Babycook!

While I was still waking up almost every hour to breastfeed Vlad, I could not wait for the time he could be on solid food so that his father could feed him instead and I will have more free time... uhmmm... wrong again!

I got all excited introducing apples and other fruits to Vlad - this was like only once a day during lunch time, but soon I have to cook 3 times a day (lunch, tea time snack and dinner) and this took more time than expected. Luckily my sis-in-law gave me her Beaba's Babycook - and this is just unbeatable.

It contains a basket for steaming fruit, vegetables, meat or fish - and on the other side, there is a place where you put water that will be used to steam the food. I usually put about 1.5 cup for fruits, 2 for vegetables and 3 for meat.

Steamed food is then tipped into the main bowl for blending, so no vitamins or minerals are lost in preparation. It can also be used for defrosting or warming meals, and comes with an invaluable recipe book (which my sis-in-law kept unfortunately).

+ Easy and fast preparation of food - steaming with 3 cups of water takes about half an hour only
- Blender has only one mode - Vlad seemed to enjoy his food very very smooth until about 8 months and the Babycook made blended meat a little bit coarse (he dealt with it though!)