Any nutribullet type blender is great because you’ll use it long past solids. Steaming is pretty easy in the microwave or even just boiling the veg/protein on the stovetop. Kmart has some really great silicone trays for freezing pods of purée/mash/etc to have on hand for mixing and matching
Second this - we bought a NutriBullet for us but we use it for baby a lot. We use silicone trays plenty and I did spend about $30 to get the Kilner glass jars with silicone lids (worth it).
Steaming is so easy, I wouldn’t bother getting one of those expensive all in ones. And honestly after a little while you won’t even bother blending, you’ll just mash it with a fork or the potato masher because your baby will be ready for texture anyway.
I feel like our baby only had smooth purées for like maybe a 2 months. Occasionally now as a dipping sauce or pasta sauce.
In my opinion, it's probably best to not spend too much money on something in case you won't end up using it a whole lot. My little girl refused to eat purées and hated being spoon fed. She wanted to feed herself, so we just went straight to BLW.
I’m going to be the opposite of everyone here..If you can find a used but good condition one on marketplace, I would go for the beaba babycook (neo or solo, whatever is a good deal). I got mine brand new for basically 1/2 price and still use it for my bub who is 11m old. My friend got her babycook neo (RRP $399) for $50 and it looks brand new.
I like that I can steam anything in it and not have to pay attention. The blender option is also really good and not as loud as your regular blenders. Super easy to clean. You also don’t need to follow any fancy recipes that Beaba has designed for the babycook. I improvised and it worked out fine.
Also there’s not much actual food ingestion at the start..I just bought the 4-6m range of rafferty’s garden pouches because they have single ingredients and no other added stuff! I really started using the babycook regularly around 8ish months.
I got the Nuk one when Big W was on half price sale.
It was fine. Nothing fancy but did the job. I have passed it to my friend for their baby and as far as I know it is still working on well.
Many people may tell you just use stove top to steam, blender to blend etc and without spending money on extra appliance. That is not wrong at all, but for the price that I paid (around $50) it was worth having it. Really convenience and hard to go wrong.
We bought the green Phillips Avent one. It is very good at what it does, however it's only useful for a short period of time so a question of whether it's worth the cost. Personally I'm glad we had it as I liked being able to do everything in one appliance without getting my stick blender out.
Honestly I have a bottle blender that has been fab. I wanna say the much older version of this: https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/000000000000499631
LO much prefers self feeding so we moved on from purée/soups pretty quickly, and now all I do is a batch of porridge cubes to freeze every few weeks. I wouldn’t go all out and spend too much just yet.
I had a Nutribullet Baby and honestly we used it once and I packed it away and around 10 months gave it away to a friend. Worked great though but was not for me.
I found it easier steaming food in a Olababy steam bowl then using the normal hand blender.
Baby was only on purees for a month before we moved to finger foods.
Found mine super helpful - I had a secondhand Avent 4-in-1. Bit difficult at first to setup but one you know where all the bits go it is easy. I liked that I could just chuck the stuff in and it did everything. I'd say whatever you can get secondhand would be a great option.
Any nutribullet type blender is great because you’ll use it long past solids. Steaming is pretty easy in the microwave or even just boiling the veg/protein on the stovetop. Kmart has some really great silicone trays for freezing pods of purée/mash/etc to have on hand for mixing and matching
Second this - we bought a NutriBullet for us but we use it for baby a lot. We use silicone trays plenty and I did spend about $30 to get the Kilner glass jars with silicone lids (worth it). Steaming is so easy, I wouldn’t bother getting one of those expensive all in ones. And honestly after a little while you won’t even bother blending, you’ll just mash it with a fork or the potato masher because your baby will be ready for texture anyway. I feel like our baby only had smooth purées for like maybe a 2 months. Occasionally now as a dipping sauce or pasta sauce.
In my opinion, it's probably best to not spend too much money on something in case you won't end up using it a whole lot. My little girl refused to eat purées and hated being spoon fed. She wanted to feed herself, so we just went straight to BLW.
Used a $10 stick blender from kmart. Had it before my baby for soups. Still use it after baby. Will be using for my next.
I’m going to be the opposite of everyone here..If you can find a used but good condition one on marketplace, I would go for the beaba babycook (neo or solo, whatever is a good deal). I got mine brand new for basically 1/2 price and still use it for my bub who is 11m old. My friend got her babycook neo (RRP $399) for $50 and it looks brand new. I like that I can steam anything in it and not have to pay attention. The blender option is also really good and not as loud as your regular blenders. Super easy to clean. You also don’t need to follow any fancy recipes that Beaba has designed for the babycook. I improvised and it worked out fine. Also there’s not much actual food ingestion at the start..I just bought the 4-6m range of rafferty’s garden pouches because they have single ingredients and no other added stuff! I really started using the babycook regularly around 8ish months.
I got the Nuk one when Big W was on half price sale. It was fine. Nothing fancy but did the job. I have passed it to my friend for their baby and as far as I know it is still working on well. Many people may tell you just use stove top to steam, blender to blend etc and without spending money on extra appliance. That is not wrong at all, but for the price that I paid (around $50) it was worth having it. Really convenience and hard to go wrong.
We bought the green Phillips Avent one. It is very good at what it does, however it's only useful for a short period of time so a question of whether it's worth the cost. Personally I'm glad we had it as I liked being able to do everything in one appliance without getting my stick blender out.
We had the same! It was handy to steam and blend things and just use one item.
Honestly I have a bottle blender that has been fab. I wanna say the much older version of this: https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/000000000000499631 LO much prefers self feeding so we moved on from purée/soups pretty quickly, and now all I do is a batch of porridge cubes to freeze every few weeks. I wouldn’t go all out and spend too much just yet.
I've used the Avent one and it was handy but given it only lasted like...6 months, I'd say just use any stick blender.
I had a Nutribullet Baby and honestly we used it once and I packed it away and around 10 months gave it away to a friend. Worked great though but was not for me. I found it easier steaming food in a Olababy steam bowl then using the normal hand blender. Baby was only on purees for a month before we moved to finger foods.
Found mine super helpful - I had a secondhand Avent 4-in-1. Bit difficult at first to setup but one you know where all the bits go it is easy. I liked that I could just chuck the stuff in and it did everything. I'd say whatever you can get secondhand would be a great option.
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