I hate to comment on others parenting, BUT...

[BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability]

I've just seen a post on facebook saying that someone is proud that their 6 week old baby has just eaten a whole jar of puree...

Has anyone else seen examples of interesting parenting first hand that they thought were the stuff of MN myth? I honestly didnt think that people this, ahem, naive existed!

When we were on holiday in Norfolk ,samphire was for sale everywhere

I dunno what it is though

Jennai HA HA HA! I only tried fucking samphire a fortnight ago (I got it in Asda! Of all places) It was very salty and would probably make small children boke up their ring.

Usual - It was salty. Nice with fish (obviously, as it is some sort of seaweed hybrid thingy) tasted...of the sea and GREEN.

V Nice.

Kenwood chef and dough hook

I live in Norfolk & can't remember seeing Samphire for sale anywhere for years.

The first I ever heard of it was on Masterchef. I just filed it away mentally in 'the poncy food you've heard of but will probably never eat' part of my brain, along with foie gras and anything cooked by Heston Blumenthal.

It was everywhere around the East Runton ,Cromer and Sheringham area

People had notices outside their gardens flogging it

ASDA.

And I don't even live somewhere posh. It wasn't an Asda in Chelsea or anything (Do they have asda in Chelsea?)

Bumbleymummy, how old are your children?
It's just that on every topic I've seen you post on, you seem to be a self styled expert on children's nutrition from breastfeeding onwards.
As I've just come back from the pub, where I was celebrating my son's brilliant exam results, my 6 foot, healthy teenager btw, who in his early years hated vegetables, drank Robinsons and loved his chicken nuggets, I think you need to learn to put the books away, close down the parenting websites, and go with the flow.

Yep, they sell it in Asda!

I nearly DIED when I saw it Bullet. Nearly DIED.

And then bought it and cooked it with a piece of haddock.

And I felt all self righteous and "I'm eating an in season foodstuff".

You should all eat samphire because, after all, why wouldn't you? Why would you eat chips and stuff when you can get samphire in Asda?

PROLES

I know, what is the world coming to eh???

Jesus wept.

can you get samphire flavour pot noodles?

I bet you love a pot noodle don't you? DON'T YOU?

LBE - are you suggesting that your way is the right way then? :) I just don't see the point in giving young children food and drinks that aren't that good for them. I'm under no illusion that they are going to eat healthily their entire lives but while they depend on me to provide their food then I'm going to make sure it's healthy and control the amount of sweet/fatty things that they eat. I don't need to be uptight about it - I just don't buy it and they don't know what it is so they don't ask for it/want it. :) I'm glad you're happy with your parenting choices, I'm happy with mine too.

Weaned all mine on puréed pot noodles

I would have called SS on you usual. Disgrace. Don't you know you're only supposed to BLW with hoummous and wholegrain breadsticks imported from Italy? WELL?

You didn't answer my question bumbley.
And as i've said above, everything in moderation.
And I do think you're very uptight about it, whatever you say.
And I really don't like your smiley faces on all your threads either, which is why I've never even tried to engage with you before. They are very passive aggressive, and makes you look like you look down on everyone that doesn't share your 'expert' opinions.
Just saying.

Joining in late here but thought you might "enjoy" these. Not recent happenings as my DCs are grown up:

• In the Zoo one boiling hot day I saw a couple feeding their 3-4 month old baby Irn Bru (fizzy, full of additives, v. strong taste) using the lid of the Irn Bru bottle as a "cup".
• My friend left her DH to watch their DCs while she went shopping (toddler and 4 months). He wanted peace to do some decorating so he gave the 4 month old baby (in bouncing cradle) half a chocolate Easter egg. Baby was so excited by this he managed to summon the motor skills to hold on to it and suck away. Resulting nappies were horrendous, apparently.

-My neighbour (from Outer Hebribes) gave her DCs (at around 6-7 months) a chop bone (pork, I think) to chew on rather than a teething ring. I was told this is traditional for the islands.

They are 5 and 2.

Actually I use smileys because I see them as friendly - do people in RL only smile at your if they are being passive aggressive? What a negative interpretation to have of a cheerful emoticon.

I think it's a bit silly to think someone is uptight because they show an interest in providing a healthy diet for their children. Can you only be laid back about food if you let your children eat whatever and whenever they like? I'm pretty sure most people place some kind of restriction on food or did you allow yours to devour entire packets of biscuits and 6 bags of crisps at a time? Why do you think that the restrictions that you decided to place on food were right but that mine are wrong? (particularly when you don't actually know what I do feed my children) Some people would probably consider me laid back because I let my children eat certain snacks between meals while they have 3 set meals a day...it's all relative really.

God, I thought I was laid back, but most of these have made me go all cat's bum face. Shocking how fecking stupid people are, those poor kids!!

Bumble I like you.

Im going off to write a book - "The Path of Least Resistance Parenting" or something similar.

When I was young people called my mother uptight because she didnt like me sitting in smoky rooms with my extended family.

I wrote my message after reading only the first page I've realised, i thought i was at the end. I see the caravan has moved on somewhat and we're off the shockingly bad parenting and into something different?!
lolz

Ah yu sound so reasonable bumbley. And that's good - I agree with you. I was pretty "uptight" about what I "let" my children eat when they were little too.

I did the cooking and the mushing and the freezing and the organic and the fruit and the veg and the NO CHOCOLATE too. I did allow some organic juice sometimes if they refused boiled water and it was 30 degrees outside, because you've got to choose your battles...am I right?

But again, I say, I was LUCKY. Lucky that my children ate the food I gave them, LUCKY that they were such little pigs angels that they had inheritated my love for veggies.

Sorry to tell you that it is just luck, and if one of my children hadn't touched a crumb in 2 days, you can bet your arse that I would have offered them anything to get them eating again.

The problem is that your posts are coming from the standpoint of "ah well, I give my children good food, if you don't then you're a bit uneducated" It's simply NOT TRUE.