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Baby (7.5 months) eating fries

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KindOchreEagle · 27/05/2024 21:39

my babysitter gave my baby (7.5 months old) fries/chips I left snacks so I don’t understand why, they were at a fast food restaurant and gave them to him instead of his snacks (carrot/cucumber sticks) I’m upset think it was not a good thing to feed him and wasn’t necessary am I being unreasonable?

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PinkFizz1 · 27/05/2024 21:42

FTM? Your kid will be eating nuggets off the floor soon enough 😂 Seriously though, I wouldn’t worry about it as a one off.

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KindOchreEagle · 27/05/2024 21:43

PinkFizz1 · 27/05/2024 21:42

FTM? Your kid will be eating nuggets off the floor soon enough 😂 Seriously though, I wouldn’t worry about it as a one off.

Thank you I think that really helped bring me back down to earth he is fine will look out for those gloor
nuggets:)

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TeenLifeMum · 27/05/2024 21:43

Baby will survive but I’d be pissed off. Sadly, some people think it’s normal. Others put Pepsi in a baby bottle. I guess it’s a lesson that others parent differently and you need to set your expectations very clearly.

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 27/05/2024 21:44

I would be cross. They’re totally unsuitable for a 7 month old, they’re usually still on fruit/veg purées at that point.

PrincessTeaSet · 27/05/2024 21:45

Hmm I think at 7.5 months I wouldn't be impressed. Home made chips with no salt perhaps but fast food chips no. Probably very salty. Once over a year I would be less worried

79Helene · 27/05/2024 21:46

You're not being unreasonable at all. They can have chips when they're older but at 7 months they've barely even started on solids.

LiterallyOnFire · 27/05/2024 21:47

As a one off, it wouldn't bother me. If he eats carrot sticks, there's no choking risk from a fry. So I'd leave it.

EggcornAcorn · 27/05/2024 21:47

Babysitters don't normally take the baby out - they do bedtime and watch netflix til you come home at midnight or whenever your evening has finished. Baby should be sleeping not gallivanting round at night. Put a stop to that!

I suspect this is a nanny situation really

Lavender14 · 27/05/2024 21:47

I agree that baby will be fine but I'd also be really pissed off. You are paying this person to provide suitable care for a small child and provided age appropriate snacks. If it was one chip to nibble I'd just say you don't want dc having that in future and you'd prefer she keeps to healthy and baby friendly foods but if it was a lot then I'd consider a different babysitter who understands that babies can only have miniscule amounts of salt.

Sunnysummer24 · 27/05/2024 21:48

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 27/05/2024 21:44

I would be cross. They’re totally unsuitable for a 7 month old, they’re usually still on fruit/veg purées at that point.

Puree are very old fashioned now. Even puree fed babies should be having finger food by this age.

Chips from fast food place shouldn’t be given to a baby if they have salt on them. Without salt there just potato and oil and are fine.

HippeePrincess · 27/05/2024 21:48

It’s not the best but not the end of the world, though in the interest of safety as you didn’t specify, carrot sticks (raw) a choking hazard until much older and I’d much prefer my baby was offered a chip than raw carrot.

MargaretThursday · 27/05/2024 21:48

Dd1 had organic carefully prepared food from me only.
Ds (#3) would have had fries if that's what the others had.

Now adults or nearly, nothing ds likes more than a plate of salad. Dd1 would prefer a bacon butty.

Don't worry.

Timeforsnacks · 27/05/2024 21:49

They should not be a paid babysitter that's for sure. Is this a friend or someone you are actually paying?

Cancello · 27/05/2024 21:49

As a one off I wouldn't worry about.

goodkidsmaadhouse · 27/05/2024 21:49

I’d have been really, really pissed off if that were any of my babies. And I’ve had 3. Nothing to do with being a FTM to feel angry about this.

CelesteCunningham · 27/05/2024 21:51

What do you mean by a babysitter? If this is a professional childminder or nanny that you pay to look after your child on a regular basis I would be unimpressed because they're at work and should be doing better than that.

If it's a young relative doing you a favour for a few hours then I wouldn't really care.

Mystro202 · 27/05/2024 21:54

My baby is 9 months and I wouldn't be happy with her having a chip due to choking. The nutritional aspect wouldn't bother me too much as it's a once off but I am terrified of choking especially in someone else's care- they may not have first aid experience.

CelesteCunningham · 27/05/2024 21:56

Surely chips are fine from a choking pov at this age? I'm sure mine were eating home made sweet potato fries by the kilo at this age. It's just the salt that's a problem.

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KindOchreEagle · 27/05/2024 21:57

Thank you all for your replies, it was babies uncle (my brother) who wanted to bond with his nephew so I gratefully took dinner out with partner while he and his wife looked after baby, they went to MacDonald for their dinner and wanted to share, I left snacks and a timetable of what baby had to eat like milk times and other options so didn’t think I needed to say nothing else but maybe I should have been clearer

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KindOchreEagle · 27/05/2024 21:59

It’s just the salt/processed that bothers me baby eats boiled carrot sticks and raw cumber, he does need watching when eating but really good at spitting out it to big to swallow

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Usernamewassavedsuccessfully · 27/05/2024 22:01

Mystro202 · 27/05/2024 21:54

My baby is 9 months and I wouldn't be happy with her having a chip due to choking. The nutritional aspect wouldn't bother me too much as it's a once off but I am terrified of choking especially in someone else's care- they may not have first aid experience.

Due to choking? Surely most babies are on soft solids by 9 months - blw starts at 6 with chunkier things than fast food chips. I'd not be impressed due to the salt (or the fast food element) but mine was on chip shaped things from 6m.

notbelieved · 27/05/2024 22:01

reminds me of the time when DS3 was around 6 months old and we sat at a table at a party whilst my older two were playing. He reached across and grabbed a handful of doritos and ate them one by one, much to the shock horrified women sat round that table with us. One of them was a childminder, laughed her head off and said 'he's number 3, right?'. We laughed. The rest of them remained horrified.

CelesteCunningham · 27/05/2024 22:02

In that case for god's sake don't get angry at a willing babysitter! Took us much longer than 7 months to get a night out. Grin Next time just be a bit more precise. But honestly, a chip or two won't have done any harm even if it's not ideal.

Neodymium · 27/05/2024 22:04

I wouldn’t care. I let my kids a wide range of stuff once they started eating. I don’t think that restricting foods is healthy in the long run- I knew parents who did this and then when they were older, like 3 and 4 at birthdays when they see junk they would just gorge themselves. My kids don’t see junk as a big deal. Not that they ate loads but it was just food.

now at 13 my middle son loves all food including salads, veggies, fish, mushrooms, even spicy food. And he will cook for himself too. My oldest loves spicy Mexican and veggies and often will cook himself a bowl of veggies as an afterschool snack.

LostMySocks · 27/05/2024 22:19

Chips were an early finger food for DS1. We had a family holiday when he had just started weaning and I remember him in a high chair at the head of a table sucking on a chip. I may have licked off the salt first as he was PFB.
As a one off the salt is fine as I'm guessing that not much food was actually swallowed. Chips, even at fat food joints are just sliced fried potato (possibly with some flour dusting to make them crispy)