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How good is Gerber baby food? Should I continue feeding my baby with it?

Can anyone pls tell me If I m right feeding my baby with Gerber baby food? I read a few articles today and I got totally disappointed. Have I been doing wrong?

Public Response to How good is Gerber baby food? Should I continue feeding my baby with it?

1. YEA ITS THE BEST
2. I fed my baby Gerber, and she is now a happy, healthy 2 year old. I think Gerber is good. I also used Del Monte, just to mix it up. But Gerber is a good food - and they have great toddler items as well.
3. Please provide links to these articles if you can. I am feeding my baby Gerber food, and would like to know what you are disappointed in. (I also make my own baby food when I can - that's best for baby!)
4. it's pretty safe. if ur still concerned by organic baby food or make your own..
5. I have had friends who started the whole "make your own babyfood" stuff based on what they read here and there. The way I look at it is...I want my child to have good nutrition, but I do not want to spend loads of time in the kitchen preparing and cleaning when I could be playing with my baby. Gerber has been around a long time. Chances are, you ate it as a baby! I know I did! It is basically the vegetable or fruit with water added for thinning it to a good consistency. If you are really concerned, I would avoid babyfoods that are the dessert variety, and not rely heavily on the meals with pasta or rice. (too much starch, according to my pediatrician) Gerber and other baby foods also make many choices in Organics now as well. I have chosen that route with a clean conscience rather than buy into the fact that I can make babyfood myself better than a company that has studied it and done it for many years successfully. Best of luck!!!
6. Gerber has been around forever. My kids have all three eaten it, my siblings at it, I ate it. My parents probably ate it. I don't think there is any reason I would stop feeding it. (Of course I don't know what you read, so without that info it's hard to say that for sure!) I have a cabinet full of it right now ... it is pretty much the preferred brand when I buy for my 8 month old son.
7. Every baby food is healthy if thats what your asking..it has to pass, before it can be sold...but they make organic now, if your really concered about it. If you child didnt like it he or she would let you know.
8. Well, personally, I'm a fan of homemade babyfood. I only use the premade (usually Gerber) once in a while. Homemade is super easy and SUPER CHEAP! Get a little grinder ($10 from OneStepAhead.com) or a mini processor. Use frozen veggies or fresh fruit. Put some in a pot with water and cook well. You can be doing the dishes or something while it cooks. Turn it off. Let it cool. Come back later and grind or process it and voila! Depending on how much you cooked up you can put extra in the freezer. When you get to meat. Boil a chicken breast til cooked thru then cool, cut up and either use grinder or process with some formula/breastmilk or the leftover liquid from the veggies you cooked. It really isn't that hard, saves a bundle and baby will transition to table food much easier because he's been eating the real stuff all along! By the way, you can't tell me they don't add preservatives to some of that stuff....how else could it last on the shelf that long?
9. There's nothing wrong with Gerber, it's just not the best. What you make will almost always be healthier and cheaper. I was never fed jarred food and I don't want to feed my kids that stuff either. I prefer to make my own food because I know what goes into it. I don't have to trust a factory, a corporation, or their processing. My friend's baby just got a cut on her mouth from a piece of glass that came off the jar. Yeah, I'm never going to feed my baby jarred food. I mean, what's easier than peeling a banana, mashing it with a fork, and feeding the baby? Why on earth would you buy jarred bananas? Bananas in their natural form are totally portable! I work full time and it honestly doesn't take long. Wash veggies, steam, puree, pour into ice cube trays, freeze cubes in ziploc. The older foods have a lot of binders and fillers, I'm not down with that. If I'm cooking for my family just about every night, it's no skin off my nose to make extra for baby.
10. It's perfectly fine. In fact, all Gerber jarred food is organically grown and has been for about 4-5 years now. Most of the articles you have been reading are WAY out of date! The homemade food you would make is cheaper than jarred food, but no more nutritious or safer. The carrots are 2 weeks old by the time they get to the store (baby food is jarred the same day it's picked). Some peas are high in nitrates (mandatory testing of these foods to make certain they are safe). Oh, and spinach already has had an e.coli scare. Most fruit is perfectly fine to make yourself. However, it isn't always handily at Grandmas. Or off to the mall. Do what you think is best, but unless you can verify that the articles are based on CURRENT jarred food and not the stuff of 20 years ago, you have to wonder if the person writing it knows anything more than you do.
11. Personally, I hate them. They're one of these big conglomerates that pretend they're all about your baby's best interest, but really, they are just interested in making money. To make up your own mind, the easiest thing to do is to read the ingredients on their food and compare to the other brands. In my area, I buy Beech-Nut. Not only is it cheaper, but the ingredients are better. Gerber adds sugar and water to a lot of the foods. I tried to feed my son Gerber foods, but they were very watery. The Beech-Nut has a nicer consistency, I think. Also, the Gerber Puffs have a lot of sugar in them. Your baby doesn't need to develop a sweet addiction, and by feeding him or her a lot of sugar, they will develop that addiction. That can lead to many things, obesity and poor tooth health at the top of the list. Good luck! I hope you find something that works for you!
12. I feed my son Gerber baby foods and he seems to love the food. I also get coupons from Gerber so I haven't tried to any of the other baby food brands yet.