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 tried a variety of baby/toddler foods and found that even the Hipp Organic ones were tasteless (at best) compared to homemade, so I definitely see your point. DD only had them very rarely, eg on holiday.

However, I really wouldn't judge anyone for using prepared baby food, at least for some of the time, as it is really hard to find time for everything when you have a young family. I am used to cooking a lot so it was ok for me. but I wonder if the mum in question wasn't much of a cook. Possibly the baby will grow up to eat ready meals etc. It's not what I would want for my child, but it's not a crime.

What exactly makes a pouch better than a jar?

westie don't let it upset you at all.

I tried BLW, I tried my own purees. DD wouldn't eat a thing. I tried a jar et voila. So you know what? She had jars, then we built up to other things.

She's now 7 and eats anything. Apart from mushrooms. So I'm pretty convinced she isn't "ruined"

That means my actual purees etc must have been totally rank then because mine wolfed down any jar they could get their grubby mitts on.

My dc1 was given lots of carefully prepared home cooked food as a baby. Dc2 ended up with lots of jars as I didn't have time to cook in the same way. Now they are older, dc1 is the fussy eater and dc2 eats absolutely anything put in front of him. Which kind of blows your theory out of the water. Quit being judgmental, its not pretty.

Oh well done you Retroformica!

As I said, my babies were fed on a variety of foods including organic vegetarian meals from jars occasionally, and they have always been the easiest to feed children I know. So it all worked out fine in the end.

Bugger all sharri. Price and kudos I reckon.

And I say that as someone who used pouches not jars. It made me feel better.

They cost twice the price

You might not like the taste but a lot of jars are well balanced nutritionally, probably more so than the typical adult meal.

Wtf?

That's my response to original post, haven't arsed myself to read the following 250.

Think you need to climb out of your own bum, op.

My dn grew up on jars and progressed to tins of spaghetti hoops as a main meal. I was shocked but she now eats anything and everything and is never sick.

ffs, life is far far too short to worry about feeding a jar/pouch/ bit of mash and carrot off your plate to a baby.

as a mum I did what was appropriate at the time for my kids and as a CM I did what suited the parents.

Valiumredhead yes I'd happily try formula or breast milk.

Thank you for all the kind words. DS seems happy with jarred food. It hard to tell really as he's always happy and smiling. Although I think if he had his way he'd eat nothing but blueberries and fresh figs.

He can't be too miserable then westie!

Pouches versus jars. Pouches for me because from a young age she could eat them herself and cleanly so it made them more convenient than jars. She was determined to self feed from very early and she struggled getting the spoon in the jar but could eat directly from the pouch.

I did a baby shower game with these jars. They do actually taste like what they're supposed to but the texture is totally weird and surely doesn't hell kids understand texture, even if they get to know taste. I feed my DD foods I wouldn't eat myself but that's because I'm fussy (custard, peas, fish, rice, mash, sweet potato, figs...) but my DH tries her food to assess if it's edible. I have never fed her a jar or pouch (yep I'm a little bit smug about that but only cos DH does the cooking!) but I have fed her stuff I wouldn't eat myself. But at least it's home cooked

Just came back to this thread to ask what the hell the OP is playing at?? Thinking about Westie's post, I am quite sure the OP KNEW very well that mums out there wean their babies on jars, and didn't give a shit who she hurt!

If the OP were my children's minder, I would be ashamed that my lack of judgement put my children in her presence FAR MORE than I would regarding my choice of food for them!

Heinz chocolate pudding..was that in a tiny can? ( 2 spoonfuls for the greedy) ooh.... I want one!

Westie, he sounds exceptionally happy and healthy!!! Well done you!!

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!

TBH i think that is all they made as thatis what dd had

westie my dds were raised on jar food you are feeding your baby there is absolutely nothing wrong with jarred baby food, i hope you get your help soon lovey

Heinz chocolate pudding..was that in a tiny can?

i bought 2

You can still get Sunshine Orange, but only in Ireland by the looks of things m.tesco.ie/mt/www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=255653562

Though I remember it being more, well, orange.

I FF my first two, BF my second two.

I was manic that I hadn't managed to BF the first two, so they only had home cooked food when they were weaning. I would not have dreamt of putting processed food in front of a small baby.

It was easy, if I was making a casserole I'd just do a separate one using water to cook it in then blend it up.

I did the same with the other two and never thought twice about it. It's not exactly hard work to blend and freeze food is it?

I now have four boys who eat anything I put in front of them. Always have, always will.