To think that weaning with baby food from jars is fine?

[joannita]

It's specially developed for babies right? So how come everyone is dead against it? I don't think 50p a jar is that expensive either. Baby led weaning ain't going to work for my twins. They choke alarmingly as soon as they bite a piece off anything. Pureeing stuff is a pain. So I'm doing jars.

oh well, if you're not going to change the salt thing then don't give the kids your food. it seems crackers to me, though. just salt at the table.

I never pureed a damn thing! Son weaned on baby rice and jars. He's now a healthy 16 yr old who'll eat anything.

But what do I know, that was the dark ages of 16 years ago convenience baby-raising. It's all feeding-nazis and thought police now. Wean from jars at your peril!!

did you read that alphamummy link? i would, ironically enough, take it with a pinch of salt because she's a bit of a snobby cah by her own admission, but in general the picture is Not Good.

The baby food jars do stink don't they?

I used a lot of jars for my oldest daughter. I was 21 when she was born, knew very few people with babies and dh and I kind of made our way through as best we could. Boots did a fab range at the time of 'continental meals' which I really enjoyed buying (very cute jars ). Their egg custard was a brilliant one to have in the changing bag for emergency food. For the other two I cooked a lot more and though dd3 was started on puree in exactly the same way as the others I was much bolder with giving her stuff to gnaw on than I had been with the other two (had heard of BLW by then ) If you looked now at my dds (aged between 15 and 6 today) I guarantee you would not be able to tell who had had more from a jar.
Babies need to be fed. If they are thriving you've done your job. Getting het up about the ins and outs of this is just stupid.

YANBU jars are fine and yes I've tasted them myself and agree they lack seasoning and are often a bit watery but hey-ho!
I find that my DD 1yo will enjoy a bit of slush (jar or homemade) and then a bit of a chew on something. She often has a bit of what DS is having.
I buy baby jars because I work full-time and don't always have the time to make the carefully balanced meals she needs.

pretty much all jarred stuff imo honks as you open it, though, the air that's been trapped at the top always stinks, must be the canning process.

I don't really think jars are easier than mashing up a bit of whatever we're having, plus I think the jars and pouches are way too smooth, even the lumpy ones. With exception of DD who was weaned when the advice was 4 months, I've never really made puree's just mashed up food.

I could eat happily eat Hipp's cocoa and vanilla dessert all day though

I'm just glad I'm past all that now.

I've never used jars with my DC. I want to know what I'm feeding them even if they still turn their nose up at it.
If I wouldn't eat it, I sure ain't gonna feed it to my DC

oh yes, me too, pictish.

Spoon feeding is a total PITA. I would rather spend the time cooking a meal we can all eat.

Thanks for the replies its very interesting to hear so many different points of view. I'm off to bed now

Dh used to polish off any of the Boots lasagne that dd left The Dutch Apple compote was fab.
Gobbin - dd1 was 15 yesterday. Must have been the thing to do then. I can remember a lot of stress being laid on salt levels in adult food. I was always very conscious of that - I wonder of that's why we used jars? Because we were led to think them safer?

Feed your baby what suits you

Personally I wouldn't like no fresh food whatever in my diet. But that's me. And you are you.

They may be fortified with vitamins, but nutrients are rather more complex than vitamins. For example, there are few polyphenols in baby jars. This affects many things including but not restricted to gut microbes. Your gut microbes have an enormous influence on health.

I'm another who would only feed it to the DC. if I would eat it.

But I'm not bothered by what anyone else does tbh.

I would give DD the occasional jar or pouch when out and about, but never bought the ones with meat in... It doesn't seem right that meat can survive so long in a jar without refrigeration- not to mention i wasn't really sure of the grade of meat being used. DD wasn't introduced to meat though until about 12 months.

I spent hours preparing and freezing home cooked food from scratch for DD when she was a baby and she wouldn't eat any of it until had the idea of mixing it up with some of a the powdered baby food that you make up.

She had a tracheostomy so giving her lumpy food wasn't possible until she was older. The term BLW wasn't around and wouldn't have worked for DD as she was always very uninterested in food as a baby. As she was only on the 2nd centile I couldn't just leave it until she decided she really was hungry.

I think some of the smug mums on here probably don't realise how much extra work looking after twins is, especially if you have a three year old as well.

Where are the smug mums? I can't see any here.

I used the odd jar. Mainly batch cooked and froze stuff. Did three different meals at once, then had several to choose from, didn't take all that long.

I didn't like not knowing what DS was eating, really.

BLW was the easiest thing to do. Next time I won't bother with spoon feeding fuss at all.

Though... You say you don't want the fuss of cooking for your twins, and say your MIL puts loads of salt into the food. So what does your three year old eat?

My DD would not eat the food i made at all for 6 months so I gave her jars, i had to warm the jar up and pour it into the dish infront of her to prove it wasnt anything i made or she wouldn't even open her mouth. They do work out expensive, but i didnt have a choice. They are easier, and they cant be bad for them or they wouldnt sell them, plus i had them as a baby and im fine!