I am six weeks out from surgery and am on the soft food phase. A friend at work asked if baby food would work for this phase. I have no idea, does anyone have any thoughts on this?

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I though about this, but it was difficult to find ones with much Protein. I do remember trying one and it was disgusting, so I moved on from that idea :-) !

Someone asked this in my pre op class and thy also wrote something about it in my booklet. So basically they don't recommend baby food they told us in our class it's made for baby's and not adults so they prefer you make your own purée and stay away from baby food.

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I did baby food for my puree phase doc said it was a good way to stay within the recommended portion and also some of them actually do have everything u need at that stage along with drinking Protein shake like pure protein thru out the day

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I'm not fond of cooking so my surgeon suggested I purchase some of the baby foods. I did buy meats, and some of the cereals. When that phase came, I was having a tough time, mentally, with trying it so.....several dollars wasted. That phase was a week out for me, so the thoughts of food was still nauseating. Shoot I'm 4 weeks out and not sure I could handle it, but since you are 6 weeks out it might not be as difficult.

I believe baby food in small glass jars can be acceptable during the puree stage. My surgeons directions actually listed "baby food fruits/vegetables" in the list of acceptable foods. But you have to read the labels. Many contain too much added sugar. Sugar need to be avoided.

Before surgery, I bought a few jars in preparation. But I never used them. My taste buds changed too much after surgery. So I didn't even want to try.

My nut said no to baby food.

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Be careful with the nutritional content in baby food. I can't imagine eating it at all - but that's me.

When discussing acceptable foods for the pureed stage my nut did mention that some patients like to just use baby food. However we both agreed on the "...but why would you want to?" front. You'll get much better flavor and nutrition by preparing a few things yourself. I made purees of each chicken tenderloins, crab meat, black beans, and sweet potatoes at this stage, and they were so worth the effort.

Baby food was nixed by my NUT as well. The primary reason being protein - it doesn't give you nearly enough for the amount you should be consuming after surgery. I picked up a small jar of chicken baby food at the store the other day and it only had 2 grams of protein. I'd have to eat 31 of them to get my required protein in for the day.

Thanks for all input.

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Baby food is disgusting. No need for it. Purée your own yummo food and/or eat soft food like yogurt and cottage cheese. Best first veggies to purée with some chicken broth is yellow squash or zucchini (don't forget a little salt and pepper). Yum yum.