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Babies' bodies are like little sponges—they're much more vulnerable to pesticides because their bodily systems are still developing. Since babies are fed almost exclusively on fruits and vegetables, they are naturally exposed to a higher proportion of not only the good things in those foods but also the bad: GMO's, pesticides and processing contaminants. We are still, slowly, learning about the long term effects of such exposure.
Proper, high quality nutrition is as important to children's bodies as providing loving experience and education is to wiring their brains and emotions. The good news, if you are too busy to personally craft your own babies' food, is that there are more convenient and high quality products to purchase in stores and through the mail. Here are some great choices:
1. HAPPYBABY is a producer of premium organic foods making frozen premium "allergen friendly" meals in BPA-free trays. Its mission states "We are dedicated to the proposition that a healthy baby is a HAPPYBABY."
2. FIFIBEAR is another company selling high quality certified organic baby food shipped frozen in BPA free recyclable plastic cups.
3. TASTYBABY, another frozen baby food producer, advertises that "We make our 100% USDA-certified organic products gluten-free and as unrefined as possible by leaving out any preservatives, trans-fats, sugar or salt."
4. HOMEMADE BABY is available in the refrigerated section at your grocer. They state "Our wholesome family recipes are cooked fresh daily using the finest certified organic Ingredients."
5. EARTH'S BEST is a high quality line of glass jarred and boxed foods produced without the use of potentially harmful synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers. Does not contain genetically engineered ingredients, and are USDA organic.
6. For those inclined and with the time to craft their own foods, wholesomebabyfood is a fun and informative website.
Have fun feeding and teaching your sweet baby to eat and enjoy healthy, organic, nutritious foods! Num nums to you and yours!
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I think our kids each ate less than two dozen jars of baby food in their entire lives, plus a couple of boxes of baby cereals as starter foods. (I think there's still one jar collecting dust in the pantry.) I breastfed each of them for well over a year, and they were really interested in our table foods because they sat with us at the table at the same time we did. They gladly started with hand mashed foods from the table (with the exception of the allergy causing foods babes should avoid). Then they transitioned quickly to tiny chopped up finger foods. It was so convenient and much cheaper to just skip the whole packaged baby food thing. I think people feel it's a ton of work to make your own baby foods, but the way it worked for us was actually quite simple (or should I say lazy?). I mean, why would you buy a jar of bananas when you can mash one with a fork in 10 seconds? Of course, not all kids are interested in this way of eating, and you have to do what works for your family, but I think the packaged baby foods (heck--all baby items!) are an easy sale for new parents who are extremely vulnerable to marketing at that time in their lives.