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AIBU to think that Nursery shouldn't have done this?

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CtotheB · 09/10/2016 09:23

We have recently started weaning my 6 month old DD with fruit purée and some BLW. At the minute it is 1-2 meals per day. She was at Nursery all day on Monday so I dropped her off with her usual milk and a jar of food I know she liked and wasn't allergic to (hasn't previously had a reaction). On Thursday she was in from 12.30-4pm so I gave her breakfast and thought she would be fine at nursery and give her tea at 5/6pm. Anyway when I picked her up her diary said she really enjoyed her yoghurt, but I hadn't given a yoghurt for her to have. Queried this and they said they have Nursery fromage frais that they'd given her. AIBU to think they shouldn't have done this, given the fact she a) hasn't had dairy (aside from milk) and b) didn't seek permission?? In hindsight after a bit of research I've decided the only fromage frais she will be having is no added refined sugar, as this is the 3rd or 4th highest ingredient in most!! She's a baby fgs I don't think she needs the sugar..

OP posts:
FleurThomas · 09/10/2016 21:55

Nurseries do make assumptions that a 6 month year old is fully weaned & that you will communicate any and all allergies/dietary concerns. I learned this the hard way when my dn's nursery gave her jelly & ice-cream on a hot day when she was 7 months. I was furious because until that point she'd had no processed food- I used make her meals fresh every morning & only provide fruit for snacks.

Gileswithachainsaw · 09/10/2016 21:57

Given babies are meant to be weaned from 6 months onwards which would a nursery assume a 6 month old is fully weaned.

I know many were weaned earlier mine certainly were but many are weaned later too

CtotheB · 09/10/2016 21:57

www.yeovalley.co.uk/things-we-make/for-children/little-yeos-fromage-frais-6-pots

It's actually fruit purée used to sweeten it.. were you hoping I'd say aspartame? Hmm

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Rozdeek · 09/10/2016 21:59

How can a 6 mo be fully weaned given the guidelines are not to start weaning until 6 months Confused

The majority of nutrition comes from milk til a baby is 1.

PopFizz · 09/10/2016 22:01

Hobnails, there is lactose in yogurt. Less than milk, but it is there. It depends entirely on the individuals intolerance as to how much they can consume.

There is a sliding scale when you reintroduce, with cheese, chocolate, yogurt, and milk. We were under paeds and dietician with it, and certainly didn't self diagnose.

dementedpixie · 09/10/2016 22:02

Petit filous does a fromage frais with a smaller sugar content than that: petitsfilous.co.uk/our-range-my-first-petits-filous

Secretmetalfan · 09/10/2016 22:03

Quite possibly the silliest post I've ever read. It's a yoghurt. If she had a reaction to it it would probably have been safer tgere with a load of first aid trained experienced staff. What are you going to do sit your child in A&e when you try each new food just in case???

OP posts:
Soubriquet · 09/10/2016 22:05

Omg you're right

•Fromage Frais
•Crack cocaine
•Strawberry Purée

Gileswithachainsaw · 09/10/2016 22:05

It was me who diagnosed my dd with cmpi and pushed for the prescription milk.

Had I done the Dr's way I'd have left with gaviscon and a baby who didn't sleep more than 20 mins at a time and who needed de-gunking with sterimar several times a night.

Don't underestimate a parebts ability to know something is wrong with their child. Dr's are crap with allergies and in tolerances

unimagmative13 · 09/10/2016 22:05

OP these are the ones I said (proud moment) half the sugar of petit f.

Ditch the purees full stop, they don't add sugar but pureeing fruit releases sugar. Just give while fruit

You learn as you go along its early days.

CtotheB · 09/10/2016 22:06

As irritated as I am by the whole thing, you lot seem more irritated ha. Obviously that's mumsnet, a big competition Grin

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dementedpixie · 09/10/2016 22:08

The petit filous you linked to has only 2g extra sugar per 100g than the Yeo valley ones you bought so not much difference in it. Doesn't matter if it's from fruit, it's still sugar

ayeokthen · 09/10/2016 22:10

OP you're clearly enjoying your massively superior parenting ability and need to goad everyone into a reaction. On that note, I'm hiding this thread because I'm bored now, I'm sure you will manage to find many more people to wind up in your life, you don't need me.

TwoBobs · 09/10/2016 22:14

No, I'd be pissed off too. I didn't give my kids anything with refined sugar in until they were about 3 years old. They used to have the plum baby yoghurts I'm regretting the day we switched to petit filous. They now won't touch the yoghurt without refined sugar.
I would ask the nursery to only give the food you provide from now on.

Badhairday1001 · 09/10/2016 22:20

Even Organic fruit purée is full of sugar OP. Maybe try puréed veg if your very concerned about sugar content. Sugar is sugar when consumed, your body doesn't differentiate and the effect on blood sugar is the same regardless of if the sugar comes from an organic banana or a yogurt. Ask any diabetic. Look at the GI index and pick food with a low GI.

justiceboner · 09/10/2016 22:38

Hate to break this to you OP, but there is a pretty good chance the nursery ones wouldnt have been the super duper still rammed with sugar organic ones but almost certainely smartprice ones

user1471494124 · 09/10/2016 22:42

I understand how you feel OP. I would've been the same with DC1. If you haven't made your wishes about food clear to nursery though, they weren't doing anything wrong. I told our nursery straight away that DC1 wasn't allowed added sugar in anything and they stuck to it really well. I think this is what you need to do now if those are your wishes.

oleoleoleole · 09/10/2016 22:42

No YANBU but YABU to expect the type of care you desire for your daughter to be given without any error (mis communication) in any type of setting where staff get paid minimum wage to look after your most precious belonging. Mistakes happen, she's unharmed, it was a one off. Get over it. You've gone back to work, you've lost control and handed it to someone else, I think that's what's annoyed you more!

justiceboner · 09/10/2016 22:47

Oh fwiw there is 7g of sugar in every 100g breastmilk.

FleurThomas · 09/10/2016 22:48

OP I still make dn home made cucumber set yoghurt Indian style like I did when she was weaning. Boil milk with a starter (can get the starter from any live yoghurt you have at home) and peeled/de-seeded cucumber pieces, set it with a pan of hot water, then refridgerate. DN loves it.

Nofunkingworriesmate · 09/10/2016 22:53

of course sugar is in the ingredients of a fromage frais as there is fruit in those yogurts
Get a grip
My daughter actually is lactose intolerant and was fed yogurts etc by the nursery for two years before we found out WITH NO HARM DONE AT ALL !!!
Keep her at home and weave your own lentil and give the poor nursery staff a break.

elizabethdraper · 09/10/2016 22:54

Why why why would you give her puree fruit at all?? Once you puree it, fructose structure changes.

It you are doing blw, just do it. Give her an Apple, Mellon, plums. Watch out fir the kiwis and strawberries huge allergic reaction potential

unimagmative13 · 09/10/2016 22:55

If there's 7g in BM then that doesn't make it an open playing field for all sugary treats. That means the OP is perfectly fine to monitor sugar intake.

Rozdeek · 09/10/2016 23:12

Why why why would you give her puree fruit at all?? Once you puree it, fructose structure changes.

WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!

Hmm
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