| Feeding our children good nutritious food is important | | | | of babies food you will be able to feed your baby for |
| and an issue as parents we all come across at some | | | | a week of homemade food. The money that is saved |
| point. Nutrition plays a large part in our childrens overall | | | | can be spend in other ways on your family. |
| health. Homemade meals are better for all of us and | | | | Homemade food is fresh. You can use any fresh |
| so should be part of your children's diets. | | | | ingredients. While prepacked baby foods has been |
| Nutrition is quite a complicated matter and should be | | | | packed in that tin for months. Also they are going to |
| studied carefully in order to give your child the best. | | | | be packed with preservatives. Although they will say |
| Children's nutrition needs are different from adults. | | | | on the tin no artificial colouring or preservative, but they |
| Children need certain vitamins and minerals for healthy | | | | are added to some extend. |
| growth. Some of the important vitamins a child needs | | | | Homemade food is totally preservative free if you use |
| are vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B12, and vitamin E. | | | | fresh ingredients. Also prepacked baby food tends to |
| Important minerals are calcium, iron, zinc and potassium. | | | | get wasted if your baby can not eat the whole tin. |
| Prepared baby food is convenient and most of us all | | | | With homemade you can control how much you make |
| will use it at some point. There is nothing wrong in using | | | | for your baby, the rest you can freeze for another |
| ready to eat baby food from time time. But | | | | day. Also homemade baby food can also be the |
| homemade food is still better for a number of reasons. | | | | same as the rest of the families meal. Just take it out |
| One reason is cost. For the price of two days supply | | | | for the baby before you add the salt. |