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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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pianodoodle · 19/10/2013 09:12

I just started straight onto softish finger food mostly veg and stuff. I couldn't be arsed with puree and we couldn't afford to buy the jars anyway they seemed quite dear when we could just cobble some grub for DD out of our usual food shop.

I think it's fine if the OP doesn't like the smell or personally wouldn't feed a jar at every meal. I can kind of see why people got annoyed but some of the reactions seem a bit strong the OP wasn't all that bad surely?

IsabelleRinging · 19/10/2013 09:14

Bloody hell. I am with the OP, jars ok for occasional convenience but can't be as good as fresh home-cooked food.

Since when were people not allowed to judge MN? If someone told me they fed their baby exclusively on jars I would judge them as a lazy arse who wasn't very interested in their poor baby's nutrition.

ballinacup · 19/10/2013 09:16

I'm confused. Why do people on these threads always say "I FF/fed jars because XYZ"? You do not need to justify your reasons! You don't even need to have a reason! DS was FF and ate pretty much nothing but jarred food because that's what I chose to do and I couldn't give even half a fuck what anyone else thought about that!

Bogeyface · 19/10/2013 09:18

Thought it was anonymous.

You thought wrong. You would be very surprised how easy it would be to go through someones posts on MN and build up a very large amount of information, sufficient enough to do what MrsDeVere did. THats because most people forget that just because you post your town on one thread, your job on another, the number of children on another and your dogs name on another doesnt mean that they are not searchable and linkable.

If I thought I might be the mother the OP is referring to, that would be worth doing in order to find out.

Bogeyface · 19/10/2013 09:20

If someone told me they fed their baby exclusively on jars I would judge them as a lazy arse who wasn't very interested in their poor baby's nutrition.

Well that says far more about you than about them, Westie has already posted about her health issues but hey, dont let that get in the way of being an utter snob.

LEMisdisappointed · 19/10/2013 09:21

Ha, i love your last sentence there - "I was talking about heinz baby food (which as a childcare provider i have an opinion on child nutrition) not work as such"

So you were talking about work then - as a childcare provider.

There are 19 pages of debate over this, with, if i remember rightly, a couple of posters getting really upset, possibly a small amount of debate over whether or not pre-prepared baby food is vile or not vile (its a multi-milllion pound business, i dare say it would have fallen pretty flat if it only produced vile food). The main point of all the hooo haaa is that you were bloody unprofessional, slating a client on a forum, which i understand you have your full name on so she would be identifiable.

You don't really do much more for your case by coming back on and being petulant and snarky, have you not heard the saying - when in a hole..........

"little one wolfed it down"...............err maybe he liked it then! My DD wolfs down macaroni cheese (Cooked from scratch), it makes me gag, should i not let her have it then because i don't like it?

Seriously, admit that your trivial comment has made you look like an arse and move on.

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moogy1a · 19/10/2013 09:25

No, the food was rank.
Home cooked food is always better.
Plenty of research shows baby food is full of fillers.
CM's are obliged BY LAW to provide nutritious food, which lots of baby food isn't
Lots of people are getting arsey because they feel guilty about feeding jars to their babies.
I'm not arsed if the parent is reading this because she knows my views and agrees with them.
MN is full of judginess every day so just because I'm a CM doesn't mean I can't have an opinion.

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LEMisdisappointed · 19/10/2013 09:25

Can i ask a genuine question - are there any actual nutritionists on here? Because baby food is adverstised as being full of nutrients etc, its kinda how they sell themselves, i assue they are nutritionally balanced. Wasn't there a five a day campaign to encourage folk to eat more veg - didn't it say that it didn't matter if it was from a tin? Didn't it say, frozen was better than fresh?

Yeah, home cooked is better, i used to home cook for my DD, but she had a good proportion of jars, The OPs opinion, as a child minder rather than a qualified nutritionist, HV or doctor wouldn't matter a fig to me.

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LEMisdisappointed · 19/10/2013 09:28

She doesn't agree with you, she probably thinks you are barking, if she agreed with you she would have not been giving the child the food would she Hmm She was probably just making the right noises just to get you to shut up and do your job.

Is that filler like decorators put on the wall???

Thing is, i don't think anyone here has said that prepared baby food is better than home cooked though. REally, you are making yourself look a bit deranged now.

2tiredtocare · 19/10/2013 09:29

moogy you are so wrong, I dont jar feed but im arsey with you for the reasons i've said numerous times, dont try and cop out. And some of you need to RTFT

TheMoonInJune · 19/10/2013 09:31

Moogy your full name and location is on this site, it would be easy for not only this mindee's parents but for others to find it in the future.

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moogy1a · 19/10/2013 09:31

Have you looked at the links yet?
LEM , the mum gave me the food as a one off to use it up before it went off. It was her emergency jar. She doesn't think I'm barking. She thinks I'm fab

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2tiredtocare · 19/10/2013 09:31

Oh and its got fuck all to do with you being a CM you are talking about someone elses child and choices, you'd get the same reaction if you came on as a mother comparing jars to junk

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moogy1a · 19/10/2013 09:32

MOON I've said a few times the parents agree with me so it doesn't matter if I'm identifiable.

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2tiredtocare · 19/10/2013 09:33

Fab Grin

TheMoonInJune · 19/10/2013 09:34

It's a bit of a leap from the "child was obviously used to it ... poor bugger" remark to the "it was a one off!" though!

I don't like some of the more goady posts but honestly I would be really annoyed and upset if this was my child and it has completely put me off using a childminder at all to be honest.

MrsDeVere · 19/10/2013 09:35

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moogy1a · 19/10/2013 09:37

it has completely put me off using a childminder at all to be honest.
Yeah, we're all such bastards wanting to give the kids decent food. Much better off with chicken nuggets and super noodles ( standard fare in a lot of nurseries

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LEMisdisappointed · 19/10/2013 09:37

"the mum gave me the food as a one off to use it up before it went off. It was her emergency jar. She doesn't think I'm barking. She thinks I'm fab"

So what the ACTUAL FUCK does it matter, it was her emergency jar - so not his staple food - come on OP, admit it, you made a boo boo starting this thread, you reallyl didn't think it through. Ive done it loads of times myself - but i have the decency to admit to being a bit inconsiderate or changed my view once i had actually thought about it. IT IS OK TO ADMIT YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE A BOO BOO.

I don't need to look at the links, i know that a diet of 100% processed food is not ideal. I don't have a problem with it, you are right - they are generally a bit crap and do smell like dog food, but they are OK, the odd meal to add a bit of variety etc, when you don't have time to pre-cook etc is ok, it was your judgey mc judge pants attitude that got me.

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moogy1a · 19/10/2013 09:37

Have we all had a chance to read the links yet?

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2tiredtocare · 19/10/2013 09:39

Patronising much?

LEMisdisappointed · 19/10/2013 09:39

WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK AT THE LINKS! It is not the fucking point!

TheMoonInJune · 19/10/2013 09:40

Oh God - why am I wasting my time!? Grin

I'm starting to think you have a problem reading, moogy, honestly! It's NOTHING to do with what you feed them, as countless others have said! It's to do with lip-curling at what the parent feeds the child and to do with posting it on what is probably the most public board of the most public forum going!

I'd rather my child ate chicken nuggets than come home to find my parenting choices were plastered over the most public forum there is!

Do you not get it - if YOU are identifiable, SO IS THE CHILD!

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moogy1a · 19/10/2013 09:40

LEM.
FFS. My op clearly said it was a one off. I clearly also said I don't understand why you would feed this crap day in day out. I said as an emergency / odd time it's OK but that surely there can't be people who feed it all the time.
You are agreeing with my Op. ( which must irk you)

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