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

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moogy1a · 17/10/2013 18:51

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?)

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BrianTheMole · 19/10/2013 00:06

That's lovely and really nice but I have los of 10 months or s0

Start as you mean to go on....

Original poster
moogy1a · 19/10/2013 00:08

My lo's have beautiful table manners because they copy the older ones and know how to behave without being forced into it

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Bogeyface · 19/10/2013 00:10

I'm still a little shell shocked that I am being slated for giving my mindees good food.

Spectacularly missing the point. You are not being slated for feeding them "good food". You are being slated for being a judgey pants food snob, there is a massive difference.

Bogeyface · 19/10/2013 00:10

And shell shocked?! Over reaction, much?

cory · 19/10/2013 00:11

Well, some of us would not count taking food from other people's plates or begging at the table as beautiful table manners.

In fact, I don't know anyone who would consider that an acceptable way of having a meal. Except possibly my great-aunt - though in her case it was a poodle.

BrianTheMole · 19/10/2013 00:13

My lo's have beautiful table manners because they copy the older ones and know how to behave without being forced into it

Doesn't sound like it to me, but as I said, everyone seeks different qualities in a child minder...

cory · 19/10/2013 00:13

The original premiss - that something that does not taste appetising to an adult must therefore be bad for a baby - falls down when you consider that many 10mos are still having breastmilk. Which is certainly not appetising to most adults.

The only way to see if the jar food is bad for the baby is to read the label.

TheHouseCleaner · 19/10/2013 00:14

Leaving the table before others have finished, wandering around with food in hand, cruising around the dining room and taking/asking for food from others' plates is not how I would define "beautiful table manners".

I really think that you have some odd ideas OP.

I still wonder whether the parents buy into this new idea way of learning how to eat and how to behave at table or whether they're totally oblivious as to what their children are allowed to do.

zippey · 19/10/2013 00:16

He made food isn't always good food or tasty. Just as vegetarian food isn't necessarily healthy. Jar foods can be integral to a healthy diet to a little one.

And I wouldn't drink formula or breast milk, so the argument that you should be willing to eat what baby eats doesn't stack up.

Try Heinz creamy chicken curry as a tasty alternative.

Bogeyface · 19/10/2013 00:19

I have a just 2 year old and now, she doesnt get down from the table before anyone else. As for taking food from others like they are feeding a pet, words fail me that you think that constitutes beautiful table manners.

Fucking hell I'm a bad CM

At least we agree on something.

Bogeyface · 19/10/2013 00:20

no, not now

HaroldLloyd · 19/10/2013 01:14

You keep saying the parents agree with you, did you tell them he was a "poor bugger" who was obviously "used to it" as he ate it?

I can't honestly see why you don't understand how this thread went bad.

HaroldLloyd · 19/10/2013 01:15

Jars are not full of crap either. It's not a comparison of a cooked meal and a donner kebab.

PansOnFire · 19/10/2013 02:20

You're not being slated for giving your mindees home cooked food your OP was a judgement about using jarred food and your subsequent posts have been negative judgements on people who choose to use jars.

Others have then jumped on the bandwagon to join in slating those choices which serves no legitimate purpose other than to belittle the choices of other people. Get over yourself. A jar is hardly a pot noodle or dinner kebab equivalent and a mix of jars and home cooked food is perfectly healthy.

TheDoctrineOfSpike · 19/10/2013 07:03

Do you disapprove of jars of pasta sauce, OP?

2tiredtocare · 19/10/2013 07:36

Yes sorry I went to bed OP didnt realise it was compulsory to stay up arguing the toss with you. You are being disengenous to pretend this is about me mot wanting CM's to give good food, I want you to give your mindees what their parents ask you to without slagging it off on the internet. I never gave my 1st any jars etc so would get stuck in an emergency as she wouldnt eat them, And for the last time your comparision of jars to adult ready meals, fruit shoots, coke and sausage rolls in inaccurate and pathetic. Those things contain salt, caffeine, trans fats etc all the things jars do not

MissStrawberry · 19/10/2013 07:42

People are obviously not saying you should feed the children you are paid to look after crap. People don't care what you do. What some of us are saying is that you have a really bad attitude and cooking nice food does not make up for that. The problem is your attitude, your holier than thou shit, not what you feed the kids.

You didn't answer my question earlier so I will repeat it. You said you couldn't bring yourself to try the jarred food, why would you, it wasn't yours?!

MissStrawberry · 19/10/2013 07:48

Going around begging is NOT good table manners!

If the children who are giving away their food do it as they are full, give them less. The children who are begging are still hungry, give them more!

Chunderella · 19/10/2013 08:14

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MaryPoppinsBag · 19/10/2013 08:25

OP has not been unprofessional at all. It would be unprofessional to belittle a parent to her face about the choice of choosing a rank smelling jar and make her feel bad. She hasn't done that.

She has expressed an opinion about not feeding jars day in day out on a forum where this type of discussion is the norm. It's a perfectly valid opinion. I agree with OP I couldn't bring myself to feed mine jars day in day out. Just occasionally and then just the pouches because they don't smell. Although I found the fruit purée pots quite good. But I can cook, wanted to cook and really enjoyed it.

I hate the notion that because the OP is a CM she cannot have an opinion on baby nutrition. Surely it's our job to have an opinion/ knowledge in this area. There are frequent newspaper articles based on scientific research that say that actually jars have poor nutritional content, particularly the meat ones that sometime only contain 3% meat. Health visitors strongly promote home cooked food inline with what parents eat less the salt content, which is pretty easy to take out of the cooking process. So it is a notion supported by the NHS. But because a childminder has dared to mention it all the research and fact goes out of the window. Hmm

Chunderella · 19/10/2013 08:29

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MaryPoppinsBag · 19/10/2013 08:31

Thought it was anonymous.

BergholtStuttleyJohnson · 19/10/2013 08:51

Ds1 refused to eat home cooked purees so from 7-10 months he had one jar a day, he had porridge for breakfast and was offered a bit of our evening meal. At 10 months he started eating sandwiches and other finger foods so had that instead of the jar. He was also formula fed from 2 weeks old. He's a fantastic eater now aged 3. ds2 refused all food including jars until he was a year old, he's breastfed and still at 19 months gets most of his nutrition from breastmilk because he's so fussy with food. Fussy eaters are fussy eaters and I don't think having jars affects it.

MrsDeVere · 19/10/2013 08:59

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moogy1a · 19/10/2013 09:11

"You don't talk about work on Mn like this"
There are posts day in and day out talking about work.
And anyway, I was talking about Heinz baby food ( which as a childcare provider I should have an opinion on child nutrition ) not work as such.

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