You all might remember a while back we did a couple giveaways from Fresh Baby. Well I have another one for you! They sell a baby food tray that allows you to make baby food and freeze it in small portions. It’s basically an ice cube tray with a lid on it. It’s plastic, but BPA free and dishwasher safe. Fresh Baby sells these on their website for $13.95 for 2 trays. They’ll also sell them in bulk at a discount to any WIC office that wants to give them out to help encourage moms to make homemade baby food. continue reading »
Are you getting more jars of baby food than your little baby wants to eat? Or maybe your baby just isn’t so fond of baby food anymore. I found that my little toddler will happily drink a pineapple juice and baby food carrot “smoothie.” continue reading »
We quit using the WIC baby food vouchers after a couple months. We still have a large stock pile of baby food, though. Most of it gets used as a quick snack for our kids or in this recipe for pancakes.
I regret using as many of the vouchers as I did. I feel like I just supported the baby food companies that frequently push too many solids too soon, causing early weening and costing tax payers unneeded expense. continue reading »
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Starting in November, we stopped using the WIC vouchers we receive for my youngest. She’s been getting the exclusively breastfed baby package for 6-12 month olds. In case you’re curious, here’s the breakdown of what babies on WIC receive in my state each month from 6-12 months of age when they are exclusively breastfed with no formula. continue reading »
WIC will do its best to make breastfeeding easy for you. Exactly how they will help will vary some state to state so I can’t promise you that your local WIC office will have the exact same guidelines. In general, though, you can expect this kind of support for a breastfeeding mom: continue reading »
