to refuse to give DS jars of baby food?

[woozlet]

I think they look gross.

My mum and mil keep buying them for when he is there but I won't use them (bring something I've made for him). My mum says I am being a snob about it.

Thoughts?

[Fibilou]

They're packed full of sugar, salt and other undesirables so imho YANBU. And wildly overpriced for their contents

[latestincarnation]

forgot to say - the plum/ella kitchen jars are the ones I'm referring to - Hipp organic is ok too, but the other stuff bears no resemblance to the food they claim to be!!

[piscesmoon]

It depends which jar, see Times article today

[Chulita]

Just to add my tuppence worth, we mostly do BLW but DD prefers the jars over my cooking unless I leave it in the fridge for a day It really gets to me that she'd choose Heinz over homecooked but then I probably shouldn't have given her the option! BTW she usually has homecooked and barely eats any but on the rare occasion I break open a jar she'll eat the whole lot. Otherwise she lives on Philly sandwiches and banana!

[scottishmummy]

OMG the cost! babylicious(£1.99 for ten frozen cubes making three to four meals).

lordy i made all mine,for much less money.had the pots and steamer going cooking then froze as ice cubes

[messalina]

I get so fed up of mothers making a real song and dance about turning their noses up at jars and getting out their ruddy tupperware when out and about for all to see. I hate cooking (my husband does it all) and when I did bother to cook some of the Annabel Karmel recipes when I was first weaning DD, she refused most of them. I got so fed up of wasting all my time cooking things she then refused that I decided to give her jars (only Plum Organic, Organix and Ella's Kitchen - the rip-off ones) as well as finger foods, until she was old enough to eat with us, which she does now. So, yes, I started out with the same noble intentions, but in my case it was a total waste of time slaving away in the kitchen and I don't feel remotely guilty about it. I am sure my daughter will still be a lot brighter than some of her peers who were fed home-cooked organic mashed squash. Her genes are better.

[mumeeee]

YANBU to want to give your DS home made stuff. But YABU neber to use baby jars. There is nothing wrong with them and letting him have an occansional jar at Grannies house. In fact when mine were babies I foud them very handy to use when out.

[sweetkitty]

My three have all refused the savoury ones and I don't blame them, the smell and taste vile, all I could taste was cornflour used to bulk them out.

Fruit ones are quite nice though

Recently a friend said to me "DS is now on 7 month jars?" when did your DD3 go onto 7 month jars, I said "she doesn't eat food from jars" she looked horrified then asked me what did she eat then, erm food like the rest of us. Marketing men from Hipp and Heinz must be rubbing their hands sometimes there are mothers out there that actually believe you HAVE to feed your baby jars, I know quite a few.

[sillysalley]

I used them as a back up, TBH some of them were quite nice and would only give DS the ones that I would eat myself.

[fledtoscotland]

Most of the jars are vile but DS1 lived off Heinz mums own Fruit salad for about a month when he was ill - was all he wanted to eat (that and bread & butter).

DS2 has been BLW and never tasted anything out of a jar. Apart from the fact that they bear no resemblance to what they are supposed to be, I dont know how anyone can afford to feed their child jars all the time.

[CheerfulYank]

Your kid- feed 'em whatever you want.

[NaccetyMac]

I like the Hipp chocolate pudding and the fruit ones. DS2 gets those, because I can share.

But no, NU, because it is your choice what to feed your child.

Do the middle class thing, tell them your child has intolerances.