KidCo Baby Steps Food Mill, with Carrying Case , 1 food mill
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Customer Reviews of KidCo Baby Steps Food Mill, with Carrying Case , 1 food mill
Customer Review: Great for letting baby try new foods
Summary: 4 Stars
This foodmill has been great as we've tried to introduce the foods we eat to our baby, before she's ready for big bites of anything. It catches any undesirable or potentially hazardous food parts (skins, peels, tough husks, etc.) so that all the baby gets are nice litle nibbles of easily chewable food. At Thanksgiving, we were able to pop in bites of turkey, green beans and other goodies and she enjoyed them with the rest of us. It takes the worry out of whether I'm giving my baby bites of something she may choke on. The only thing I don't like about this product is that it's kind of a pain to pop the grinding disk out when done so that you can clean it. I think it's a design flaw that I have to stick a knife in the slots and pry the disk out. I even went to a store that sells this product to find out if I was doing something wrong. I was told "no", that "this is a great product that's been around for a long time, but has no trick to taking it apart easily." I have no idea whether other manual foodmills are made differently and are easier to take apart. That aside, this is still a great product.Customer Review: Small, handy, good value
Summary: 4 Stars
I was looking for a baby food grinder that would give me the option of pureeing fresh foods for my daughter quickly and simply. I also didn't want to invest too much money because I didn't plan on using the food mill every day, for every meal - just when it was convenient and I had the fresh produce on hand. This food mill was exactly what I was looking for. It's simple to use and doesn't take up much space in my cupboard. It's dishwasher safe for easy cleanup. It's small enough to throw in the diaper bag and carry into a restaurant to puree prepared table foods on the spot. This product has really been a blessing already in the short time I've owned it because my daughter has developed a keen interest in whatever is on MY plate and at times will not accept jarred baby food but wants to share whatever I am eating, even though she's not old enough to chew up most of it herself. With this food mill I can quickly and easily prepare my food into the consistency she can eat to satisfy her curiosity about what the grown-ups are eating.Customer Review: Space between plunger and blade
Summary: 1 Stars
I read a lot of positive reviews about this food mill, and bought it with confidence.
But...I have two big issues with this food mill. Even though there is a rubber ring to seal the plunger into place, food still leaks out the bottom as I work the mill. But my biggest issue is that when the food mill is all the way down and the plunger is fully inserted, there is farrrrr too big a gap between the top of the plunger and the blade. I understand this was to accomodate any skins or seeds, but please! I cut apple skins off and I don't have THAT many seeds. It wastes a lot of food due to this space. I ended up returning this and getting the Green Sprouts Baby Food Mill, which has the same feature for any skins or seeds, but it is a muchhhhhh smaller space and barely any food, if any, is wasted when the mill is fully compressed. But the Green Sprouts is a little bigger and has no carrying case (which I had no need to carry my food mill in a case anyway so for me, nothing has been lost by switching).
Customer Review: Made life so much easier!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this so much with my first one, I'm back to buy a second one. (5 years between kids, passed in on to friends)
I really loved this becuase I didn't have to stress about planning enough baby food for a trip or going to family or friends for gatherings. I would just bring my baby food grinder, and there was usually always something that my child could eat. (Even pasta salads!) So, he always had fresh food. Go to a restaurant, and just put a spoonful of this and that into the grinder and there is your baby's dinner. Not to mention at home, just microwave a little bit of frozen peas or other frozen veggie in some water, and there's your baby food! After seeing how much water is added to most baby food in a jar, you feel like only fools would buy the jarred baby food! It's so much cheaper to make your own, and you know exactly what is going into it! And, it's not too complicated to clean. I buy this along with the book "Feed me I'm yours" for my friends/ family having kids.
Customer Review: Doesn't work!
Summary: 2 Stars
i received this as a gift from my mother. Those of you pureeing meat in your food mill --- do we have the same product????? Mine has a plastic grate. I **barely** mashed up some cooked peas in this thing. I can't imagine getting meat through this! That "blade" is like a dull butter knife. It worked great with a ripe avocado, and that was about the end of that. You really need three hands to get this working - two to push down and stabilize at the same time (I have to press really really hard), and a third to turn the handle. I have yet to be able to successfully turn the handle and press at the same time in any effective fashion. You also have to get messy to get the grate disk off, the only way to do it is to press down on the dirty grate with your thumbs and work it off. When it's covered in a slick puree that's not easy. Also, the plastic stains easily. I put a watermelon chunk in there, and now it's permanently stained orange. It's a great concept, but I would NOT buy this.