One thing many new parents learn quickly is that their newborn is very much an opinionated little person. Newborns will show you in short order how they prefer to be held, if they prefer breast feeding or a bottle and once they start eating solids, they will happy gulp down the yams you bought or spit the green peas back all over the place. Getting a handle on the foods your baby will enjoy is easy if you take advantage of free baby food samples.

Finding free samples of baby food isn't rocket science either. Go online and hit up your favorite baby food companies. Whether you feel better feeding your baby organic food or you like brand names you yourself grew up with - go for what you're comfortable with. Once you're at the company's website - surf around and if you don't see anything for free baby food samples, use the contact form all of these companies have and just ask.

Baby and parent magazine are often rich sources for free baby samples. Make a note of the companies that pay for advertising in the magazines. Often they have free baby food samples on their websites.

There's no harm in trying a baby food before you commit to buying it. Using free baby food samples is a great way to learn the foods your baby will love and also which ones to avoid or re-introduce at a later date.