Munchkin Fresh Feeding Set

I like the masher a lot. It does very small amounts of food easily, so the baby just gets a little of whatever we're having beets, sweet potatoes, peaches, whatever. This is way easier than making separate baby food, and more interesting for him. Plus, if he doesn't like something, I didn't have to make a blender-full to find that out. (For whatever reason, current dislikes include carrots who'd have guessed?)

The mesh feeder is more hit-or-miss; the baby will mouth the food end a bit and then settle into chewing the plastic ring end. Perhaps this will improve as he gets the hang of it. I've heard these are difficult to wash but we have not found it so. (We've just avoided putting banana in it, which I hear is the worst culprit for sticking to the mesh.) It's been used so far with cantaloupe, watermelon and apricots without trouble. The feeder does need to be hand-washed; a dishwasher will not get the bits off.

I had high hopes for this food grinder. The fresh food feeder is okay--my 8-month old likes eating cantaloupe from it. But I was very disappointed by the grinder. Here's why:

1) The grinder is shaped awkwardly. You have to hold onto the upright middle part of the grinder while pushing downward so the food gets pushed up to the grinding blade. It can be hard to apply enough downward pressure to do this, and it's fatiguing to push down with one hand while grinding with the other.

2) It takes a lot of effort to grind just a little bit of food. It took me about 2 minutes of grinding to get less than 1 ounce of ground green beans. 8 minutes of grinding by hand to get a 4-ounce feeding while the baby is hungry? No thank you!

3) Ground food is too course for my 8-month old baby. I tried feeding him two bites from the grinder, and he gagged so hard he almost threw up. Maybe it's okay for babies eating "Stage 3" foods, but not for younger babies.

4) The grinder is hard to disassemble. During assembly, you rotate the metal disk into the base of the bowl so it doesn't come loose while grinding. But there's no easy way to get the metal disk back out for cleaning. I ended up having to use a fork to pry/rotate the metal disk out.

I'm taking the grinder back and getting a food processor instead.

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Both products are excellent and easy to use. Cleanup however is not so easy. The fresh food feeder seems to be a one time use. I have soaked, scrubbed even used the dishwasher but I cannot get the banana out of the mesh. Big disappointment because my daughter loved the independence it gave her to eat on her own. The grinder cleans up easily as long as it is done immediately after using it. Although clean up is a pain I would still recommend this product.

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I wouldnt recommend this to anyone. You have to get the food really soft and cooked before you can use it and I ended up just using a fork to squish it. It was a total waste of time and money. If you have a blender then you dont need this...or just a fork for mashing. Save some money and just use a fork or blender.

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I bought this grinder planning to mash up some simple foods for my daughter to try on a meal by meal basis. I did not intend to use it for mass food production.

It's awful! The handle keeps getting stuck, the grinder jams easily, it's a mess. I'm not happy with it at all. It's too much work to clean and use. A fork works better.

The feeder is okay. I've used it once, but can see it being more useful when my daughter gets a little bigger.

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