I make baby food, part four

The saga of baby food continues.

Despite my dislike of making baby food, I continue to make it religiously. I think perhaps one of the main reasons I continue with the unending task of baby food making is that I have invested money into baby cubes. Baby cubes are plastic 70 ml square containers with lids. They sure beat fumbling with puree frozen in ice cube trays. I think I've got about 64 cubes. Although they are useful, they are expensive. Depending on the store, you can get them for $7 to $9 for a pack of eight baby cubes. As a result, I feel I need to use my investment, despite my aversion to making baby food.

Seeing I was running out of frozen fruit puree, I picked up two pounds of strawberries and a pineapple. An odd combination, but since darling daughter has ate both strawberries and pineapple, it just made sense to combine the two. After pureeing my creation in blender (which woke up darling daughter, argh!) I poured them into 19 baby cubes. So basically I have the equivalent of 9.5 jars of baby food. Since I spent $9 on the strawberries and pineapple, my 9.5 jar equivalents cost me about 95 cents each. So not that much of a savings when you can buy baby food as low as 64 cents a jar.

So in conclusion, the jury is out if baby food is out in terms of whether there are significant cost savings in making your own baby food. Yes, you know exactly what you are putting in your child's mouth. But in terms of saving money, if there is a cost savings, it is a limited one.