Eating as babies do: a good idea.

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I heard in my youth that food should be eaten hot. I remembered that while commenting an answer to another one of my posts. My mother always gave us steaming food and she told us to hurry up, before it got cold. But then, when my children were born, the pediatrician told me I should never give them food warmer than 37º C and that they did not need any salt at all in their soups. I started to think that if babies should not eat hot dishes, then we adults shouldn´t either. Later, much later, I discovered that I had to give up some of the salt I put on my dishes as a health measure (I have a mild kidney problem). So it seems that, after all, we should go back to baby food. Not ice cold, but not hot; a lot of veggies; not too much salt. I went on thinking about baby food and I also remembered that I made their soups from scratch. Bought food was only for picnics as it was easier to carry. It´s not so difficult if you have a blender , I used recicled jard to put them in the fridge and made soup for a week or so. My soups had no additives, no extra sodium they use when canning. They were unexpensive and healthy. Now, this winter has come very cold. I´m making baby soups for me every day. I make them with all odds and ends in the fridge plus some milk (in case of creams), grated cheese (instead of salt), and pesto (for minestrones). Do you think it´s a good idea to return to good "baby" food and do it from scratch? Do you think it´s healthier? Share!