Weaning question
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It's not necessary but it's helpful. But I did it later in the weaning journey. With my first, I had to wean him at 4 months due to him refusing a bottle and being ebf (he'd feed at 40-50 minutes every 2 hours, I was exhausted). So I was giving purees for 2 months. The initial tastes I made fresh but extra I'd freeze in ice cube trays as you give single tastes first, a different one every day then you start to repeat and mix 2 vegs together. For that part I'd use the frozen ones. I mainly froze the fruit purees much later on because I used them to add flavour to his weetabix in the mornings (bearing in mind you can't add it freezing it had to be taken out the night before. Otherwise, it would split the milk when I warmed it.
Thank you @Penny @Fatima that’s really helpful! Once I start making the single purées I’ll just freeze any leftover to have as backup then. Do you warm them up once defrosted?
The veg purees I froze a lot less of as I quickly moved to the BLW weaning approach. I mainly used the frozen veg purees when I was mixing 2 vegetables together. And yes, I did warm it for a few seconds so it'd taste nicer.
Perfect. I’m doing a combo of both purées and BLW, so I’ll freeze some and then can cook up the finger food when we make our dinner in the week. That’s really helpful. I’m sure once I get going it will all make more sense 😆
It’s handy for the days you haven’t got time (or forget) to prep anything and can just get something out of the freezer. I did it later on in weaning though when it was actual meals rather than single foods, although if I had too much of the single food then definitely freeze it for another day!