Trouble making carrot puree

I’ve seen so many videos of people making them yet I can’t for some reason. I tried steaming and boiling them even past the recommended times suggested online yet the carrots won’t fully blend. I have 3 different blenders including a ninja one which I left on for 10 minutes and yet I’m still finding chunks of carrot. I’ve tried adding water, breast milk and formula and nothing works. At this point I’m defeated and I feel like a failure. Why doesn’t my purée come out nicely blended and smooth like the videos…I’m clearly not doing something right. I had my family on standby because I was supposed to face time them for his first taste 😭

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We use a food processor (electric orange juicer) to make pure it makes sure it’s a lot finer

Cut them in smaller pieces before boiling or steaming hope that helps

@Ashley oooo looking into that now thanks!

@Miriam I’m not a mum yet just someone who spent 4 month with a wired jaw and could only eat pure for 6 months I learnt a lot of tricks

@Ashley omg 4 months is a long time and 6mo of pure sounds hard! Where you able to maintain your weight during that time? My sister got her tonsils removed and she only liquids and soft foods and she lost weight. Okay I’m telling my husband to go pick one up from Walmart. Thank you so much 😊

@Miriam I had a ng tube but to keep me saine I snuck in pures or sauce from household dinner. If u want any good pure ideas I got loads for when baby starts having other ingredients

I used to have the same problem with carrots. Fresh, raw carrots... forget about it. I found that streaming already frozen carrots worked a while lot better! 👌🏼

Honestly I think the Vitamix was the best investment we made for the household. I struggled with this before when we used our previous blender. I have a 20m & a 7m old and we use it for nut or grain milk, broths, soups, smoothies etc now for my eldest and the householf and purees for my youngest. Aside from the product suggestion blanching them before blending or finally chopping than boiling and blending in the water add some coconut milk so it's nice and silky.

@Ashley omg that sounds intense! Yes please, I would love your ideas/ recipes

@Tea✨ oooh maybe I can get this on my Christmas list! Thanks 🙏

I bought a cheap $7 steam basket that fits in the pot (some adjustable ones from amazon). I cut the carrots into smaller pieces and steam them for about ten minutes. Then i blend them in a nutri bullet with just a bit of water. If its too thick, i just add a bit more until its the consistency I like

Just mash it like you would potato, it doesn't have to be perfectly puree, they need to learn how to manage the small lumps. At this stage they will manage to eat maybe 1 or 2 teaspoons anyway, so you don't need loads initially

@Emma ahhh this is helpful! I wasn’t too sure about the small lumps. My mind kept saying choking hazard… my baby is 5 months and I got the okay to introduce purée at 4 months but I didn’t feel comfortable until now. I think im definitely worrying too much

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