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Do you cook for your baby/toddler?

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 13:23

My dd1 is 27 months and dd2 is 9 months. I cook for them all the time, try to buy everything organic etc. I normally freeze what I cook and give it to them within a month or so. (I can give dd1 what I cook for us but sometimes need to fall back on frozen stuff if we are having a curry or something)I have to cook once or twice every week to create some variety and I cook different meals for me and dh every day. I am just wondering if all this efford is for nothing as there is so much ornanic ready jars etc. around for babies and would like to ask for your advice if you think it is really worth cooking everything from sctratch. After all, I freeze what I cook anyway, it is not like I can give every meal fresh... i will start work soon so cooking will become a big chore... is it worth it???

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 22:19

All of you who are very against jar food- do you give your children crisps, chocolate, sweets?? I think they are just as bad if not worse...

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startingtobehalloweenylover · 20/10/2005 22:20

some babyfood is better than others! i sometimes get ds the heinz "simply" veg/fruit ones which actually taste of what they are iyswim?

Gobbledispook · 20/10/2005 22:20

Oh and when I have used the odd jar, i've never used the 'meat' ones - never sure what the chicken, beef etc actually is so only ever really used plain veg or fruit puree.

So easy to cook your own stuff and from 9m they can eat almost everything we do anyway - I don't salt our food so it's never been an issue.

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Gobbledispook · 20/10/2005 22:20

Hypermama - it's just that it tastes horrible!

frannykenstein · 20/10/2005 22:21

I don't, HyperMama, but then I am Mrs. Smug Wholefood Eater.

moondog · 20/10/2005 22:22

The 'meat' in baby jars is minced bollock and ear.
Fact

aloha · 20/10/2005 22:22

It's not 'crap'. How do you define 'crap'? I consume lots of things I wouldn't give to my child - hot curries, plenty of wine, gin and tonic blah blah - and I would turn my nose up at baby rice and breastmilk!
As it happens, I very rarely feed my daughter prepared baby food (she isn't keen and its a waste), but I will share a tuna mayo sandwich with her. I don't think the tuna mayo sandwich has any moral or nutritional superiority to a jar of organic baby food. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Gobbledispook · 20/10/2005 22:24

aloha - for me it's not so much about it being crap as just not tasting very nice - I used to hate having to check each spoon for temp cos it was so vile!

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 22:24

Gobbledispook- I agree it tastes horrible! (the jars) but tell that to my little one who gobbles it all up as fast as she can (on the VERY odd occasion that I had to give it to her) It makes me upset that she is not always as keen to eat my cooking.. I think those companies who produce them know exactly what the babies want after years and years of testing.. I sometimes look on the jars to see what % of what ingredient they are using to try to repeat it at home..!

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WickedWestCountryLass · 20/10/2005 22:25

I don't cook with salt for the kids or for me and DH. Once you stop using salt you soon get used to it and food with salt in tastes too salty. I do use plenty of herbs, garlic, chilli etc and my kids have the same.

My kids do have the odd packet of chocolate buttons and biscuits at playgroup, I am not completely anal about it!!! LOL

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 22:26

Moondog- that is an interesting fact?!

Franny- I don't give them any crisps or chocs etc. either- it is just that I wasn't brought up to eat them so it doesn't even cross my mind to buy them or give it to them...

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oops · 20/10/2005 22:26

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aloha · 20/10/2005 22:27

Moondog. You are being very norty.

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 22:28

Oops- we have a very similar life to you at home..

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moondog · 20/10/2005 22:28

I'm only having a larf hyper!

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 22:29

Moondog- good you scared me?!?!?

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oops · 20/10/2005 22:31

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moondog · 20/10/2005 22:32

I'm lookin' for a fight lady!

(Need something to liven me up..been fecking hailing all day here in Turkey and haven't left the flat today. Got cabin fever rreeeeeeeaaal bad......Mind you you should see Turkish baby food! Cheeeezz. Minced bollock would be infinitely preferable I tell ya...)

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 22:34

Oops- Yup thats exactly us, what a coincidence!

Off to the hammock now for a good nites sleep...

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WickedWestCountryLass · 20/10/2005 22:35

LOL :D

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 22:35

Moondog- you got yourself a fight darling. What is wrong with Turkey and Turkish baby food??!?!

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HyperMama · 20/10/2005 22:37

whereabouts in Turkey are you Moondog?

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moondog · 20/10/2005 22:39

Oh Hyper,despite the fact that Turkish food is fab,the baby stuff (which I suppose is bought by relatively wealthy people) is full of sugar,salt,hydrogenated fats and other nasties.
The shelves groan with rusk like biscuits which are dreadful.

To be fair,legislation concerning baby food in the UK is pretty strict so it must be ok.Not great but ok.

When ds was being weaned he ate a tonne of yoghurt and chewed on big hunks of unleavened bread.

moondog · 20/10/2005 22:39

Van,Eastern Turkey near Iran.
Very poor region.

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