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Over heard conversation in Asda today re: jars

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jmum6 · 12/04/2006 16:40

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

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Enid · 12/04/2006 17:22

no

NotAnOtter · 12/04/2006 17:23

I do cook for my babies but jars are neccesary sometimes!

bitsamaloney · 12/04/2006 17:24

i wouldn't eat dried food so wouldn't feed my babies with it. don't have aproblem with jars apart from the cost both mine had a mix of jars and homemade.

hunkermunker · 12/04/2006 17:27

Child abuse?

How?

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 12/04/2006 17:29

i bought jars yesterday Shock

BUT and a very big BUT is that they are simply fruit or simply vegitable (checked the ingredients and they are organic whatever and water only) and they are for when we go to PIL's next weekend. Becky usually has homemade stuff, but cant guarentee being able to do it at PIL's as they are always here there and everywhere, so bought 5 jars on offer for £2 and that will be more than enough for while we are away.

intergalacticwalrus · 12/04/2006 17:29

They are a bloody rip off. I could make 5 or 6 meals for DS for the price of a jar. They aren't the work of the devil though. They have been life saving to us in the past. I view them in same way I view takeaways or packaged meals. Ok once in a while, but wouldn't like to live on them.

Enid · 12/04/2006 17:30

hunker, because, if you feed jars and packets 24/7, you are not a) feeding your child properly and b)not letting them develop a taste for proper food which will help them in later life.

also, where is the love in opening a jar or a packet?

I do mean relying solely on jars and packets btw, not occasionally using them

hunkermunker · 12/04/2006 17:31

Think that it's not comparable to abuse, but agree it's not ideal.

NotAnOtter · 12/04/2006 17:31

dont you love your child enough if you solely feed jars then ???

Enid · 12/04/2006 17:32

not in my frame of reference, no

Kathy1972 · 12/04/2006 17:34

My mother thinks it's hilarious that we don't buy jars. Smile

My main reason for not doing is currently that dd is starting to get reluctant to eat and can only be encouraged to do so by us eating some first to show her it's all right. Have no moral problems with spooning Heinz gunk into her but I am not going to eat it myself.

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jmum6 · 12/04/2006 17:35

I wondered how long before someone commented on the follow on milk :o

I do use the odd jar myself when we're out for the day, but feel soooo quilty when I do.

And I must admit to buying babylicious no and again which I mix in with my own veg if I'm not cooking anything suitable andhaverunoutofmyownicecubes.

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jmum6 · 12/04/2006 17:35

I wondered how long before someone commented on the follow on milk :o

I do use the odd jar myself when we're out for the day, but feel soooo quilty when I do.

And I must admit to buying babylicious no and again which I mix in with my own veg if I'm not cooking anything suitable andhaverunoutofmyownicecubes.

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jmum6 · 12/04/2006 17:36

I wondered how long before someone commented on the follow on milk :o

I do use the odd jar myself when we're out for the day, but feel soooo quilty when I do.

And I must admit to buying babylicious no and again which I mix in with my own veg if I'm not cooking anything suitable andhaverunoutofmyownicecubes.

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 12/04/2006 17:36

Sometimes, just sometimes, the love is finding the energy to just get up in the morning sometimes so you can open said jar.

I personally (and i dont normally splurge my emotions about an everyday subject) feel bad enough having suffered so long undiagnosed with pnd and anaemia, i dont need people suggesting i abuse my child because my best wasnt good enough - ITO.

Which, i would like to also say, was aggravated by the fact that DS point blank refused any homecooked food when i did do it, which just used to make me feel even worse.

NotAnOtter · 12/04/2006 17:37

if you were a working mum with a few kids then you just would not have time to mix up pulp etc...i think its unfair to make a correlation bewteen what a child consumes and motherlove

Enid · 12/04/2006 17:38

look, I love food and cooking ok

even when I feel deathly I cook and if I can't manage it, the whole house thinks the end of the world is nigh

its just what I do and I have strong opinions on it

not going to apologise for them!

Enid · 12/04/2006 17:38

rubbish notanotter

I am a working, pg mum with two kids and I can manage it fine

Harridan · 12/04/2006 17:39

I almost agree with Enid, except that I wouldn't call it child abuse, because I think it's born of ignorance, not malice. It's one thing to buy the occasional pot or packet - nothing wrong with that at all - but to feed them only on processed food, is absolutely terrible for their health. And if more parents knew how bad it was, they wouldn't do it. Look at all those stupid people on Honey We're Killing the Kids. When they are confronted with the reality of how bad their eating habits are, they stop eating the crap they eat.

bitsamaloney · 12/04/2006 17:39

not close to child abuse at all. feeding them salt laden adult ready meals would be closer. rather jars than packets of dried mashed potato and gravy!

mcmudda · 12/04/2006 17:40

Most jars are tolerable for occasional use, but the packet stuff is downright weird. My brother and I were brought up on Milupa packet meals (my mum thought she was being very modern) and we're still pretty fussy eaters. I remember my brother eating powdered carrot and tomato well into primary school cos he wouldn't touch anything else. My mum would deny this now of course.

Harridan · 12/04/2006 17:40

I worked ft when both my kids were young, didn't stop me giving them real food not shite.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 12/04/2006 17:40

No, but perhaps a little more thought about when and where to express them might be in order.

People come here for support and help, they dont need to read that people think its abuse to feed a child in a less than suitable manner. Its not like not feeding a child ffs - that IS child abuse.

Enid · 12/04/2006 17:40

I think its utterly depressing

and would hate my kids to grow up in a House of Jars

NotAnOtter · 12/04/2006 17:40

I am sure that you can manage it - I am sure evryone can - but its not rubbish to say that its unfair to equate it to the amount a child is loved...