Whatever you think of the WHO guidelines, you'll be shocked!

[hunkermunker]

Well, you might not be.

But I was.

Superdrug's Little Star brand of weaning spoons say suitable from 3 months!

I emailed them and they said they'd pass my comments on to their buyers - wtf?!

To be fair...the spoons and packaging are probably made quite a long time in advance. I gave my DS1 solids at 3 months and he's only 3 and half now so it wasn't that long ago

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They're a new range - I don't think they'd have designed the packaging three years ago!

And it's quite clear they're intended for food, not water.

even 4 years ago the given advice was not before 4 months in our neck of the woods so am quite surprised at them letting that kind of packaging slip through

but lots of people wean at 3 months?

I mean I know its WHO guidelines but lets get real about this

girl i know , not a friend, has been spoonfeeding her baby since 6 weeks. hv apparatenly sp advised because he was a hungry baby

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Fags kill you but they still make em.

Lots of people do all kinds of things which aren't recommended, but I was shocked to see packaging that blatantly disregarded the advice which has been around from the WHO for the last ten years.

Especially seeing as there are current campaigns to change the packaging on baby food and drinks to say six months from four months.

I agree but it is up to people to choose whether to buy the stuff or not.

Sorry hunker - if this is what shocks you, then you need to get out more.

What do you expect Superdrug to do? Take the spoons off their shelves?

No, just change the packaging to reflect what is best for babies' health.

And I put shock in the title and my posts because I knew they'd get read more that way

Am perfectly chilled, I promise you

Glad to hear that you're not quite so excitable, but wouldn't agree (or possibly more accurately I couldn't care). Don't know anyone personally who has made the decision to start weaning based on a spoon label... Doubtless they will shortly all emerge from the ether.

Hunkermunker, I agree with you.
We are talking about babies and their health here and Superdrug should be promoting best practise and this isn't it. I am extremely surprised that a company that is in the health business would do this.
Babies weaned too early do face health risks that are well documented. OK, so people don't always follow the best health advice for themselves or their babies, but that doesn't mean big businesses should be encouraging them.

and you don't market fags to babies!

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I know that.
I dont understand why anyone would wean before 6 months and have quoted the WHO countless times here. But people will still continue to wean earlier and buy stuff like that.

But it is BAD guideline that goes against all health advice!

I'm still always surprised to see all those packets of food with "4 months" on them. I mean, if they don't have to stick to current best practice, why not say "1 month" on them? Or even "Suitable from birth"?

No, people don't wean based just on what it says on a spoon packet, but when people are under pressure from health visitors, their parents, friends, whomever, every little thing that encourages them to think that weaning early is normal counts.

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