Space: Most baby food makers are fairly compact so are ideal if you need to save space in your kitchen or want to take your baby food maker with you on days out or holidays. The more substantial models will take up more space on your kitchen worktop, but are also capable of producing large volumes of baby purées, making them ideal for batch cooking. It’s swings and roundabouts but do just measure up before you buy.

All you have to do is chop up the food into small cubes, add a small amount of water or breast milk/formula from your baby bottle and place it inside the plastic lid of the Itsy Blitz. Once the purée is the right consistency, you can serve it to your little gourmet straightaway – the lid even doubles up as a baby bowl. An automatic timer means that you can simply set the food up, leave the product to work its magic and then simply serve or store.

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You might well have a blender at home already, but if you want to be able to make small portions, a dedicated baby blender is what you need. The best baby food maker will help you whip up a purée in no time, without making a mess (leave that to the babies!). Select the desired speed using the speed control dial for a few seconds until food is blended to the consistency you want. And if you don’t have lots of freezer space, or just want to give your baby lots of different meals, rather than digging out the same frozen purées day after day, a tiny baby blender like this is really useful. It has two speed settings and a pulse action, so you can blend homemade baby purées in minutes, and whether you want smooth purées or chunkier consistencies, you’re always in complete control. You can store baby food in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 48 hours. If you want to freeze it, either freeze in individual containers so you can take one out to defrost and reheat for each meal, or freeze purées in ice cube trays and then pop them out and put a couple into different freezer bags. Now, refit the filter to the water hopper and refill the unit with cold water. Run a test by selecting, “4oz Feed” on the dial and pressing the Start/Stop button. This will dispense a small amount of cold water into the container.

Use the speed control dial to select slow or fast speed and blend for a few seconds until food reaches the right consistency.Make sure you change the orientation of the lid orientation to show that the food is now in the jug.