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?)

Is it that mad to smell and taste an unfamiliar foodstuff you're about to feed to a LO?

It just seems like an instinctive impulse to me. I don't think the OP was trying to STEAL a little taste of the LO's food, though it wasn't HERS.

Are people who hire CMs usually this disparaging towards people they employ?

PetiteRaleuse how many nutrients do you think are left after it's been pasteurised within an inch of it's life? Surely this process decreases the nutrients quiet drastically. I could be wrong though.

I was quite the opposite of disparaging to our CM. I felt that the original post was sneery in tone. The intention appears to have been misunderstood but I think folk are, understandably, a bit unsettled by the idea of someone who cares for their child posting on the web about what said child eats.

I would imagine that pasteurising milk, cheese and butter has the same effect and is the law in the UK. Overboiling or cooking, freezing then reheating will also surely impact on nutritional value

mrscog enough nutrients are left. They have to be left or added to be allowed to be sold. To be nutritionally balanced. And I honestly think pre prepped food is better than badly cooked home food. Not every one knows how long to cook each bit of food.

Following on from mrscog

BBC link

I think the OP is deliberately goady.

Youhaventseenme is your solicitor also "hired help"?

From what I remember, jarred baby food only smells rank. It doesn't really taste of anything at all.

Baby food is quite bland to begin with due to lack of salt and pepper and other things.

Lots of the home made stuff is also bland ish and not wow, amazing zingy food....that we should all be eating as its soooo fab.

They have a place, leave her alone.

I often find people who are soooo smug and sanctimonious on one area are very lacking in others.

This is laughable! Think most of you meant to post on that smug-stick-up-one's-arse alpha parenting site. OP you are being judgy and over the top, and not very professional discussing your mindees on a public forum.

Jars: the very thought, how awful. To the poster who judges parents with a trolley full of jars get over yourself, it's none of your fecking business! Why do you care? That's a bit concerning...Jars have their place, not all people have the time to do fresh food every day. Others have got fed up of making fresh food only to have it thrown on the floor or refused.

I glad there are so many perfect parents in the world, it makes up for all the poor excuses for parents like me apparently. Around these days.

Too much time on their hands?

If you can be arsed to read my replies, the parent agrees that the food was shite. They also love that I provide proper home cooked food. I'm waiting with baited breath for the next thread about how my CM fed my child nuggets and chips and you'll all wade in and say take your child out and report to OFSTED

Are you being deliberately thick

www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/earlylearningandchildcare/delivery/providers/a0074583/diet-and-nutrition-in-early-years

Luckily for me, legislation states that I'm not actually allowed to feed my mindees crap

www.cspinet.org/reports/cheat1.html

Argh! To me its less about jars and more about your smug attitude, my baby had lentils, brussels and broccoli tonight and who the fuck cares, your attitude and comparison of jars to junk food stinks

www.cspinet.org/reports/cheat1.html

I My PFB used to like the cheesy broccoli jar - can't remember if it was Heinz or not.

The only 'baby food' that makes me shudder is rice cakes < vomit.

OP, we are all entitled to our opinions, many people have found jarred baby food a godsend. Granted, some of it looks dodgy, smells bleurgh and tastes uugh to a sophisticated palate but babies in the main do enjoy them and they are nutritionally sound. And it rarely stops a baby from progressing to proper home cooked food.

Fwiw, I hate fish but cook it every week for my DCs who love it.

So 2 tired, when choosing a childcare provider you wouldn't give a care about what they would feed your child? Asda smartprice lasagne all round would be fine then?

And it is not comparable to pot fucking noodle

I dont have child are provider thanks, as I said I dont really jar feed but hate your attitude