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?)

What I meant is I didn't realise OP had posted her name before.

I'm fully aware I or anyone else could be identified by what I have written. If someone decided to search through my old threads.

I try not to post anything that would offend though.

No - but they will be able to identify you, the children you look after and their parents.

and...?

Some of the jars I gave my two Hipp and cow and gate tasted really yummy and some of the fruit ones I did eat myself as a snack. Even dh liked them. They have to be nutritionally balanced or they wouldn't be allowed to sell them and yes they aren't as great as your own processed food but when you are on holiday or busy or whatever, baby food from a jar is ok.

You do seem to be quite judgemental in your opinion.....people have the information thrown at them from all angles......they make the choice.

However, what does annoy me is the fact the FSA still allow jars of first baby food from 4months when babies do not need anything other than breast milk until 6months. This is something that is ongoing though and I hope that soon, all baby food will be labelled from 6months.

chilli con carne, curry, bacon and egg, fish and chips from the chippy, thai fish cakes, sushi, salad, grilled lamb chops, grilled tuna steaks, grilled ribeye steak, pasta, wraps with fancy fillings. Are you telling me I could have liquidised any of those and served them to my baby?

I would have given my babies lots of that. I have a fond memory of DS gumming on lambchop bones (Just the main bone, all loose bits taken off) at 6 months.

The jars are mostly minging. OH did like finishing DS's Hipp veggie lasagne though. Heinz used to do a really smooth white fish one however, that DS loved mixed with a lentil and carrot puree thing.

You know what. When I read posts I don't then look up what the OP has previously written and trawl through looking for identifying remarks.
I find it odd that some of you do

I didn't mean your. Own 'processed food' not sure why I typed that..... Meant own homemade food!!!

Crikey. Who knew a simple jar of Heinz baby food could cause such uproar?

You have missed out a very important detail OP for us all to judge correctly - which Heinz jar was it? (apologies if you have already clearly stated this)

I'm very tempted to buy the chocolate pudding

people need to chillax

i know alot of mums and I am (to my embarassment!) the only one that uses MN

I think the chance of her mum idetifying herself are slim and remote

pack bullying I say

and she has not said anything that contraversial!!!!

Thanks Paris.

Not read all 500 posts, so apologies if this is out of step with rest of thread!
My HV was spectularly rubbish at weaning advice
This was also one of the few things I couldn't ask DM about coz she advocated egg custards and finely shredded chicken (I remember edwina currie and am still very wary of eggs and chicken)
With my PFB I was vey worried about giving her something wrong
At the time (using the leaflets given my the HV) I came to the (wrong) conclusion that the "safest" option was "proper" little jars, that were in my PFB addled mind designed for babies
It was genuiely all I fed my dd on from 4mo to around 10mo (and milk obv.)
I think you should cut this mum some slack OP
Perhaps she is muddling thru in the best way she can

No see, but if i were about to charge someone with the care of my child, i may well do a brief google search, looking for reviews etc. This thread would then come up, I would read it and look for another CM!

Loopy - that is a good point about the 4 month thing though. I don't think they should do that. Saying that, my DD1 is 23 now and i remember making HOME MADE food of mashed potato, cabbage and an OXO CUBE for her, for extra flavour (as advised by my HV! - i kid you not) when she was 4 months old. Move on 15 years to DD2 and I had the same HV, of course it was now known to be better to wean at 6 months - she looked horrified when i told her about DD1 and asked me who told me to do that - imagine the inner joy when i said "you did"

I honestly think people need to consider what they are posting before they actually do it.
The lovely poster up thread who called people that uses jars lazy.
The equally lovely OP who keeps changing her mind about the point of this thread by firstly insisting that the thread was just about this paticular brand and then spend god knows how long linking studies to prove that all jar food is crap.

Do not you not understand that not everyone is like you?

Do you just not get that people's circumstances could be completley different to yours and that feeding food from jars means that their children are being fed, the best way they can?
Do you honestly not understand that by being a sanctimonious, judgemental idiot you could be making someone who is already struggling feel a million times worse?

I don't have an "acceptable" reason to have used jars. My reason was I had a full time job, a 6 month old baby and it was acceptable to me for her to have jars and finger foods rather than home made puréed veg.
I couldn't care less if the whole of mumsnet think I am lazy and my poor children have a mother who doesn't care about their nutrition.
My DCs are good eaters. They eat like most teenagers I would imagine. They do eat junk food, quick, judge me on that as well. It might make you feel better.

No one on this thread, or anywhere on this site has the right or the authority to judge people on what they feed their children. And people who spend so much time worrying about what other people are doing with their children would be well advised to get a hobby or something. Because there's clearly something lacking in your own life.

It's lovely that their are so many perfect parents. It's a shame all these perfect parents have decided that this gives them to right to try and judge, embarrass and humiliate other less perfect parents

I would prefer to be a parent who is not perfect, but does her best, and has a bit of understanding and compassion, rather than a "perfect" one.

im not defensive about my use of crap food. I used mainly home made stuff and blw - dd loved to feed herself v early.

you are being very stupid not to see what people are tellong you about privacy on theinternet and how anyone who disagrees must feed their baby crap.

you are deliberatley misrepresenting your initial posts and peoples replies

Plus, baby led weaning has been proven to be the most suitable way to feed your baby under current guidelines. So really, pieces of food are better than jars as at six months baby can chew. Until then, babies do not have the three skills required (unicef Baby friendly initiative) to eat solid food. Sitting up without help, can chew rather than still having the reflex that pushes solid food out of mouth using tongue and can pick up food in their fingers and move it to their mouth and into it accurately.

Unless a baby has all three skills, then it is not ready for solid foods.

Nurseries don't serve chicken nuggets and super noodles. They are Ofsted inspected too, y'know.

Has anyone posted this yet?

The Truth About Baby Food Jars

Again assuming you are genuine.

Do you really need it explained to you why that is completely unprofessional and how you may potentially be putting yourself and - even worse - you mindees and maybe their parents in danger?

oh God get that God awful siteaway from me lol

oh God get that God awful siteaway from me lol

Spot on Tantrums.

Do you really need it explained to you why that is completely unprofessional and how you may potentially be putting yourself and - even worse - you mindees and maybe their parents in danger
Yes I do need it explained.
As my full name and address are freely available to anyone looking for a CM through both a google search and given out by the council, I fail to see how it puts myself/ mindees in any more "danger"

Ofsted give mine out too, on their website.

The local schools also give out my name and address.
Genuinely puzzled as to the putting people in danger remark

oh tantrums

I can tell you that as a parent i have done some stuff that many would frown on, I dare not even say!!!!

but the fact remains that to be human, is to judge!!!!

and in essence I agree with the OP

and i concede that there are good parents that use jars

but i am getting fucked off with the fact that people thinks its OK to be really rather vile to the OP

buts its AIBU what do i ecxpect!!!!

flippinada?
waiting for the explanation.