FWIW, we requested a blender for my smoothies a few years ago. It was not as thorough as my bullet blender at home. Since that lumpy smoothie experience, we pack our own bullet blender. If I were pureeing baby food for a very young infant new to food, I think I'd want the thorough blending of a higher powered appliance with sharper blades than the blender we experienced at BCV a few years ago. YMMV