Tips For Bringing Baby Food On The Road

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Today we are talking about taking baby food on the road. When you start introducing your baby to food for the first time, whether it’s cereal, vegetables, etc… you will quickly learn that it’s a very messy ordeal. So when you’re out on the road, whether at a restaurant, or you’re going to the beach or the pool for the day, or you’re on vacation for a week, be sure to plan ahead.

Prepare, prepare, prepare. One of the keys to preparation is to grab a Ziploc or designated restaurant bag and cram everything in there that you’re going to need. Be sure to include everything you can think of including wipes and a bib (disposable or reusable). You might even want to throw a couple of extra spoons in there in case baby throws the first two on the floor and you don’t have any sanitizing soap with you.

Once you are finished using all the stuff you packed, you can conveniently throw all the dirty goods into the Ziploc bag, seal it up, throw it in your carry bag, and take it home. If you’re out at a restaurant, or you’re out for the day and you end up staying out longer than you expected, you will want to think about what easy to pack foods baby’s already had that you know you can introduce without any kind of allergy issues. Bananas are really great traveling foods. Avocados are often available at restaurants already. These things will get you through in a pinch. Another technique is to use food cubes. Cubes will defrost throughout your day and by the time you get to the restaurant, it may just be ready for serving.

If you have your jar food with you, you can actually utilize a little take-and-toss type bowl to put a scoop of however much you think baby’s going to have. Note that restaurants generally won’t warm anything up in the back for you for fear of liability. The trick to heat your food is to ask for a hot cup of water for tea. Obviously don’t use it for tea, but rather plop your baby food jar, or your little bowl in the top, and just let it float in the hot tea water for as long as it is necessary. Be sure to check its heat every so often and when ready to serve, feed baby.

Now, of course, your baby might be a little grumpy and fussy while they’re waiting for the food to get to the right temperature. That’s when you go back to your restaurant bag, or your Ziploc bag that you packed for today. Hopefully you threw in a couple of little things in there to keep him busy whether it’s another spoon, or it’s a specific toy that you take to the restaurant.

Do you have any other things that you keep in your restaurant bag that work for you?