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?)

Erm, sorry moogy, think you've posted the wrong link there. That research isn't showing a correlation between obesity and baby jars. Do you want to try again?

I think what the "jars are shitty, neglectful poison" brigade need to do is go to their local playground or school yard.

Take a good, long, hard look at all of the children.

Can you tell which ones were fed lovingly mashed-up bananas and which ones were fed evil jars?

Thought not.

Parenting is a lifetime, weaning is a minuscule period within that lifetime. It doesn't matter whether the purée is homemade or shop bought, we're all just doing the best we can and making the choices that work for us and our families. Worry about your own kids rather than judging what other people are doing with theirs - it's baby food, not crack.

Why are babies who are spoon fed more likely to put on weight than babies who have finger foods? --sorry I refuse to call it BLW

I think it's something to do with the baby being more in control of their own intake when they feed themselves.

Moogy, what a load of shite. It might say less nutritional content, it doesn't mean babies each twice as much.

westie the fruit purees are concentrated fruit to increase the sugar proportion. This allows the manufacturer to say no added sugar when in reality the food is packed with it. Far more than if you had mushed up a baked apple.
And 4% cornflour?!!! that's masses of filler

westie the fruit purees are concentrated fruit to increase the sugar proportion. This allows the manufacturer to say no added sugar when in reality the food is packed with it. Far more than if you had mushed up a baked apple.
And 4% cornflour?!!! that's masses of filler

I think most "baby food" is a big con. Jars / pouches are heavy processed and sometimes have a bb4 date 3 years in the future. There can't be many nutrients left in them. I also think pureeing food for babies is a waste of time and probably does taste horrible too!

I think if you just give babies what you eat it's much easier. When they first start weaning you can just roast a bunch of vegetables in the oven with some herbs. If you do carrot/parsnip you can chop the ends off and let them suck out the soft middle. At least then it's got some flavour! And you can freeze/ microwave them too.

I sometime can't be bothered to cook but for babies a picnic meal is brilliant. Chop berries/ banana/ cheese/ and serve with houmous or guacamole on toast or chopped meat or whatever is left in the fridge.

I also like m&s kids ready meals! They actually taste really nice and seem just " fresher" than jars/ pouches. Obviously not great all the time but they actually taste like real food so I'd pick them over a jar!

You seem to have an agenda moogy

Statutory guidance states that CM's HAVE to have a behaviour policy.
We HAVE to state how we discipline children by law.
Therefore yes, we HAVE to inform parents what our policy is.
I have not set myself up as an expert.

Absolutely! This is the problem. There are still many people that think childminders are there to earn a bit of spare cash and that all it requires is to watch the children and do as you are told by the parents. It's OK to be an 'expert' in your field of work! Jesus!!

Piano-spoon fed babies make it very clear when they've had enough though, hence parents doing aeroplanes to encourage them to eat more! ever tried to force a spoon in a babies pursed up lips?

You seem to have an agenda moogy

What's wrong with cornflour though? It's not crack is it?

Piano-spoon fed babies make it very clear when they've had enough though, hence parents doing aeroplanes to encourage them to eat more! ever tried to force a spoon in a babies pursed up lips?

Yes thats true.

Don't you know that cornflour is a gateway food. One day it's a little bit of cornflour in your baby food then before you know it you're sucking down dry Oxo cubes wrapped in lard.

Someone needs to tell Annabel Karmel about cornflour, she used to use it in a lot recipes. I weaned loads of babies using that book back in my nanny days

Hey, hey Maryshoppins! I didn't call the OP "hired help"! You've got the wrong poster there!

Hell yes,but I will judge the OP's mealtime routine. It encourages the very opposite of good table manners and the very opposite of ensuring that each child has its fill and a nutritional balance. As Brian said, it's shite, love.

Apologies! Yes, wrong poster!

With regards to the table manners side of things... It may be shite, but it doesn't do them any harm, just like a jar of food. But the OP was criticised for judging the mother. Yet she's being judged for the way in which her children eat their meal....very hypocritical!

Don't you know that cornflour is a gateway food. One day it's a little bit of cornflour in your baby food then before you know it you're sucking down dry Oxo cubes wrapped in lard.

Crikey, is that right? Well that certainly changes things. Perhaps we should hold a demonstration outside the baby food factories. Wave placards declaring bold statements such as down with cornflour and cornflour is making our children FAT. And stuff like that.

So apple puree in a jar = bad, apple puree lovingly prepared by mother = good.

Cornflour used to thicken a stew in a jar = bad, cornflour used to thicken a stew lovingly prepared by mother = good.

I had a bag of haribo for my tea tonight. Can I puree them?

Apple puree that has been concentrated down will have far more sugar in it, yes. ( proportionally)
I doubt anyone in their right minds would put 10% cornflour in a home made stew.

Westie-please don't worry, you're doing fine! I used to do a combination of jars and bump it up with fresh food. So baby rice but mash up a banana in it too, that sort of thing.

Good job there wasn't 10% of it in my baby's jar of baby food then isn't it.

You said 4% corn flour earlier, why are saying 10% now?

My apologies. but 4% is still massively more than you'd put in any home made food.
Do you understand the concentrated puree thing now?