To give a pouch of baby food

@weaningtime what did paranormal say? Obviously we know home cooked it better what did it say

Please stop trying to be a perfect parent, it will be detrimental to your health.
And for what it's worth my eldest 2 always had whatever me and their dad was eating I've puréed a whole Sunday lunch, lasagne, moussaka the works - they have loads of health issues and are both ASD, ADHD, ODD plus most of the rest of the alphabet. My youngest because I was doing a lot of health care for her brother's mainly ate jars or pouches. He's the healthiest of all no health issues at all and is part of a nationalally competing sports team.
So I'm sure a couple of pouches won't hurt

Baby will be absolutely fine with the odd pouch! An alternative however that I've found handy with my 8 month old is to buy soup. Obviously not as good as homemade soup but there are still some pretty clean ones out there! Handy to give when big siblings are having sausages and chips 🤣

In this heat I'd give cold finger foods, cheese, pitta, cucumber, hummus, apple slices, peanut butter, Greek yogurt etc no effort. DS is 7 this year and I never gave him a pouch or jar and I'm not the lentil weaving kind!

Just give her the pouch. Both my dc were practically raised on the pouches with finger foods offered too.

They thrived

DC1 used to pretty much survive solely off fruit pitches between the ages of 1-2. They also barely ate a single scrap of fruit “proper” food until they were nearly 4. I used to tear my hair out and get so upset, but looking at them now….I wish I’d been a thousand times easier on myself. Pouches are not the food of the devil. Go a lot easier on yourself and do what works for you. Your baby will be fine.

It's definitely better than a pouch IMO. It's actual chewable food for a start...but then I only said beans on toast as something the OP might already have in her cupboards so wouldn't need to go out and buy something.

She'll be fine.

Although if you are looking for minimal effort dinners, I used to do toast / pitta bread fingers with tuna and houmous and whatever raw veg was available to slice.

It will be absolutely fine. I did the odd pouch when I weaned mine on days when I just couldn't be bothered, I'd spread it on some toast or rice cakes so they could feed themselves still. But you could also save yourself a trip to the shop if you've got some bits in the house to do a picky tea, toast with cheese spread on or nut butter, fruit and veggies and some rice cakes and maybe a bit of yoghurt if you have one would be fine too.

I thought you were going to say '..to a dog..to a homeless person..'
Of course it's ok to give it to an actual baby! That's what it's for? Convenient food for infants. Unless you're Jennifer Aniston who apparently uses it as a diet aid?!

Dear lord, we did a kitchen extension and had no kitchen when DD was 7m - 1y. She exclusively had pouches and ready meals. It's fine. If you're really struggling with doing it , buy the Annabel karmel ones

I also think you’re overthinking this way too much as baby is 7 months old. A pouch is fine but I wouldn’t go out of your way to purchase one if you don’t need to pop out.

At 7 months, milk is their main nutrition. A bit of yogurt and banana will do.

Mine is obsessed with dried cat food. I think it’s the salt combined with a power move over the cat.

OP, not to diss pouches but mine has always outright refused the veg ones. If I cba I just do her a bowl full of frozen peas and she’s delighted. Don’t get too stressed with the BLW three course meal, homemade fennel hummus or whatever.

Baby lead weaning was definitely around back then 😂

I wouldn’t trouble yourself with going out and buying a pouch anyway. In this weather, she is unlikely to eat very much. A banana or some yoghurt will probably do the trick - keeping them hydrated is most important.

Sorry - 20 years since I had my kids and please tell me - what on earth is BLW and what is PFB???

thats what they are for. Convenience. Different matter if that’s all you were giving them. I wouldn’t feel a single bit of guilt.

Tinned beans? Shop bought bread? Don't see why that's any better or worse.

OP don't beat yourself up, do what you need to do for your baby. As for what family, friends and randoms advise, Take the advice YOU feel comfortable with. There is so much random shite online about the whole process of baby feeding etc.
Heck knows how the human reace has survived as long as it has before the media, shite influencers and apps telling you how to breathe. 🙄
MIne were all raised on a variety of home made, packets and jars as babies and horror of horrors formula.
No allergies, not that many illnesses between them. All healthy adults, no weight issues.
Must have done something right with them.

I would just give her some of the takeaway. My DD had a small amount of whatever we were having, including takeaway (although it’s rare for us to have them anyway).

Definitely putting too much pressure on an already high pressure job. You said you can't share your meal as you're having takeaway tonight so just to put it in context: OMG, takeaway?? Have you seen the salt/sugar/additives in takeaway, how can you eat like that????
Yes takeaway every night would be disastrous, but once in a while is fine. As for pouches, of course home made is going to be better (provided you check that you are giving the right nutrients) just as breast is better for babies but that doesn't mean you are failing if you use formula or pouches/jars. When it comes to kids, fed is best. You clearly are making every effort to give your little one the best start in life, well done to you, but don't forget the most important part of the job - to enjoy the time because all too soon DD will be toddling off eating mud and worms in the garden as soon as you take your eyes off her 😂

I was ill postnatally so couldn’t breastfeed and weaned mine exclusively on jars until they were eating exactly the same as us. They’re both very healthy indeed and very intelligent. Don’t fret.

This ^ is my advice too.

A pouch for convenience a couple times a week isn’t a huge deal. 3 x pouches a day - most likely not ideal?

@weaningtime she'll not come to any harm with it, but if she's used to BLW foods and she's into her food then she might well not eat it. My second sounds much like yours and when I tried to give her a ready meal baby thing she refused.

I'd go with PP and give her some toast and a banana or whatever you have in. She's only little still, no need to stress about it.

Sometimes people don't actually do what they say they do. Look at the array of pouches in the average supermarket, do you think they would be "wasting" that space if no one bought the products? No they wouldn't. Loads of babies being fed baby pouches and other products and they seem to be fine. You sound like you are doing really well but cut yourself a bit of slack, it will be fine and like you said in this heat the baby probably won't eat it anyway. Mum's milk is much better for a hot baby.