To be shocked by this government dietary advice for babies and children?

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from the government in Northern Ireland that is published online? Surely we don’t do these things any more such as mixing baby rice with milk and advising people to feed their very young children rice crispies and cornflakes for breakfast and advising people to give juice with meals! Surely this is bad advice, I am honestly surprised that the government have been allowed to publish this crap. I have no doubt people still do these things which is an individual parenting choice but surely the government shouldn’t be advocating for this?

Same!

I'm afraid you still do sound very judgemental to me.

Why?
An adult with a good diet can give their kid the same as them as long as they haven't added too much salt and they aren't eating junk every meal.
I don't understand kid's menus at all in restaurants. Usually highly processed junk.

I was a dental nurse, worked in a regular dentist and then in a specialist maxillofacial day surgery unit where we did all manner of sedation techniques and anaesthetics including fully incubated general anaesthetics.

Have seen many a small child have multiple teeth removed, have helped hold them down as they were put under, not the most pleasant experience for anyone.

Dried fruit and fruit juice were the work of the devil according to the surgeons. My friends DD loved dried cranberries and she used to give her a few through the day, that’s the worst, it’s best to just eat them in one go so the teeth are not bathed in the sugars on and off all day, that’s what he used to say. I didn’t give my children juice until they were much older nor squash due to artificial sweeteners, that’s was down to DH who works with food manufacturers.

Popcorn is a major choking hazard so have no idea why that was added.

Ok I did a bit of a scooby online and found this

A major investigation published in The BMJ (British Medical Journal) revealed that 11 out of 19 members of the government's official Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) have active financial ties to the food and drink industry.

Im not sure if they had input in to this advice.

Now I do respect the BMJ more than most. DH links to food manufacturers having worked with many has meant he won’t have sweeteners, margarine or any oil except olive oil in the house. He was also always ranting about the low fat diet foods being rubbish years ago.

But they are fortified with vitamins and minerals, are usually eaten with milk which is a good source of nutrition and they melt on the tongue, preventing choking incidents.

Rice crispies are an excellent way to encourage hand eye coordination and pincer grip.

Zombie thread

God this website is so funny. People really can't imagine living a perfectly normal life where you feed your child a fortified cereal with a bit of sugar in it once a week, it's not giving them cancer

My friend gave her kids juice she just watered it down a bit and what's wrong with rice cereal I assume they mean farex not Coco pops 😂

Yes it’s old fashioned crap. My kids never al drank juice and they don’t now as adults. And pudding twice a day? Ridiculous.