Over heard conversation in Asda today re: jars

[jmum6]

Was in Asda buying follow on milk when 2 women came looking at the baby food.

'Really can't be doing with cooking for him' says one woman.

'No' says the other 'what a waste of time.'

Didn't know whether to laugh or cry. :o

lockets

i was formula fed, too.

never had an allergy in my life, either, except to posh London accents.

never had exsema, either.

or been overweight.

or had diabetes.

or any of those horrid things that happen to formula fed people.

so does nobody like take that then???

yes I was formula fed too

don't think anyone mentioned bottle feeding though

ahem
dare i say balance
jars for emergencies?

my childminder has some take that dolls, does that count?

i like 'em, NP. i think they're a fucking great alternative to instant mash from a box and bristo gravy.

cod its what everyone, including me, has been saying

lol at your dangerous risotto lockets.
My kid runs screaming when she sees me chopping chillies (which is often).

maybe ill just go on ebay then,

(ps jars are mingin)

Expat, I posted the original thread because I was amused by the tone and content of the conversation I overheard. NOT because they were buying jars. (I've bought a few jars in my time), definitly not judging, or even commenting on people who give jars (I do now and again).

But the tone used suggested they couldn't 'ever' be bothered to cook, and probably couldn't be bothered to spend any time with their lo's.

flog them in a car boot sale, NP. don't ebay. it's full of gits for buyers.

CAR BOOT SALE?

they are prized possessions

and i want a decent price thank you very much

dont all rush at once

has it been wrapped up now then?

Ahem, Rhubarb, I wouldn't say jars are the norm here. French babies eat french food (salt, garlic, pureed horse, the works) and I think you are over generalising.

As ofr the chocolate issue, yes. I came back from the supermarket yesterday and ds was in tears because I hadn't bought any "real" cereal - when questioned, "real cereal is made with chocolate".

And this from a child who knows his Country store from his Weetabix with organic semi skimmed....

Guess so.

Am off to cook some anabelle karmel recipes before I go to bed

Can you really buy powdered baby food? Is this a new "innovation"?

I agree with Enid "Hyacinth" fwiw, you should not feed children jars all the time

It's sucha apiece of piss to cook and freeze

BTW...pmsl @ 'knit your own yoghurt'!

enid you mentioned cost and that confuses me as to buy all the organic ingredients i'd need to make a decent meal for dd, it's actually cheaper to buy an equivelant amout of organic jars. have worked it out, although that may be more of a commentary of the ridiculous price of organic produce over here....

yes yes but it will be fresh food without preservatives etc

JMum6 Dp here I agree feeding babies jars is not good they cant swallow the glass......

i never bought a single jar that had preservatives in it! the jaring process is preservative in itself so it's not needed. and yes i did stand in the supermarket and read the back of every single jar i picked up as i had to anyway to exclude things my dd was intolerant to or hadn't been introduced to.

i'm not saying their better before you get all cross at me again, but they're not the devils food either!

PMSL jmum6's dp!