One of my favorite baby purchases I have made was a set of popsicle molds. I bought these with hopes that I could make some breast milk popsicles when my girl started to teeth. Little did I know she would not pop her first tooth until after her first birthday, so instead we just got to start using these babies for fun. I started off just pouring pumped breast milk in the molds which she loved. The last time I made them like that my brother almost ate one thinking it was a yogurt pop or something so they look pretty legit, luckily I was able to warn him before he tried it.
Then as she started to have more foods she had tried I started mixing up fruit into them. If it was something like frozen blueberries, apples, or bananas I would add some water or breast milk until it blended well. I also started to add in some yogurt on the tip to make it a special treat sometimes. The thing I quickly realized was that these do not have to be sweet. One day I was sitting with my babe while she ate it and she handed me her popsicle for a quick lick, and to my surprise it was not sweet at all. Like I had to work to not look a bit horrified, yet she was going to town. Some fruits have made sweeter popsicles than others, but I love that she can enjoy her treat without it needing any extra sugar like the store bought ones would have.
Most of the time I just use some frozen fruit (whatever kind I have at the time), frozen spinach, and water or milk. I use my magic bullet most of the time just because you really don’t need very much with how small these popsicles are. The mold has 4 popsicles in it, so it is nice to be able to make multiple at one time. I always just take it out of the freezer and run the specific popsicle I am pulling out under warm water until I can pop it out. I have never had an issue with them cracking or getting stuck by doing that.
They are super easy and affordable to make, and slightly calms my often anxious self to know exactly what she is eating and to be able to make her treats without breaking the bank. It also makes me feel better about life when she tosses said popsicle across the room and can no longer eat it because I know I can make more. The popsicle mold was a great purchase at only $7.99 on Amazon, and we have been able to use them countless times.
Haha I also will say as a slight warning that you do need to make sure you put the stick in securely until it is all the way on because I definitely didn’t one time and sprayed a raspberry smoothie all over my countertop and floor. Baby girl loves them so sometimes we’ll do them just for fun, but usually we save them for the hard nights if she isn’t feeling well or has been teething. Right now while we are basically self-quarantined I have been really grateful to have them because this week baby girl decided she’d like to grow in her first two molars. So as you can imagine we are all stir crazy, and she is quite whiny which is not super normal for her. I don’t really have the option to be running out to Walmart to grab all of the teething essentials so I am so glad I could just whip up a batch of these to help ease her pain when we need them.
WELL BALANCED 