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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By processed to you mean prepackaged?  Or would you consider homemade chicken nuggets to be processed, too?  I guess it depends on what level of "processed" you are trying to avoid -- peeling skin off chicken before cooking is processed.  That type of stuff doesn't bother me at all.  But it may bother you.

Play it by ear as your child grows up.  I was going to do all organic, and you are right, it's much easier at the nursing/formula/milk/baby food stage than afterward when they are eating much more adult food and you are trying to plan whole family meals and not be a short-order cook for each person.  My compromise was to try to buy fresh foods (organic when possible/affordable), and cook most stuff from scratch.  It's very easy to make your own seasoned bread crumbs, for example, and then make your own chicken nuggets.   My son's whole wheat turkey sandwich with local cheese, cut into shapes with a sandwich cutter, is far healthier (and tastier) than a Lunchable.  But it's still processed.  But it's the compromise I'm happy with.  You'll find your way. [/quote]

This is really good advice. Don't shape your life around the label of "not processed," but rather figure out what you are comfortable with and what works for you, given your family's situation and interests. For example, we try to eat really healthy and keep our "processed" foods to a minimum. But we both work out of the house and have two kids under 3 years old. So yes, we eat Whole Wheat Barilla pasta. It's processed, but it's an okay trade-off because otherwise we'd spend all our time cooking and not playing with our kids while we're at home. We make our own chicken nuggets (we probably make 50 at a time and freeze them) but we feed our toddler Dr. Praeger's fishies when we go out and the babysitter prepares dinner. But when we're at home she eats the same dinner we eat. Sometimes we make a less spicy portion for her. Don't worry too much from the 12-24 month period. At that point just do what you can to get your kid interested in fresh tasty food. Then it might just all work itself out. But as PP said, find your own way and go for it![/quote]

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