WHY I WON'T BUY GERBER | DIY Quick Baby Cereal 

I agree! No problem!

Me too. I have 3 grands one whom is 1 month old. I will be making all his food. I just brought a new food processor.

@@antoinettelifeidge6260 aren't they great!! God given gifts from above...

Thanks nice of you. I’m sure they will appreciate it

A year later and this me. My children are 10 years apart and What a Difference!!!! I feel like a first time mom for sure! Lol. Definitely want to do better this time!

Right like I know it’s a lot of work but the government is just putting things together that we can’t even pronounce just to sell it. And they finding very cheap items to throw together just to make food

Babywise, get that book! Wake-Eat-Sleep cycle, gives your baby the gift of sleep. Ours was sleeping 9 hours at night before two months old, 11 hours at three months as well as 30-60 minute naps. Wrote by a pediatrician and her pediatrician husband, 80+ years experience between them. The short videos don't do justice.. Good luck! Babies are so awesome!!!

That’s awesome! Congratulations!

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching!

Yep this person is dumb lol

Use kamut flakes....super healthy.

No its collecting heavy metal

You sound real silly. There are lots of plant iron sources. Give your baby heavy metals if you want but don’t encourage others.

Wait I think you might be right … that makes more sense

Once your child is off milk you can give them infant or toddler multivitamin and if your not into that all you have to do is make sure your child is eating iron riched food MAKE YOUR OWN FOOD ITS SAFER AND BETTER ANYWAYS.

girl bye their are baby dropper supplements for that , i don’t need Gerber to worry about my child’s metal deficiency lol

Hi there! A Magic Bullet will work just fine! Magic Bullets are really good too! My kind was definitely at ease knowing exactly what’s in my child’s food. I’m glad this was able to help you! Good luck!

That is No longer recommended only formula or breastmilk should be giving in a bottle, anything else should be spoon fed

Yes but you have to make sure you blended into a flour consistency

I did mine in a ninja blender. Let it go for a while so it’s very fine

Thank you 💕

This is also why reading is fundamental. If you read my responses to other comments your comment wouldn’t be necessary. Like I stated before... I know there is iron in foods that we eat BUT I also know how these companies don’t have our kids best interest at heart most of the time... THEREFORE I FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE DOING IT MYSELF!

I purchased mine from my local grocery store in the bulk section. With COVID going on I think a lot of stores have temporarily shut down their bulk section.

Of course! I used to use breast milk in hers as well

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they say not to start solids, such as cereals until your baby cant sit up unassisted... however, I would always go by what your childs' pediatrician suggests.

Thank you this was helpful

That could possibly be the case but I still don’t trust it, you hear too many things about these companies... my mind feels at ease when I make her cereals from scratch.

about 6 months

You do get better results on the stove in my opinion, but with it being blended up to a powder it can be microwaved just like the baby rice cereal you purchase from Gerber.

Iron is metal ding dong.

@@AlishaEvette and it’s perfectly safe.. we need iron. It’s in almost every food we consume.

Yeah iron deficiency is not fun you can get anemia

@@kiarahernandez6965 yup been there.. I was low on iron

Iron is one of the few heavy metals our body needs. The issue with baby food is rice cereal. Rice is grow in water creating an alkaline environment. Thus the rice is able to absorb heavy metals. Arsenic and lead are two that are commonly absorbed and then consumed.

It’s the iron in the cereal hun. This will happen with many foods and cereals you eat every day because food is fortified with Iron which is an essential supplement.

I've heard that as well, but I still don't trust it... I'd rather have a peace of mind and make it myself.

@@yaniiibear iron is metal . Iron is naturally produced in your blood . It’s a lot of crazy thing everyone eats and don’t know . You would be surprised .

@@kyatri9496 she already told you to back off. Don't jump on someone else comment

Exactly! Thank you! ❤️

@@kyatri9496 the FORM of iron that our blood produces isn’t metal though...

Diamond Vaughn I just purchase oats from my local grocery store in the bulk section. When I made rice cereal I would just use brown rice.

“I LiTeRaLlY tHiNk mOsT PeOpLe FaiLeD bASiC cHeMiStRy” 🥴 sis don’t come for me. I’ve never purchased Gerber cereals because I choose to do what I believe is best for my child. A lot of these big companies do things that harm us & our kids in the long run. If I feel like there’s a slight possibility that there could’ve been metal, I’m going to make it myself... it’s not that hard. Plus, it’s healthier.

@@ladylove2123 like I said... I preferred to make it myself so that I would have peace of mind. End of story.

Clearly, but I’d rather MY child get her iron without ME having to worry if metal was placed into her cereal.

@@yaniiibear And look now it all about to get recalled. sis you doing all the right things

Well they just finished government requested study of heavy toxic metals levels in baby food. Where they asked companies to turn over data of their inorganic arsenic and heavy toxic metals levels. The levels were well over what should be allowed. Some brands like Gerber just flat out did not turn in their data... I'm going to conclude that their findings were not something they wanted to go public with cause it was Soo bad. Also from my understanding RICE is the number one culprit in inorganic high arsenic levels in baby foods. Anything that uses rice, rice flower, rice product is not good. from my understanding rice because of the way it grows in watery conditions absorbs more pollution from the ground. Basmati rice had the least levels in different parts of the world (not rice grown in the USA) Because of pollution all of our foods have toxic heavy metals some more then others. Baby food because of how it's grown with use of pesticide and packaging adds more toxic stuff to the baby's food and snacks. It's important for us to know because these toxins effect baby and toddler brain development... It is your choice what you choose to feed your family.... But everyone should have true transparency on what's in the food we consume. Useful link on independent study of most consumed baby food by non profit organizations around the US. www.healthybabyfood.org/sites/healthybabyfoods.org/files/2019-10/BabyFoodReport_FULLREPORT_ENGLISH_R5b.pdf