Baby Food???

[Reese]

We will be taking our DD who is only going to be 8 months old. Is there any place to buy baby food? If so what kind is it? I was planning on just bringing a bunch of jars in my carry on but now it's not allowed. What has everyone else done.

 

[tjmw2727]

The resort shops have a limited amount of baby foods and its quite pricey. If your renting a car or using a town car service you can stop at one of the many grocery stores just off property for the brands and foods you like.

If your using ME then I would consider either shipping a box to yourself c/o the resort or using a grocery delivery service. I used www.wegoshop in October and April this year and was very satisfied.

TJ

 

[BlakeNJ]

My answer may not pertain to your exact question but it's something you should be aware of before you go.

We traveled with DD1 last year and also brought baby food from home. It was homemade so it needed to be refrigerated. We carried it in a cooler on the plane, then kept it in the resort room fridge. It became a problem at the restaurants because they will not heat the baby food for you. Best I could do was sit it in hot water (which never worked). Unless your child will eat right from a room temp. jar, you'll have trouble warming it. My suggestion is to stop at the baby center at the park and use their microwave. Of course this option only works if you are eating in the park. It was very frustrating for me. Something I wish Disney would be more family-friendly on. Good luck.

ETA: My suggestion would be to mail a package ahead of time to the resort and include your diapers, large container of wipes, baby wash & baby food/formula. We packed everything in an extra suitcase but this year we are mailing everything--less stressful. Just make sure to have extra diapers/food in your suitcase. You could also order from gardengrocer.com and avoid all of the above! They will deliver milk too.

Blakely

 

[Reese]

I make my own but also use jars or organic food and I feed her straight from the jar so warming it won't be a problem. We've found it's easier to get them accustomed to room temp food at that stage.

My problem is I'm particular about what I feed her so I'm hoping I can find a way to take my own brand with me. I can't ship a package down since I'm form Canada so it would cost a small fortune.

 

[Oh Kay!]

Just got back with a 7.5 months old. I packed the organic jarred baby food and juice in the checked luggage. I put 4 jars in a quart sized ziplock bag, then put two such bags in a gallon sized bag. I put the bags in a nest of soft things--diapers, clothing packed in ziplock bags, etc. They arrived all safely. I also put a jar in the diaper bag. I had no problems with it at JFK, but at MCO I had to declare it.

 

[Princess Roo]

I have done what the previous poster said with checking baby food through. (I was also a half homemade, half organic jars mommy!) Be aware that most of the jars are 4 oz. (at least in the US), so if the security people are being sticklers then you won't be able to take it past security to feed on the flight (or maybe they would let you dump 1/4 of it - don't know). I would think in most cases they wouldn't say anything, but there is that small possibility. You may want to bring some of the small jars for first introducing foods, which are 2 or 3 oz., just for the flights.

 

[Kae]

You could use bubble wrap inthe baggie also.

Kae

 

[Dannielle_1]

I travelled with my then 9 month old in Sept. This is what I did.

My son was eatting essentially a jar for lunch and a jar for dinner, plus cereal at each meal. I packed a ziplock bag for each day with a jar of vegetables, a jar of fruit and then two premeasured bags of dry cereal (premesured myself into the snack size ziplocks). I could just get the above in a ziplock sandwich bag. I marked each bag with the day/date I wanted to use it (I did this for two reasons, I could just grab the correct bag when packing up the diaper bag, and also I wanted to make sure my son had a variety through out the week and didn't end up eatting bananas for three days straight.)

I then packed each of these daily bags into a lunch cooler that has a hard plastic insert. Then packed this in my checked luggage. This worked perfectly. I didn't have to worry about shipping and I didn't have to worry about crushing issues.

My son has never eatten warmed food, so that was not an issue for us. We are often on the go and eat out a lot and I never wanted to have to worry about the "warming" issue. At home, he actually gets cold baby food out of the fridge.

The one thing I would highly recommend is the figuring out what you need each day and prepackaging that way, so you can just grab and go in the morning. There is so much to have get ready for each day, and getting little ones into bed at night, plus then trying to get yourself into bed after a long day, having the food preplanned is one less thing to have to think about, JMHO.

From what I recall, the few gift shops I looked at primarily had regular Gerber Brand, fairly limited on selection. Single fruits and vegies and not many at that and they were I think between $2.00 - $2.50 for a twin pack of 2nd Foods. (I bought food the for the day we arrived after we took ME.) I never checked out what the Baby Centers had.

Sorry So Long, Hope this Helps!!!

 

[betsywdw]

I am in the same dilemma. I am taking DD who will be 11months in Feb when we go. All of these suggestions sound great. I'm really thinking about shipping a box of food/diapers ahead of time.

 

[AngieWin]

On the TSA website all I am seeing is this

Canned, jarred, or processed baby food is permitted in your carry-on baggage and aboard your plane.

I know there is a oz limit on travel toiletries, but I dont see it for baby food. The jars ds is eating are 6 oz jars. I guess I will see in a few hours what they say about them.

 

[Reese]

Thanks for all the great ideas. I will definately be using Dannielle_1's idea about pre-packing days. I'll wait patiently for AngieWin to return and see if she had any problems taking baby food on board.

 

[tjmw2727]

Try here - right from the TSA website page on traveling with children:
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/formula.shtm

Looks like you can bring on baby food and formula but "not more than you will need for the flight".

HTH
TJ

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

We just flew to and from Wash DC last week. We went through security with the following:

3 packs of Gerber 2nd foods fruits/vegetables
1 bottle with 8 oz of mixed formula
1 bottle with 8 oz of water

I had expected them to make me dump the water, but they didn't. I did have to pull all these items out of the diaper bag and present them with my ziplock of toothpaste and Tide stain remover pen.

 

[Oh Kay!]

On the TSA website all I am seeing is this

I know there is a oz limit on travel toiletries, but I dont see it for baby food. The jars ds is eating are 6 oz jars. I guess I will see in a few hours what they say about them.

There is no oz limit on baby food. As I noted on my previous post, I was able to get through the security at JFK without any hassle. I had put a 4 ounce jar of baby food along liquid filled teethers in a quart sized ziplock bag. Before going through the metal detector, I pulled out the bag and showed it to the agent. The agent simply waved me through.

At MCO on the other hand, the agent at the beginning of the line checking the boarding pass and ID asked me if I had any baby food. When I said yes, I was directed to another agent who asked me to show her the food. She noted the two jars of baby food on the back of the boarding pass. When the diaper bag with baby food went through the scanner, the agent sent it through the scanner again. Then he asked me if I had declared the baby food and asked me to show him the boarding pass. When he saw the notation on the back of boarding pass, he thanked me and gave me back the diaper bag.

So in short, you are allowed to bring baby food aboard, but beware different airports handle things differenttly.

 

[kpartha]

I'll be visiting WDW on 23rd (flying from Newark) of this month and I am using Disney's Magical Express and packing all baby food for my son (2 years old) in our check-ins.

My question, since it would take 5 or 6 hours for my checked in luggage to arrive at my resort, can I take enough food for my son so that it I don't have to worry for atleast 1/2 a day. My son is allergic to lot of items and I can't expect everything to be available in places like Airport(Rice Milk is one among them since he is allergic to milk).

Advise/Suggestions/comments welcome.

 

[Reese]

Try here - right from the TSA website page on traveling with children:
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/formula.shtm

Looks like you can bring on baby food and formula but "not more than you will need for the flight".

HTH
TJ

Thanks for the link.

 

[saffymom]

We just flew to and from Wash DC last week. We went through security with the following:

3 packs of Gerber 2nd foods fruits/vegetables
1 bottle with 8 oz of mixed formula
1 bottle with 8 oz of water

I had expected them to make me dump the water, but they didn't. I did have to pull all these items out of the diaper bag and present them with my ziplock of toothpaste and Tide stain remover pen.

Just FYI, about bringing water through, it depends on the TSA agent. I've made several trips lately with DD, and sometimes I was allowed and sometimes I wasn't. It's totally hit or miss.
In Pittsburgh I had to dump out the bottles and I was even questioned about the baby food and a can of powdered formula. I've gone through Chicago twice and I didn't even have to remove it from the bag.

I'm not bothered either way, but I hate that they aren't consistent. I like to be prepared and not have any surprises when I get to the airport. Travelling with a baby is stressful enough, I don't need the extra worry.