To give 4 month food pouches to 13 month old?

[Bananaandpears]

I it unreasonable to give these pouches to a 13 month old baby? Tends to be the fruit ones apples pears etc.

Nope, completely normal!

Nah, it's fine as long as it's part of a broader diet and not everything is given in pouch form.

My 4 y/o still has these for snacks!

I still use the pouches of Prunes for my 14month old! She loves them and helps keep her from getting constipated! As others have said though her diet is regular food for her age, that's the only pouch she has

It will just be so soft that they may get lazy (like DS!) & decide they want to not bother chewing their other food or they may no longer like the soft feeling but it’s not unreasonable.

My 6 year old will happily have the fruit ones as a quick fruit snack on the go . Just a thick smoothie really .

My DD1 had the pureed fruit for breakfast until she was over 3! She ate perfectly normal meals otherwise but just loved the fruit puree. I saw it as a stress free way of getting plenty of fruit into her.

Why not just a banana or cut up grapes?. Genuine question... Must cost a fortune buying ready made fruit!

Yeah, they're fine for an occasional snack. Normal food is very important though, not least for speech development.

I wouldn't, but more because I'm stingy. They're nearly £1 and in one of them once they listed the quantity of ingredients, ie rather than 60% strawberry etc - it was something like 1/4 of a strawberry, 1/2 of a grape etc
So, I'd rather give them an actual strawberry.

Giving as an occasional alternative dessert ok. Is there a reason they cant have a cutted (🤣) up apple or pear?

My son is 4 years and has ASD and up until the pouch design was changed it was the only way to get fruit and veg into him. Now we only have vitamin drops.

If the pouches are part of a varied diet it's not an issue, they are great for snacks for children of different ages. In summer they are great to freeze for cooling healthier slushie.

Unless there's additional needs isn't it easier and less messy just to give an actual piece of fruit? I've never really understood pouches.

I still give them to my 4 year old

I give the prune ones to my 6yo and 3yo. The 12yo would never eat them and has terrible bowel problems and the pouches seem to keep the other two doing ok. The rest of the diet is more standard food, they just have a pouch each with breakfast.

My 4yr old also still enjoys these as snacks when we're out.
I find if I take fresh fruit and he doesn't end up eating it when we're out then it's a waste - whereas these pouches are just fruit and if he doesn't want it then it doesn't get opened and therefore doesn't go to waste.
He loves them chilled in the fridge! Lol

To be honest I'd be giving actual fruit at 13 months as there is no need for purées - it isn't going to develop their chewing action? Sainsbury do a very similar pudding designed for 10months plus with small bits of fruit in them

She can’t really manage apples and pears and the problem with blueberries etc is she doesn’t eat enough of them for them all to be eaten, if you see what I mean. So they go off. She does eat banana.

My 19'year old has puréed fruit after ⚽️⚽️training.

Oh blimey. My 10 year old. 19 a bit too old!!

I like them and take them out on bike rides. Easy to consume whilst riding and unlike actual energy gels you can put the lid back on so you don't end up with a sticky wrapper fused to the inside of your jersey pocket when you get home!
Nothing wrong with a bit of pureed fruit at any age, as long as you're not actually living on them.

My 2 year old eats mostly pouches/jars as advised by the feeding team.

I think they’re lovely and I don’t even have kids!

We did blw but my 5 1/2 year old still have an occasional prune pouch.

My 4 year old still has these instead of smoothies! Absolutely loves them 😂