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?)

I did once write a very grumpy letter to Hipp Organic after my PFB totally refused to contemplate one of their casseroles, and when we tried it out of curiosity we found out why. OP, you are very very judgy, but I agree that some baby food jars are simply rank. Others are actually rather nice.

moogy you are so bad temepered jeez it was a jar of baby food it isn't poison in ye olden days babies were fed sloppy baby food sometimes from jars my children were they have managed to learn how to chew and everything,

according to MN

If you only feed others what you would eat youself (i.e. vegetarian vegan, alcohol free, etc) you are selfish & a poor host

BUT now I find also

If you feed others something you would not eat (i.e. baby food in a jar) that is also wrong

it's bloody hard to get things right OP!

So why not SAY that moogy? 'AIBU to think baby food smells rank?' is TOTALLY different to "why would you give it to your kids ... poor bugger ... obviously used to the taste" - I think it's that people are objecting to, it would upset me if I was your client.

I can't say I'm a fan of jars but I think the "long term effects" stuff is BS. When my brother was weaned it was all powdered stuff that you reconstituted with water, who knows how many E numbers & preservatives. He is now 21 and an awesome, adventurous and inventive cook.

you dint say it smelled rank you said it doesnt set up people to enjoy good food so you were not judging smell heinz food you were judging the mum for giving a jar of food

Well that was the ultimate drip feed.

my d had them vinegar it was how you weaned them I am unsure of what long term effects are ?

We gave ours what we ate ourselves but then our diets good. Some adults eat crap - processed foods and lots of white flour/sugar/fat. A jar is probably better then that crap.

Well that was the ultimate drip feed.
it wastee

If I was the mindees mum I would take my child elsewhere to a place where my choices for my child were not plastered all over the internet.

And I would let everyone know the type of judgemental person you are. It is very easy to work out who this child is by the details you have posted to people in your area. Think about that,do you not have a confidentiality agreement with your charges parent/s? Every child minder I had did,omitting discussing my child if they thought there was neglect or abuse with the relevant authorities as all child related workers are obligated to.

Ooh i remember those powdered soupish type things. Ds had those too. Do they still make them?

YABU
My DC3 is a PITA re: food.

DD liked the mushed up homemade stuff but hated BLW/finger foods. DS1 ate anything that was in his vicinity.
DS2 is different entirely. I've given him homemade mush, finger foods, let him spoon feed himself, given him what we have and he turns his nose up at it all.

It wasn't until I got a free jar of Hipp Organic jar food when I visited an Asda cafe that I discovered he would actually eat food.
I am very relaxed about feeding my DC but we are very 'home cooked' so this was rather a surprise.
Don't be a judgy pants.

not sure think farley used to make them

I wouldn't eat cat food, that doesn't mean i don't feed it to my cat.

No, im just being silly. I don't have a cat.

Get over yourself.

Point is moogy, it obviously didn't smell rank to the child who was eating it. So why the bother?

Wowser

Cripes.

I have committed MN sin and haven't read every post. Not sure why I want to post but hey ho.

My DD was a very reluctant eater. Breast, bottle or solids. Hence by the time she got to 9 months and she was about to go to a CM I was frantic and obsessive. I made all my own stuff initially and it would go in the bin. Every single time. Having been given a hard time from the HV I resorted to EK and Plum pouches. It is no exaggeration to say that I cried the first time she ate even half of one. She obviously enjoyed it and I no longer cared.

Anyway, this went on and she would only eat if she could suck it straight from the pouch. I felt guilty and judged when we went out and was worried about how to move on.

So. Cutting to the chase, the CM was incredible. Truly amazing. She fed DD whatever I sent in but within one single week she had moved her onto a big solid lunch and dropping two bottles. So in one week my DD went from almost no solids and 5 bottles a day (within 12 hours) to 3 meals and 3 bottles a day.

Basically, my CM heard all my anxieties and fears and just worked with them. She suggested things and offered new foods when I played them (DD has intolerances and allergies)

Sorry. I don't know if my point is clear at all.

My CM was a rock and massively helpful when I was struggling with a major aspect of parenting. If I thought for a minute that she was having a go or judging me behind my back I would be devastated.

I don't think that was OP's intention but I just kind of wanted to give a point of view of a parent who handed in horrid mush.

Or what usual said.

It wasn't a jar of dog turd was it? If so, YANBU

I learnt a long time ago, never admit you feed your child healthily one mumsnet. For some reason people go fucking mental. Even if you suggest that it's okay on occasion but not all the time, you will be flamed. So bizaare.

Anyway, I 100% agree with you. I used to feed my DS them on the odd occasion if I was knackered or what we were having wasn't suitable takeaway or mcdonalds and there was nothing in the freezer. Several of my friends have solely weaned their babies on jars. Lots of people do it, surel y you've seen someone in asda buying about 50 at a time? I see it all the time. THat's not for occasional use, that child is clearly being mainly weaned on jars!

For some reason the heinz ones are particuarly vivd orange and revolting. The cow and gate ones were gross too. I think the oganix were the best as they did things like curry, there was zero veggie options in the other brands.

In terms of weaning in general i'm pretty anti a lot of things. Annabelle Karmel selling out and bringing out a baby food range is a joke for a start. Her recipies wouldn't help a child on their path to eating well either. I was feeding my DS avacado and banana and all kinds of random things. In reality that's not what I cook day to day. I also think it's stupid how things get blended together. My DS used to have plates of puree, but laid out on the plate how a dinner was, so seperate purees if that makes sense. Who would want the flavours of their roast dinner all together? It's so weird that's the standard way of doing it!

I said I wondered if it set them up to only enjoy processed food if they had this every day. Which this baby doesn't/ I thought I was quite clear.
Anyway, I'm off now to prepare some pot noodles ready for tomorrow's toddlers to enjoy. God forbid I'd have an opinion on what to feed small children considering that's a major part of my business.

passmethecrisps I hope my above post doesn't offend you. I didn't mention that I had a friend who was in the same situation as you. She tried a jar dessert with her DS and he ate for the first time ever without spitting it out! It helped him massively because it was something he liked! But... I do have several friends who mainly jar weaned and only one was because he was a bad eater. The rest it was just seen as the done thing or it was easier.

My MIL used to use her Boots points to buy DS jars, he loved them, a welcome relief from my pureed turnip

I loved the packets of breakfast foods too.

Thanks moustachio I think I'll deffo leave at this point. I fail to understand the flaming I' getting. I genuinely thought providing decent food was a good thing to do. But hey ho...