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Nestlé Baby: Feeding Time Fun #Giveaway

April 9, 2014 By Lena

Note: The following giveaway is open to Canadians only.

I remember it like it was yesterday. My kitchen was covered with assorted strips of fruit peel and discarded cores. Chunks of pear, apple and mango were simmering away on the stove, condensing into a sloppy, mushy substance. After slightly cooling the mixture, I transferred it to a blender, where it was puréed until smooth. Then, ever-so-carefully, I spooned the puree into washed and sterilized ice cube trays, and set it in the freezer. I tackled all the dishes in the meantime, in between washing formula bottles and distracting little Ryder. After two hours, I transferred the cubes to a zipper bag, and once again returned the package to the freezer.

That was the first and last time I made my own baby food.

Honestly, I have much respect for parents who make their own purées. Because you what? It just wasn’t my thing at all. In fact, I found more satisfaction popping open a jar of baby food than I ever did taking the time to make my own. It’s what worked for me and I am totally cool with that.

And if you are a do-it-yourself parent, remember that while homemade baby food totally rocks, you may be missing the mark when it comes to including enough iron in your child’s diet. Most healthy infants are born with enough iron stores to initially meet their needs, but at about six months, baby’s iron stores start to deplete and breast milk can no longer meet his or her nutritional requirements.

Health Canada recommends babies between six and twelve months should be offered iron-rich foods two or more times a day. Iron is an essential nutrient for an infant’s growth and carries oxygen from the lungs throughout the body, including the brain, and helps a baby remember all of the new things learned each and every day.

Today, Nestlé Gerber is serving up the chance to WIN a “Feeding Time Fun” prize pack, valued at over $100, with special treats including Baby Cereal, which provides 100 per cent of the daily value of iron babies need.

The prize pack includes:

· Three boxes of Nestlé Gerber Cereal
· Deluxe Reclining Feeding Seat
· Snack bowls
· Kiddy Cutlery 3-Pc Set
· Babies R Us 10 pack bibs
· Babies R Us 12-pack super soft washcloths

It’s the perfect gift pack for an expecting mom or parents with wee ones. And even though my little guys are well beyond the mushy food stage, Nestlé Gerber is still the only baby cereal I trust. Each serving of cereal provides 100 per cent of the daily value of iron babies need, without any added sugar, salt, preservatives, artificial flavours or colours. They’re the only infant cereals in Canada with Probiotic B. lactis, which helps contribute to a healthy digestive tract flora. Good luck everybody! 

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Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: giveaway, iron fortified baby cereal, Nestle Gerber Baby Cereal

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  1. Sandra Rooke

    April 9, 2014 at 10:00 am

    My son could not take Iron.

  2. Darrah Bailey

    April 9, 2014 at 10:00 am

    I used iron fortified cereal and never thought of making my own

  3. kristen visser

    April 9, 2014 at 10:15 am

    i always fed my daughter Gerbers cereal and never made my own baby food

  4. Chandra Christine O'Connor

    April 9, 2014 at 10:22 am

    always made my own baby food my youngest daughter had a great appetite and jars got too expensive

  5. lori b

    April 9, 2014 at 10:23 am

    I used the fortified cereal as well for mine

  6. Jeff Skidmore

    April 9, 2014 at 10:53 am

    Yes and never tried it.

  7. Nicole Vijayasingham

    April 9, 2014 at 11:03 am

    Love how real you are! Make my 10 month old homemade food whenever I can, and I agree it is a lot of work! I do resort to Gerber cereal and products as it’s a brand I trust. I am still nursing but love the added iron she gets. Gerber cereals are great as I mix the food she doesn’t like into them and she doesn’t notice it as much. Her favorite is the Banana and Rice one. Used it when my son was a baby and wouldn’t trust any other cereal for my little ones!

  8. Momma Kitty

    April 9, 2014 at 11:27 am

    I am expecting my first little bundle of joy this summer and I am looking forward to making a lot of his foods to supplement nursing . . . though I do believe that variety is essential, so I will also be feeding him snacks like cereal to make sure he’s getting all of the nutrients he needs to grow into a healthy young man!

  9. Tara

    April 9, 2014 at 11:28 am

    My son is only three months old so we aren’t at that stage yet, but I do plan on making my own food whenever I can.

  10. Jen

    April 9, 2014 at 11:31 am

    I’m a soon-to-be aunt… my SIL would love this pack!

  11. Jeannie

    April 9, 2014 at 12:02 pm

    I have used fortified cereal with my kids. I do make my own baby food for my baby.

  12. melissa

    April 9, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    Home made and breast milk

  13. Cyrille P

    April 9, 2014 at 1:16 pm

    I made veggie purees and freezed them.

  14. Flora M

    April 9, 2014 at 3:46 pm

    Goodness, trying to remember back to 1980 is a stretch, but I know I always bought Gerber baby food to feed my daughter (whether or not it was iron-fortified I can’t remember now – the cereals probably were).
    My 10 month old grandson is still being breast-fed in addition to baby food – I think they puree some things and also have Gerber jars on hand and cereal as well. :)

  15. Betty

    April 9, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    I’m still nursing but I plan on making my own.

  16. Anne Taylor

    April 9, 2014 at 4:24 pm

    I never really made my own baby food; I tried once but its was a miserable fail lol I’m not sure if my babies had iron fortified cereal, thats going back almost 23yrs and my memory is a wee bit shot lol

  17. Clair P

    April 9, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    I did and also made some of my own food, but didnt always have time so didnt do it

  18. Kristine Ewald

    April 9, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    I am nursing at the moment but plan on it :)

  19. Stephanie LaPlante

    April 9, 2014 at 5:48 pm

    I’ve never heard of it to be honest. Making your own baby food is awesome.

  20. Josh S

    April 9, 2014 at 5:53 pm

    We used iron fortified cereal. We did not try making our own.

  21. Darlene Schuller

    April 9, 2014 at 7:15 pm

    My daughter uses iron fortified & has plans on making her own baby food.. when her baby is old enough..

  22. Victoria Ess

    April 9, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    I would definitely try to make my own baby food, but I don’t have anything against using supplements.

  23. Nicole B

    April 9, 2014 at 8:09 pm

    Yes I used iron fortified cereal and made my own baby food for my first and the second…so far nope.

  24. Nicole W.

    April 10, 2014 at 12:12 am

    I haven’t had children yet, but my BFF’s baby boy is 5 months old and starting to eat – I’d love to win this for her! :) She’s definitely planning to make homemade food. Thanks for the chance to win!

  25. loriag

    April 10, 2014 at 8:18 am

    I did both when I had babies.

  26. Debbie W

    April 10, 2014 at 8:22 am

    Those days are over, but when I had to, I tried to make my own.

  27. Angie In My 30s

    April 10, 2014 at 8:27 am

    I fed my little dudes a mix of homemade food and store bought. I’d say 50/50 – and they are TONS of cereal – more than i thought was humanly possible lol

  28. Florence C

    April 10, 2014 at 8:30 am

    I used iron fortified cereal for my kids and I did make some of my own baby food

  29. angela m

    April 10, 2014 at 9:57 am

    I used some iron fortified cereals, I never made my own food.

  30. Allie

    April 10, 2014 at 10:10 am

    Did a bit of both a long time ago!! We (my brothers have three new baby grandaughters) so the prize would be fun!!!

  31. Judy C (Judy Cowan)

    April 10, 2014 at 11:24 am

    I know my friend is usually the fortified cereal and she is planning on making her own baby food. Would be a great prize to win as a surprise for her!

  32. Lindsay T

    April 10, 2014 at 11:26 am

    Yes to baby cereal, I make a lot of my own baby food

  33. Angie

    April 10, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    I fed my first gerber cereal but made my own pureed foods, except when we were travelling. I plan to do the same shortly with my second.

  34. shane

    April 10, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    i’m new to this whole baby thing so no experience quite yet!

  35. Jonnie

    April 11, 2014 at 1:20 am

    I fed my older boys iron fortified cereal and made some of my own baby food. When the new baby is old enough I will be doing the same.

  36. Julie Bolduc

    April 11, 2014 at 4:18 pm

    My cousin is having a baby soon;)

  37. nicky

    April 11, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    i plan on making my own baby food, when i have time!

  38. Lucy

    April 11, 2014 at 9:10 pm

    Never had the time to make homemade baby food

  39. Heidi C.

    April 12, 2014 at 2:46 am

    I definitely fed all four of mine iron-fortified cereal. They didn’t like meat much so I wanted to make sure they got plenty of iron. I had to go back to work so I didn’t have much chance to make my own baby food.

  40. Pam

    April 12, 2014 at 8:29 am

    I did feed him iron fortified and tried lots of my own baby food recipes. he wasn’t and still isn’t the best eater.

  41. Sunshine G

    April 12, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    I started her simultaneously on iron fortified baby food and actual food – and she’s done really well!

  42. Melanie B

    April 12, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    We started with a iron fortified baby cereal and some baby food.. he wanted our food right away so I just started giving him what we ate..

  43. carolyn

    April 13, 2014 at 12:06 am

    Honestly I don’t remember! I am going to be a grandma soon, so I’ll get re-educated on all this very very soon I’m sure!

  44. ian s

    April 13, 2014 at 12:15 am

    I don’t remember if we made our own baby food, but I think we did some at least, probably not all

  45. Anna W

    April 13, 2014 at 11:39 am

    I did feed my children the nestle iron fortified cereal when they were babies. I made half of their baby food and also gave them jars of purees.

  46. Juliee Fitze

    April 13, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    I didn’t feed him iron . I bought most of his baby food.

  47. Teresa Claire

    April 13, 2014 at 2:24 pm

    I didn’t make my own baby food when Sara was little but I have always made my own applesauce…I still remember when she started eating cereal and it was one of my favourite times with Sara.

  48. Joan G

    April 13, 2014 at 4:00 pm

    Never tried it.

  49. cheryl

    April 13, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    We have always fed him iron fortified cereal and we make some baby food, buy some

  50. Angela Mitchell

    April 13, 2014 at 11:28 pm

    I’ve fed both my kids iron fortified cereal. I make baby food and I also buy baby food.

  51. Donnas

    April 14, 2014 at 11:02 am

    Yes I did feed iron fortified cereal, and tried making my own baby food once or twice, but found it more convenient to feed her from the jarred food.

  52. Darlene

    April 14, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    some days I made my own baby food, other days the baby was given premade food

  53. Sarah Gale

    April 14, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    Yes I do feed my 9 month baby iron fortified cereal. She has no problem with the iron. I have never attempted to make my own.

  54. Peter Tusa

    April 14, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    Yes to both!

  55. jessica chan

    April 14, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    I used iron fortified cereal and never had the time to make my own

  56. Josie Tusa

    April 14, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    I did but I never tried homemade food though

  57. sarah sar

    April 15, 2014 at 2:50 am

    Yes I did feed iron fortified cereal. I have been using a Baby Bullet to make my own baby food at home and it’s the best thing I have ever done!

  58. victoria k

    April 15, 2014 at 7:07 am

    Yes my baby had iron fortified cereal and I have not made my own baby food but I’m thinking of doing it for my new baby.

  59. lisa bolduc

    April 15, 2014 at 5:49 pm

    we are not there yet, but I do plan to feed him irons fortified cereal. and I would love to try making my own food

  60. Monique L.S.

    April 15, 2014 at 6:32 pm

    We did use the iron-fortified cereal. Prior to baby’s arrival, I had intended to make baby food. However, once we started solids, it seemed much easier to buy ready made purees, so we just did that.

  61. klynn

    April 15, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    I tried to make my own baby food but being a full time working mom and by the 3rd kid, I had to let that go – I can’t do everything! We have always used iron-fortified cereal.

  62. Elizabeth L

    April 15, 2014 at 11:07 pm

    We started with Gerber baby cereal and then moved on to homemade baby food. It’s really great starter food, and for breastfed babies the iron is important!

  63. nicolthepickle

    April 16, 2014 at 8:23 am

    I made my own baby food out of pureed vegetables.

  64. Maryanne

    April 17, 2014 at 3:16 am

    Pablum (or Heinz) like I used to eat!

  65. Doreen Lamoureux

    April 17, 2014 at 11:53 am

    Yes, I did feed them iron fortified cereal and I did make my own food, like mashed fruits, vegetables and rice, etc.

  66. heather robbins

    April 17, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    Yes, and we also made a lot of our baby foods :)

  67. eleanor

    April 18, 2014 at 2:18 pm

    When my baby gets to this stage I plan on feeding him iron fortified cereals and making baby food.

  68. Dayna Wilson

    April 18, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    Yep, my 2 year old son still eats Gerber iron fortified cereal for toddlers. My newborn will be started on Gerber as soon as she’s old enough!

  69. marla

    April 19, 2014 at 1:02 am

    yes i did … i didnt think of making my own

  70. amber y

    April 19, 2014 at 1:08 am

    We will deffinitely be making our own baby food!!

  71. Wayne Lecoy

    April 20, 2014 at 3:14 pm

    I am entering your giveaway.
    It would be great to win the Nestlé Gerber “Feeding Time Fun” prize pack.
    In response to your questions of
    Did you feed your baby iron-fortified cereal? How about making your own baby food?
    Yes i fed my child iron-fortified cereal and i never made my own baby food.
    Thank you for having this giveaway!!!!!!!!

  72. ivy pluchinsky

    April 20, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    I have before

  73. Kam

    April 21, 2014 at 1:16 am

    We do both!

  74. Adriana F

    April 22, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    I did both with my kids.

  75. Tanis

    April 22, 2014 at 10:14 pm

    We are just introducing food to our baby now and we are giving him this exact rice cereal!

  76. Erin W

    April 22, 2014 at 10:49 pm

    My daughter never took to cereal, but I made all her other food myself!

  77. tara e

    April 23, 2014 at 10:19 am

    No, I made all my own

  78. Silvia D

    April 23, 2014 at 11:12 am

    made most of my own baby food and also use fortified

  79. Robyn B.

    April 23, 2014 at 12:20 pm

    I do give my baby iron-fortified cereal and I try to make as much food at home as possible.

  80. kathy downey

    April 23, 2014 at 4:56 pm

    I have used iron fortified cereal but have never tried to make it myself

  81. Em Ma

    April 23, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    Yes, we do feed our little one iron-fortified cereal. We don’t make any of our own baby food at this time

  82. l p

    April 26, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    yes to both. thanks

  83. darci

    April 27, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    Love the cowboy boot in brown!

  84. darci

    April 27, 2014 at 12:09 pm

    yes to both

  85. SweetPanda

    April 28, 2014 at 7:36 am

    Yes, I did give my baby iron-fortified cereal. I sometimes made my own baby food too

  86. Brandee H

    April 29, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Yes i tried to give him iron fortified cereal but he never liked any type of baby cereal. I always made his food.

  87. Jennifer Henriksen

    April 30, 2014 at 2:40 pm

    Yes I did and still do feed iron rich cereal. Never did make my own baby food – no time!

  88. francine

    May 2, 2014 at 1:24 pm

    neither of my kids liked the baby cereal at all… we bought Heinz baby food. (I used to buy some gerber jarred baby foods for my oldest when he was a baby but they don’t seem to have them anymore.)

  89. Betty S

    May 3, 2014 at 6:05 am

    Yes I used Iron fortified cereal, I also used bottled baby food for convenience, but tried to make as much of my own as possible

  90. Christy Martin

    May 3, 2014 at 8:03 am

    My sister in law is expecting her first. She will most likely try iron fortified cereal, as I know she constantly has issues with a low iron level.

  91. Bailey Dexter

    May 3, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    I always gave my daughter the Gerbers cereal, and made all of her food!

  92. Toby

    May 4, 2014 at 8:12 pm

    Definitely iron-fortified is great to use and home-made is great, but if you can’t, ready made is just as good I’ve always felt.

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