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This is contentious! am preparing to get slagged

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Moomin · 07/02/2006 21:58

... but why do people give juice to babies (under 12m) apart from when they are constipated, that is? is it cos juice 'for babies' is in the shops so people think it's just something else to buy?

really not criticising, just wondering why it is thought necessary?

[runs away wearing tin hat]

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misdee · 07/02/2006 22:12

baby juice is a ripp off. a splash of juice is fine imo. i bought one of those ready diluted bay juices when dd1 was a baby as she wanted a drink, opened it, dipped my finger in to taste it, and it was sooooo sweet. she didnt like it either.

Flossam · 07/02/2006 22:12

Probably because Ribena is pretty close to 100% crap nd the government won't let them .

expatinscotland · 07/02/2006 22:13

on the other hand, there are those who assume you're doing your child lifelong damage by feeding them jarred food.

but DD1 was in mcdonald's for lunch today, i must admit their yoghurt's pretty nice, so you can tell i'm not one of those people.

she was also given cow & gate formula.

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Moomin · 07/02/2006 22:13

thread title was tongue in cheek actually as i thought that people would -wrongly- see it as a criticism and i'm just interested. and yes, was talking about the 'baby' drinks in jars like colditz was saying that are placed alongside the food and all that

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wysiwyg · 07/02/2006 22:14

I agree with the last post- when you are a first time mum you just look at what products are there in the shop and don't question whether you should give it or not.
Like jars, like step up milk, like toddler wipes (twice as expensive as baby wipes - but I use them - guilty). We are in the ultimate consumer society.

Roobie · 07/02/2006 22:14

I remember spending about £10/week on those stupid bottles of juice - wish I'd stuck to adding bog standard juice from a carton

colditz · 07/02/2006 22:14

Expat, so was ds. From birth.

Flossam · 07/02/2006 22:16

Ohh, EPIS, you aren't wrong about the yoghurt. I think I'll get the most naughty points today though, met a friend for a coffee, went to Starbucks, DS due his nap but not a hells hope of him taking it, so I got him a chocolate marshmallow twizzler. He was as good as gold as long as it lasted .

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Moomin · 07/02/2006 22:16

good point wysiwyg. my god-daughter has 2 kids and she is very young. nowt wrong with that but she gets sucked in to so much marketing. we saw some kandu mits in a shop. she said 'oo they look good, you dip them in water and it froths up and you was the kids with it' and i said 'flannel and soap anyone?'

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expatinscotland · 07/02/2006 22:16

i'm tellin' ya, colditz, the yoghurt in mcdonald's is pretty tasty! not better than the mcflurry, but we gotta draw the line somewhere .

colditz · 07/02/2006 22:17

Baby food is one of my parpy subjects, actually.

People want to do ther best for their babies, so they buy as much as they can afford for them, so companies set out to fleece them without enough limits in place as to what they can produce "for babies"

Twiglett · 07/02/2006 22:17

have never bought baby juice .. don't get it .. what's wrong with standard fruit juice with water

have just realised I shouldn't be on this thread because my kids are older than 1 and didn't get juice before .. but I did give DD cheese & onion crisps before she was 1 .. well she stole them off DS really

colditz · 07/02/2006 22:17

Ick, it's not, it's foul and sticky.

Give me a burger any day!

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Moomin · 07/02/2006 22:18

oh i'm glad there are some s now.
i don't like it when mummy and daddy argue

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expatinscotland · 07/02/2006 22:19

i chose 'cow & gate ' b/c of the name. seriously. i had PND soooo bad i really should have been in another wing of the hospital, NOT the maternity one, i might add.

bfing was NOT going well, let's just say. i'd had an awful birth w/forceps and stitches from hell.

so when i begged for formula they offered SMA or 'cow & gate'. i thought 'moo & gate' sounded cool - i was halluncinating pleasant meadows and sunny skies by that point.

so that's why i chose it for her.

colditz · 07/02/2006 22:20

lol moomin

QE2 · 07/02/2006 22:20

I was that first time mum who bought the jars of juice because it was there and I thought I should. By the time you've had 2 or 3 more you get a bit more wise to the marketing ploys of the manufacturers. And common sense kicks in by then of course.

I gave my babies' jars cos I couldn't be doing with farting about pureeing. I don't lose sleep over that.

expatinscotland · 07/02/2006 22:21

my daughter's scottish. and my american dad went and bought her a sausage roll from gregg's when she was 1.

she ate it in her pram

she came back with THE biggest smile on her face .

Roobie · 07/02/2006 22:23

I gave dd the odd jar (Baby Organix, of course ) but to date ds hasn't had a single jar - probably something to do with dd being around and him just getting bits of her food.

colditz · 07/02/2006 22:23

I am tight, that's why I hate baby food companies. The bloody jar must cost more than the food inside, yet they charge a bomb for them, and some people really believe you need to buy them. And you don't! That's why I get so cross, I hate to see people waste their money on something unnecessary that they don't even really want to do!

Flossam · 07/02/2006 22:24

I did organic for DS for a while. And tried to follow A Karmel. And I can categorically state that it is more expensive to make your own that way. Now don't bother with organic. Can't afford it.

colditz · 07/02/2006 22:24

But QE2, you wanted to. Some people don't even know they have a choice and are completely brainwashed by advertising.

I think they should be made to have little signs on the side of the jars

"You can make this at home if you want, your baby can still have it if you don't put any salt in!"

robinia · 07/02/2006 22:29

Juice and/or squash is a definite no-no in this household until they're old/competent enough to drink it out of an open cup. It is terrible for teeth (ribena being particularly bad). Why bother getting them used to a variety of fluid tastes when water is far and away the best for long term consumption? (says she who only recently has been allowed to reduce from 8 pints of water a day to 4 pints due to recent kidney stone problems, and feels like a sloshing balloon ).

Troutpout · 07/02/2006 22:41

((gets arse in hand and rolls eyes))

expatinscotland · 07/02/2006 23:01

Squash. LOL! When I first moved here, DH and I went to Morrison's. He wanted to smoke a cigarette, so I offered to go in and get what he wanted. He asked for 'orange squash'. So I trawled all over the fresh produce section. No pumpkins. But they did have acorn squash, and those were orange. And butternut squash, which were also orange. So I got one of each and headed back to the car.

You should have seen DH's face!

I had NO idea it was a drink!