To wonder how people feed babies this revolting stuff day in day out

[moogy1a]

Had to give a mindee a jar of food today ( mum particularly wanted her to have it).
it smelt rank and I couldn't bring myself to try it.
Little one wolfed it down though so obviously used to the taste and it wasn't "off".
AIBU to think that except in emergencies babies should be fed food you would be happy to eat yourself ( or is Heinz food particularly revolting?)

The baby obviously didn't think it was rank.

Yep jarred food tastes rank, but TBH so did my home made offerings! lack of salt and seasoning does not make for a tasty meal IMO.

No. poor bugger was obviously used to it. It made me wonder how you then get them to eat "proper grown up food" if they've had a year or so with that stuff.

You're used to food being a certain way, the baby isn't. I don't eat quiche because I think the texture is bloody rank but I wouldn't stop anyone else having it.

I always thought the Heinz jars were not great. DS happily ate other brands of baby food jars though, and since has gone on to happily eat pretty much anything. If the Mum is happy, and the baby is happy and well, then what is the prolblem exactly?

Who feeds their baby jars for a year?! Surely most people might do them for a couple of months or so until they can handle chunky mashed food?

I preferred the hipp ones. especially the puddings

I just don't think it sets a person up to enjoy proper home cooked food. It makes them used to a weird processed taste and texture which might turn them off real food and lead to 70 odd years of eating processed shite . Not that there's anything wrong with the odd bit of crap but a lot of people seem to live off it, and I wondered if it's 'cos they had this stuff in their formative years.

Who feeds their baby jars for a year this jar said from 10 months.

My lot had a mixture of jars, powdered food and home made. They liked all equally and all eat well now.

I'm glad you're not my child minder.

Would you eat them yourself needaholiday.
If not, why do they not just have what you have ?

The mums found a real gem in you!

Gosh, I'd love to know someone I was paying to look after my baby was curling their nose up at how I chose to parent and plastering it on the Internet!

YABU. DS was weaned using jar food, because at the time I couldn't boil water nevermind actually cook. He enjoyed them and once he reached 10 months and was ready for proper food, I taught myself to cook. He's 3 in Feb, I now love cooking and he eats absolutely everything and a better variety of food than I've ever eaten. So him being fed with jar food didn't cause any problems when he started eating "proper grown up" food.

But they all do get used to normal food, don't they, they don't eat jars for years and years.

You could make some lovely homemade food and really shame her, bet it'd make your day

Well 10 months isn't even a year old and you don't start feeding them solids until halfway through that year anyway!

Right, 'cos nobody on here ever has an opinion on other people, do they.
I think if you read properly I fed the baby the stuff the parent wanted me, the baby was happy, mum was happy, I found the stench disgusting. Hardly makes me a bad childcarer now, does it?

I am to admit that when i was silly new mum to ds1 i thought jars were just what you fed babies and didnt even consider that i could feed him what i ate. I think my age was a factor though- i was a teen mum and none of my friends were parents so i rarely spent time with any parents to be told differently. I remember my gran asking me once "do you just give him the run of the house" and said yes thinking she meant did i let him go in all the rooms rather than did i give him the food i ate. You'll all be glad to know that i discovered MN whilst pg with ds2 and was soon educated on how to feed a baby.

I do cook for my dc, and buy one or two pouches a month for the change bag just in case. But they don't eat what I eat during the week as a) I don't want to eat at 5pm and b) it is not appropriate to give them gin and crisps

Does the baby eat those jars for every meal?

You are over egging the pudding

But would any of you really like to eat the stuff?
My point is that I like to feed people stuff I would enjoy myself. I take pleasure in providing tasty food and find it odd you would feed someone something you wouldn't eat yourself. I don't believe anyone could find them tasty ( and that includes babies)