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Postby meow » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:46 am

That’s our plan as well. We also bought some empty baby food jars for daycare

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Postby shmenguin » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:13 am

We are going to start making baby meow’s food this weekend. Anyone else make baby food?
we made everything for both our kids. this means i often put chicken in a blender and made a vile, vile soup.

but it worked out well. very cheap, and lots of options.

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Postby shmenguin » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:14 am

That’s our plan as well. We also bought some empty baby food jars for daycare
you need about 40-50 little single-serving tupperware thingy's. this is going to be a batch process.

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:23 am

We didn't make our own food, but with regards to the storage containers, most of the ones I've seen have these weird tabs; they don't work as well as traditional Rubbermaid containers, IMO. I'd probably go with something similar to this, personally: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N6KZMUO

Target sells similar ones with blue lids that we do use for our daughter, and I'd recommend those, as well.

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Postby shmenguin » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:26 am

We didn't make our own food, but with regards to the storage containers, most of the ones I've seen have these weird tabs; they don't work as well as traditional Rubbermaid containers, IMO. I'd probably go with something similar to this, personally: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N6KZMUO

Target sells similar ones with blue lids that we do use for our daughter, and I'd recommend those, as well.
These are too big for an infant and too expensive. i can't find the cheapo ones we used, but we also used these:

https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Blocks-Freez ... RWARE&th=1

which were very good, but they have a gasket which makes them a PITA to clean, when you're doing like 4 or 5 a day.

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:29 am

Yeah, those are too big, but I'm referring to the overall design. They make smaller versions.

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Postby meow » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:50 am

You can buy empty baby food jars? Why not go with that?

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:54 am

Glass storage ones? I guess you could, but you're going to pay a premium for them. If you're crazy worried about BPA, even on BPA-free stuff, I guess that's the route you were always going to take, no?

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:57 am

Man, some of you guys make me feel like a horrible, lazy parent :lol:

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Postby meow » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:59 am

Glass is the supreme material when it comes to all things food

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Postby shmenguin » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:59 am

Glass is the supreme material when it comes to all things food
you are going to want to have like 50 of these. glass probably doesn't stack as well in your freezer and it's more expensive, but glass is awesome - yes

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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:39 pm

Glass is the supreme material when it comes to all things food
@count2infinity to confirm. Patent pending

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:46 pm

I actually do have some insight on that which I can't completely share...

There's a push to replace a lot of glass containers with plastic... the issue is when there's an acidic component to the contents (see: tomato sauce), plastic doesn't work too well as it starts leaching into the contents of the jar. We're working with a company that seems to have solved the issue. So, don't be surprised to see more and more plastic containers without the plastic taste coming out in the near future.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:03 pm

haha awesome :thumb:

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Postby grunthy » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:26 pm

4 month checkup. He is 19lbs and 27.5 inches long

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Postby meow » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:44 pm

Jesus. We had our 6 month check up yesterday and she is 14 lbs and 25 inches

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:51 pm

:lol:

Our daughter was always in the 95+ percentile for both height and weight. Even now, at 4 1/2, she dwarfs plenty of five year old boys in her class. No idea where it comes from.

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Postby grunthy » Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:41 pm

:lol:

Our daughter was always in the 95+ percentile for both height and weight. Even now, at 4 1/2, she dwarfs plenty of five year old boys in her class. No idea where it comes from.

It’s pretty obvious we would have a gigantic kid. I’m 6’5” and my wife is 6’.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:05 am

My son's bus was 20 minutes late this morning, so I decided to drive him to school (which made me 45 minutes late to work). Evidently, the bus was in an accident shortly before his stop. No word on injuries, but my wife sent pictures (she's a teacher in the district and got them from the transportation supervisor) of the bus and the SUV that was involved, and it didn't look too serious.

So, on my way out of my neighborhood, I picked up my neighbor's daughter, who is also on that bus. Between my son and neighbor, they texted around and we ended up picking up 4 more kids that were out in the rain waiting on a bus that wasn't coming. Minivan paid for itself again... :lol:

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Postby eddy » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:15 am

My son's bus was 20 minutes late this morning, so I decided to drive him to school (which made me 45 minutes late to work). Evidently, the bus was in an accident shortly before his stop. No word on injuries, but my wife sent pictures (she's a teacher in the district and got them from the transportation supervisor) of the bus and the SUV that was involved, and it didn't look too serious.

So, on my way out of my neighborhood, I picked up my neighbor's daughter, who is also on that bus. Between my son and neighbor, they texted around and we ended up picking up 4 more kids that were out in the rain waiting on a bus that wasn't coming. Minivan paid for itself again... :lol:
:thumb: long live the minivan!

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Postby eddy » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:17 am

There were 9 kids at my house this morning. Monday through Friday in the mornings trying to get out the door for work is basically like reliving the beginning of Home Alone for me.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:25 am

Boo to both of your minivans!

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:29 am

Our Odyssey turns ten next month, has 125K miles on it, and I hope to get another few years out of it. That being said, we'll probably go the midsized SUV route next time around - Pilot, more than likely.

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Postby eddy » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:29 am

I'm already thinking about later in life when kids are grown, will I still be buying a minivan? I believe the answer is yes.

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Postby eddy » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:31 am

Our Odyssey turns ten next month, has 125K miles on it, and I hope to get another few years out of it. That being said, we'll probably go the midsized SUV route next time around - Pilot, more than likely.
Mine turns 9 next month (78K miles).

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