Customer Reviews

KidCo Complete Natural Feeding System

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This kit has made making my own baby food so easy. The motor is plenty powerful for everything I've put in it. The "turbo" button made me laugh when I first saw it, but is very helpful on harder foods like asparagus. I love that the food that comes out of the ice cube tray is perfectly shaped to fit the feeding dish. It has been pretty easy to get everything out of the tray too. The servings are 2 oz sizes, unlike the other baby food trays that make 1 oz cubes. For me, this is really nice and I bought more of these trays and only use the competitor's trays for ice. The spoon clamps onto the feeding dish, so I am never without a utensil. The manual food mill rocks! I used it on an airplane while flying under high security conditions that wouldn't allow me to bring other food aboard. I was able to make my daughter a great meal from onboard food, serve it to her from the food mill (it acts as a bowl) and the cleaning is so easy, I did it in a coach class bathroom. The carrying-case ensures you have all your parts. I am will now be getting everyone this for their baby showers. I signed on Amazon tonight to buy this for a friend who is expecting and saw no one has reviewed this before. I knew I had to be the first because it really is awesome. If you know anyone who is going to be an organic mom, cloth diapering, natural laundry and the such, this is the perfect baby shower gift.

edited: I noticed others have said that the cubes are hard to get out. Keeping the lid on, turn the tray up-side-down and run it under warm water for a few seconds. The cubes pop right out of the tray. Just twist a little until you hear the cubes hit the lid. Then they are still firm enough to put into zip-loc bags. I make a week's worth of food at a time this way, only cooking on Sundays and I mark the bag with a sharpie, so it writing stays on in the freezer.

At first, I was delighted with this kit. But then reality set it.

1) The feeding dish warped in the dishwasher and no longer closes (it was on the top shelf of the dishwasher). It is now worthless. This did not happen to the freezer trays. DO NOT PUT THE FEEDING DISH IN THE DISHWASHER!
2) I frequently had problems opening the electronic mill after processing food (the lid would get jammed, and I would have to rely on my husband's strength to force open). Also, the second time I washed it in the dishwasher, I noticed a hairline crack in the plastic. It does not affect its performance, but I worry that it is going to completely break anyday.
3) The food mill is very difficult, if not impossible, to take apart to clean.

The electronic and manual food mill are both very effective, so no complaints on the performance front, but I wish I had invested in a regular food processor and plain ice cube trays instead of purchasing this kit.

I love the mill, it's easy to clean and small enough to carry with me on small trips -although my baby (7mo) doesn't yet like the consistency of the food, it's not very smooth, so I'm still using the food procesor a lot more - and it's also great, again, it's easy to clean and to use.

I use the food processor every day. It is so convinient, efficient and easy to clean. Just make sure to cover it right otherwise the cover will stuck and hard to get it open. other than this, it is a great product. So far, I haven't use the hand mill yet. I will use it later.

After reading the other reviews, even the "not so favorable" ones, I decided to by the whole kit anyway. I had no trouble removing the frozen food from the plastic trays. All you have to do is run hot water over the bottom of the tray and they pop out without any trouble - no twisting the tray, nothing like that. It's not rocket science!

I love this and used it all of the time! It is easy to use and most importantly easy to clean. I have never had to use the manual piece though, so I can't comment on that. But the electric part works great! I recommend this to every mommy! :)

The kid Co complete feeding system is amazing the manual food mill is
Great for whipping up breakfast bananas, avacodo, etc. handles sweet potatos
And other cooked food well. Makes a small mash appropriate for first foods.
Cleaning is a breeze and it's small enough to take any where in a diaper bag( fits
A ziplock freezer bag ) .
The larger electric food mill is amazing for making larger batches to freeze in
The provided trays are also just great food come out clean and can be stored
In ziplocks in the freezer .
I use The little to go divided bowl most days the snap on spoon holder
Is ingenious . Over all I am very very happy with this purchase

I used the Kidco food mill for both of my kids and would give it as a gift to ever baby shower I go to. LOVE IT

Not what it's all cracked up to be. The mill is not easy to put together each time you need to use it. As a mother, I am looking for something that is more time friendly, easy to use, and easy to clean. This product did not meet any of those expectations.

I only have the freezing trays because I already had a food processor. I've been making my own food sinse my daughter started solids over a month ago and its great to be able to freeze it and use one serving at a time. The problem is the food is difficult to get out of the tray once its frozen in there. I don't know what the previous reviewer did to make it so easy for her! Maybe the manufacterer wrote that review. I have to twist the tray (which immediately cracked) while getting underneith one of the servings with a fork to pry it out. I'm so disappointed because I was excited the idea of using the trays, I had even bought 2 2 packs. They really need to make the trays out of a more flexible plastic.