AIBU to think that babies shouldn't be charged £1.40 to eat a bit of home made puree in a cafe???

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A local cafe in Bath is charging £1.40 if you take your own food to feed baby. They offer a puree of the day for the same price. However, what if your baby doesn't like courgette puree as I think was on offer one day when I went in. I wouldn't even eat that so I very much doubt my fussy child would! And they do baby tapas but when I asked what was in it, I was told crisps! CRISPS! For a 7 month old! Anyway they have now got rid of the charge after many complaints.

The local paper website is astonishing however with the negative comments about mums (nothing about dads though, no surprise there...)

The scones are now £3 (I believe), but still don't include tea or coffee.

Oooooh am I proper famous now? A fully-initiated real life genuine MNer???

Thats still dear, without a tea or coffee.

Very myopic of the cafe in question. If you find a cafe you like you will continue to go there when your baby is older and even when your children are in school and you are a Lady Who Lunches

The cafe is owned by matt Stevens (rugby player who got banned for 2 years for doing coke). He was on x-factor battle of stars and came 2nd. I've seen him working in there sometimes. Not sure if he's got kids or not.

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They've removed the charge now. Am guessing they will have done more than a little damage to their local standing. I thought it was an unwritten rule that baby food was bring your own until they could eat off menu with paying parents. More than common for places to give free jars of baby food. "Norkage" on breast feeding- next big thing?

There were always people on their laptops with just a coffee for ages. Us mums (especially when we were ravenous breastfeeders) would spend a fortune on their overpriced ciabattas and cakes meanwhile!

at "norkage fee"