work for us, but I'm worrying if this is the right thing to do now!! We've only done it a few times but has been fine with this. If im going to someones house I put the food in the fridge as soon as i get there.
thank you for your replies - i wish we could mircowave when we get to places because the food just doesnt seem to heat up well enough. Its not so bad now but i would worry when the food involves meat that i couldnt heat it up enough - am i just panicing unnecessarily???
When my LO was being weaned I used to get the cubes out the night before and defrost overnight in the fridge as the other ladies say.
I then went out with the food in a coolbag with some thin ice packs and also took my baby flask so I could heat through the food when required. I found the TT pots way too thick to heat thro properly, so I bought some cheapie pots from Asda that were made of thinner plastic and they heated thro much better.
I was very good at doing this early on but sometimes used the Ella's kicthen/Plum baby pouches which always went down a storm. LO was also not keen on jars which I found to taste very bland in comparison to homemade food, and they used to bung her up too :roll: You can easily serve up the pouches at room temperature and squeeze out onto a spoon, therefore not contaminating the rest of the food in the pouch and not waste it if LO doesn't eat it all, fab product!
I never try and use homemade food out unless I'm going to someone's house and know I can heat it up like I would at home.
We're rarely out at mealtimes though (about once a week) so I use Ellas Kitchen or Plum food. The girls have never yet refused anything from either of the ranges and I always give them at room temperature. I find them so much easier than worrying about keeping food cool and then getting it heated sufficiently to kill the bacteria.
i used to heat up Isaacs food just before i went out and put it in a flask- it had a wide top so was easy to get food in and out of, then just give it to him when we were out- it was the perfect temp for him. HTH
I either heat up food before going out and make it really warm (if used within 1-2hrs) or I use pouches (either Ella's or Plum) which are v v yummy and have never been refused. Far less mess and fine to have a room temp. Only problem I have now is that lo refuses to eat of a spoon so it's back to the drawing board and pretty much breadsricks and a babybel when we go out now!!!
i cheat and take some dried food and just mix it with a little of his milk. He had porridge for t out the other night. Babies don't know what they are meanrt to have at certain times of day so porrige for dinner went down a treat. we are also just started weaning,
I worry about this too so only take frozen cubes if going to someones house. If I need to go out quite a while before I need the food or don't know what facilities for heating there will be I too take a banana to mash, or you can bake a sweet potato, wrap it in foil and serve straight from the skin as it goes really mushy when cooked. Then you dont even need a bowl! Avacado is good for mashing raw as well
Replies
edited to say this is the things i used (not exactly these as it was almost 5 years ago but this product)
http://www.kitchen-home-garden.co.uk/page.asp?pageID=280
[Modified by: wannababy on April 03, 2010 04:43 PM]
xx
I then went out with the food in a coolbag with some thin ice packs and also took my baby flask so I could heat through the food when required. I found the TT pots way too thick to heat thro properly, so I bought some cheapie pots from Asda that were made of thinner plastic and they heated thro much better.
I was very good at doing this early on but sometimes used the Ella's kicthen/Plum baby pouches which always went down a storm. LO was also not keen on jars which I found to taste very bland in comparison to homemade food, and they used to bung her up too :roll: You can easily serve up the pouches at room temperature and squeeze out onto a spoon, therefore not contaminating the rest of the food in the pouch and not waste it if LO doesn't eat it all, fab product!
HTH
We're rarely out at mealtimes though (about once a week) so I use Ellas Kitchen or Plum food. The girls have never yet refused anything from either of the ranges and I always give them at room temperature. I find them so much easier than worrying about keeping food cool and then getting it heated sufficiently to kill the bacteria.
HTH
i used to heat up Isaacs food just before i went out and put it in a flask- it had a wide top so was easy to get food in and out of, then just give it to him when we were out- it was the perfect temp for him. HTH
Gem