Like all first-time moms, Jessica Brockmole had good intentions with her first child. She was determined to only give her daughter freshly pureed, homemade baby food. She bought a jar of butternut squash baby food and pureed a batch of her own. She and her husband tasted it and thought the homemade food was far better, but her daughter surprised them both by not liking her mom's version.

Most of our mothers fed us the standard baby food in a jar, also known as "commercial" baby food. Many modern-day moms like Brockmole, an American mom currently living in Edinburgh, Scotland, are in favor of making their own baby food, but all the extra boiling, mashing and pureeing can sometimes be a little time-consuming for a busy parent.

Brockmole says she learned her lesson with that first experience, and by the time her second child came along she wasn't as adamant about only serving him homemade food.

"I did make him some homemade purees and he was happy to eat them, but with an older child at home too, I was more pressed for time, and was less anxious about buying jarred foods," Brockmole says. "I preferred a brand of organic foods that came with interesting flavor combinations and a fresh taste. I thought that, just because it came out of a jar, that didn't mean that it had to taste like it."

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