Would you give NikNaks to a 14 month old baby?

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Baby already has the odd Wotsit and Quavers but what’s your opinion on NikNaks? This is the orange pack - Nice ‘N’ Spicy flavour btw.

YABU - it’s fine, I’d give it to a 14 month old
YANBU - I wouldn’t give it

Funnily enough UPF’s have been shown to make the brain react in the same way. They are addictive as it triggers dopamine.

Now some people use cocaine and never become addicted. Someone people can’t help it. Same with junk food apparently. Sounds crazy, but 40% of overweight adults in this country are struggling with something.

Formula is needed to keep babies alive if their mother can not breastfeed or access adequate donor milk. There isn't really much alternative. UPFs as solid food are completely unnecessary (except for a small percentage of children with severe eating issues).

I wouldn’t give them a bag or their own portion but if I was eating them and the baby was interested I might give them one. I’d probably not make a habit of it and would avoid because of the (inevitable orange stain) junk food aspect/salt content rather than due to the strong or spicy flavour.

Rubbish. They’re 14 months old. It’s not reinforcing any idea of eating for boredom. It’s merely giving them something to do for 5 minutes to avoid a crisis. You’re talking daft.

Sure at some point what you’re saying might be an issue but exactly as you’re saying carrot puffs or wotsits or whatever, a couple is doing no harm whatsoever. BUT whatever you say the carrot puffs are less bad purely because of the salt content. Fact.

it’s not woman on woman anything. That’s cheap and not thought through. Its mumsnet bollocks. But if someone asks a question, other people are going to give their opinion. Also fact.

whatever you say the carrot puffs are less bad purely because of the salt content. Fact

That’s a fairly irrational argument and not really a nutritional fact at all. It’s a bit like saying, the small hole in my window, is better than a big hole. Both mean the window is broken. That would be a fact.

Doing the least harm, is still
harm.

Probably not regularly but if they grabbed one I wouldn't take it away. I didn't give mine crisps that young tbh, not even rip off baby ones

Absolutely would not be feeding my baby crisis. No need at all.

Get a big variety of healthy tastes in them and don't start an early taste for junk.

Absolutely would not be letting my baby/toddler within arm's reach of any Nik Naks at all, ever, until they are old enough to go out and buy their own. Because they are all MINE. Mwah ha ha.
Enjoy your rice cakes kiddo.

I’ve only given my 16 month old baby crisps. She once came over all curious and big eyed as I ate a pack of watsits so I let her have one (to be fair she wasn’t too bothered by it and left me alone after one)

I absolutely wouldn’t give them a full bag, but maybe one as a little taste if they were interested

It won't hurt now and then.

The salt content is negligible in 3 w otsits FACT. How much extra salt do you imagine there is in 3 entire wotsits? Ther child would be having more salt from their bit of toast with their egg in the morning.

And adding a slightly less negligible amount isn't the issue.

yes it is, women are piling in women for giving their childre n UPF, whilst saying they give their kids UPF too...

You've fallen for the marketing trick that somehow carrot puffs are an acceptable food to give a baby. When they're just utter crap. Let's all accept that and move on.