bledina

[fredly]

does anyone know where/if we can find this make of baby food in the UK ? I'm particularly after their Bledilait Croissance. Thanks.

i have only seen it in France

me too, that's the problem ! My daughter has gone off SMA and will only drink this one. But there's only so much you can bring back with you from your holiday !

lol

dont they make french baby milk sweet? I know that in our local supermarket where we stay in Brittany they have vanilla/chocolate/strawbarry flavour

yep. Vanilla's her big favourite.

fredly are you in London? S Ken is the hub of the London French expat community because of the nearby Lycee et Institut Francais. Several shops in SW7 specialise in French goods/services.

Ds would commit parenticide and dance on our graves for a carton of Elle et Vire vanilla milk I fear (this must be the natural successor to Bledina...)

no i'm not, i'm in Norfolk (please don't laugh ), another world...

a french friend once told me her son had never tasted 'real milk - he had all his bottles with chocolate nesquik - he was 2 at the time. even now, as a 5 year old, he has a spoonful of sugar in a glass of milk.
seems to be quite normal to sweeten milk in France - my MIL has asked me whether she should add sugar to my ds's milk - I said "no" with a disapproving frown!

I can remember being served a Petit Gervais (fromage frais) nature in the 70s and watching my French penfriend swamp hers with a giant heap of sugar...

Oh dear fredly that is not good news. Not laughing, Norfolk is lovely...but...

I know !! aren't these French great ?!

And Bledina's baby foods have salt added...must be why ds absolutely hoovered them up...

but... yes... I know what you mean Marina...

their teeth don't seem any worse than ours though....(except for the fag and coffe stains later in life, of course!)

lol

couldnt work out why dd2 loved those 10 mois meals that come in a little two part tray until I tasted them - so delicious adn full of salt

but they do have bad teeth and they are tiny and a bit wizened

We feel like a family of vikings in Brittany

I was just pondering the dentistry comparison. Could this be because they have historically not eaten sweeties as such? The children I looked after in the early 80s ate very well, but never, ever had snacks between meals or chewy/sucky sweets. Just chocolat.
I bet things are changing a lot in France now

the only thing my daughter eats is their milk, she HATES ready made meals. Good girl.

Steady there enid! Teeavee, is what she says true re Bretons being wizened and stumpy-teethed? Sounds like Jabberwocky...

now now now girls, I'm French so watch your words now !

Ds used to lick the plate clean with the 10 mois meals enid. First and last time we caught him doing that until he was permitted the odd hot dog...

sorry

we love Brittany and tehre are lots of lovely healthy looking people there but they are teeny tiny

Enid is TALL. Or so she has claimed in the past.
Celts are traditionally shorter than Vikings etc Enid, I believe.
you should holiday in Trondheim next time missus.

you're right Marina, things are changing. But you don't see kids in France eating crisps all day long and I mean all day long. But don't get me started on this.

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dh looks startlingly Dutch/germanic

French breakfast cereals though