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?)

For weeks and weeks every single thing my DD ate initially was on an organix rice cake! Thank heavens for organix!

I was going to open a thread on weaning actually.

mrsjay I am pretty sure there are no long term effects from eating those powdery things, else an entries generation would have them. OP seems to think that "processed" baby food means you will eat junk for the rest of your life.

I don't know if it was Farley's or another brand. I remember him being hooked on the "cauliflower cheese" powder and the "Sunshine Orange" powder!

Retroformica
No, I could not have added the chilli to thai fish cakes or chilli con carne after feeding the baby. Those ingredients need to be cooked in, not added after.

*entire

Westle, don't let this upset you. My mum said that, out of all her grandchildren, mine thrived the most and she said 'maybe Split did better with the jars, after all'!!! She was judgy to start with too, but as long as the children are fed and happy, then who cares what other people think?? You really sound like a wonderful mother!!!

Westie mama, the PND will pass.trust me, its just a matter of time. Have you thought about asking for CBT? Are you getting help? The bottom line is that you are feeding your baby and so you are looking after its needs. You can work on his diet more when you feel stronger.

Oh yes, ds liked cauliflower cheese and sunshine stuff too

He eats petty much anything now including lobster, prawns in shells/squid/olives/liver and a whole host of other food, so he did ok.

Heinz still do the chocolate pudding. My toddler loved itand yes I would eat it too.

I did mostly my own with some pouches for convenience. I now have a toddler who eats anything but loves fruit and vegetables the most even cabbage.

What split said.

If I have learnt anything becoming a parent it is to leave the judgey pants in the drawer.

For the record, DD is:
FF
Uses a dummy
Eats pouch food

And usually I lick her dummy before sticking it back in.

I am going to MN hell I am sure but I have learnt that all the shit I saw before actually birthing an actual person I knew naff all about. And even now, I know a grand total of fuck all about parenting. I survive every day. And I am thankful.

Westie-read my posts love, exactly why I feed ds jars and packets too x

Argh! Please don't let this bother you Westie.

Does your son enjoy them? Is he happy? You sound like you are doing your best and that's all that matters.

There is bugger all wrong with how you are weaning. Some people judge others as a way to validate themselves, it doesn't make them right.

They are hardly Satan's shite!

I don't think the child's parent/s, you know, the paying customer, employs you to make judgement on what they feed their child, OP.

Oh westiemamma bless you love ^hugs^. It sounds like you are doing absolutely the best you can. I batch cook in the evenings and then fill the freezer, that's the easiest and quickest way I've found to give my son home cooked food without the palava.

DS who I had when I was young and inexperienced was weaned exclusively on jars etc, although it was more acceptable then, 23 years ago. DD (amongst the others) was fed only on homemade.

DS will eat anything, DD is fussy as hell. Means nothing and I add my name to the "thank fuck you are not my CM" list.

Snob.

I fed DS (my PFB) mainly jars and packets mainly because I couldn't be arsed to faff around with chopped up bits and this and that, freezing this and defrosting that and blah blah blah. I did do him some homemade stuff and on a Sunday I used to put some of the veg from dinner in a bowl and mash it up but around 80-85% of his meals (at a guess) were courtesy of HiPP Organic :)

DD on the other hand turned her nose up completely at jarred food and would only eat what we ate but loved the jarred puddings and fruit pouches.

They're both non-fussy eaters (2yo and 4yo) and its not possible to tell which of them had the hard and which had the home made - DS does not have scales and a horn, DD is not a super genius.

It ain't poison, it's food.

I batch cook. That is my Sunday now

The problem is that I recently spent several hours making a lovely lamb and apricot tagine. It was fab. First time DD are it CM sent me pictures of her smiling and eating it all up. Every single other time it has gone in the bin. Teething, tiredness and so on. It was expensive and time consuming.

Now, 99.9% of what I cook is not lamb and apricot tagine but it does exemplify why sometimes throwing a jar or pouch in the bag for CM is easier.

Westie If you can go to bed knowing he has been fed then you have had a good day.

Jars are not poison! And you should not cry over the snotty nosed attitude of someone with nothing better to do with their time than judge others.

Minty, we tended to add chilli at the end and if we couldn't we would make up a small amount of the same recipe separately. So for fish cakes, we would put aside a small amount of the uncooked mix and simply not add chilli.

I should add that DD4 was fed with whatever we were having chucked on a plate. I didnt always remember to cut it up though, seeing a 6 month old with a sausage in her hand and very wide eyes takes some beating :o

*hard = jars

That's not true, moustachio. I am very keen on nutrition and feeding my dc well but I've never been flamed. Because im not mean to other people who do differently.

Meh, I fed DS jars, homemade meals, formula.

Judge away.

I also gave him a slice of lemon once
And some of my kebab

He's got to 9 and he's all right.
He certainly doesn't judge others on what they eat just hopes they might share

I have three dc. All three were weaned on jars/pots/powdered food. I couldn't afford the pouches or I would have used those too.

I am not, nor have I ever been, a neglectful or lazy Mum. I have been (and still am) a severely depressed and now single) one, doing her best on a day to day basis to keep her offspring clean, warm, fed and emotionally nourished.

My DD (11) eats EVERYTHING. She dabbled in vegetarianism but is now back on the meat.

DS1 is a total carnivore. Loves bacon, sausages, lamb, pork, beef, you name it.

DS2 is a bread addict. He would literally live on crumpets and teacakes if I let him (I don't).

They are all happy, healthy children, well within their expected height and weight ratios, with no allergies or intolerance's.

Some days I feel up to cooking (but rarely from scratch, I'm pretty terrible in the kitchen) and we all eat together. Occasionally we go to McDonalds. Friday night is chip shop night - our once a week treat, when we sit and watch a film together.

The sneery, nasty, judgey posts upthread are fucking awful and people should hang their heads in shame. People like me (and Westie) struggle enough with parenting as it is, without the oh-so-perfect brigade rocking up and looking down their noses.

Don't let the door catch on your fucking halos as you leave, eh?

at bogeyface

DS was partial to a whole sausage, he just liked to gnaw away at it.
kept him busy too.