Has anyone else come across a HV advising the parents to give their baby a Chinese takeaway ??

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My friend's sister has an 8 month old DS - HV just been round for the 8 month checkup and firstly told her off for pureeing his food - HV is obviously an advocate of BLW (which is great) as she said that the mother had to just give him bits and pieces on his highchair and let him pick. Which is fine but upset the mother a bit as apparently the HV was quite harsh with her about it and implied she was damaging her DS by only giving him pureed food

And then, she turned round and said that if the parents were having a Chinese takeaway, they must (and she did use the word 'must') let the baby have some aswell - is it just me or does that seem shocking advice??

Sorry, sounded more prickly than I was actually feeling

I'm just really surprised that so many people have come out pro chinese takeaways for a baby so young considering past weaning discussions.

Also surprised that no-one has slated the HV for her assertion that pureeing is "damaging".

Perhaps I just have rank chinese takeouts near me...

actually i take that back, evidently the HV 'told her off'... that's a bit weird... i find it hard to believe, tbh. i wonder if the mum and HV just don't get on, because tbh BLW is such a new thing that the HV must have been advising about purees for years so very unlikely to say anything more than 'you don't have to'. perhaps the mum just took it as a criticism where none was intended?

you are supposed to wash the salt etc off.
my mil who puts in an entire jar of shilli powder per curry feeds the stuff she makes to her grandchildren. she just washes it off under the tap, and feeds it to them with boiled rice.
or, if you dont want to go to the sink,, ive seen moms suck te salt off, (icky imo)

and in pakistan, when i mentioned not adding any salt to babies food, they all though t i was mental.

x-posted, RD.

Didn't want you to think I was sitting here yelling at the monitor or anything, lol.

cyclon, my great-grandmother advocated putting a few grains of salt into all babies' food as it made their taste buds work better. it's a wonder we're not all on dialysis.

It's common sense, really, isn't it?? There are take-aways which present 'Chinese food' which is not much more than gristle swimming in grease and a few noodles (or is that just near me?!) and others which you can tell from your own tastebuds is better quality, and closer to 'real' food the people rightly say is more like 'proper' Chinese food.

I still don't think tastes from the better quality end is terrible and actually there's nothing really wrong with it!

The problem with HVs saying takeaway fine, eat what you're having though is some people take it to mean this which is very sad

(Yes, I know no-one on here is advocating that, and we know that it means an occasional takeaway...)

tiktok: if only common sense was that common...

lolol at the picture caption though. two burgers and a big horse's willie and underneath 'not suitable for children'.

We took our 7-month dd to a chinese restaurant 2 nights ago and gave her some of the food to try she loved it!

In comparison we went with friends who ordered a plate of chips for their 3-year-old as she wouldn't eat anything else.

Know which I'd prefer

i know. i was shocked at that too.

in fact, i ended up eating less salt myself. which meant that family would always ask for the salt pot at my house. which now means that my dc want to add salt to their food as the see aunts uncles grandparents etc adding salt. .. vicious circle. ...if i'd stuck to higher salt in the first place, then the kids would probly be having less salt than they now want.
you cant win really.

fio, your point is sooo true. first time moms always worry about every tiny little thing. when youre older you realise you cant control everythign,adn most things dont really matter so much.

LOL yes Aitch... was a particularly gross picture.

Isn't chewing vital for the development of the muscles that are used for speech, which is why finger foods were recommended after 8mo before blw was around? I'd think 8mo was a bit young to be worrying about that though.

Maybe HV just isn't very good at communication.

Fio - exactly - they are ONLY potato. My lo tried a whole range of flavours and textures

i often see tots in 'aroma' scoffing noodles and rice.

dd3 not 8months old but 2.5yrs old will also demolish noodles and rice in there.

actually the NHS are advising finger foods from 6 months now. although they don't mention chinese takeaways.

the thought of a blended burger has made me want to vomit

its like when extreme dieters get their teeth wired together and they end up blending chips and curry

my 9 yr old neighbour will ONLY eat micro pizza and nuggets with chips

I'm afraid that my babies both went from fully breast fed to 6 months then a couple of months of carefully specially prepared baby food then to some of what we were having from about 8 months unless it was hugely unsuitable (a very spicy curry for example). We eat very healthily at home so most of what they ate was "good" stuff, but when we were out they are all sorts of things - including Chinese food, Indian food and chips. IMHO the salt and fat thing is only a problem if they are getting lots of it at home as well. If not, then once in a while won't hurt and will widen their taste experince and socialization.

Oh, and Wagamamas features in their diet from 8 months too!

I draw the line at burgers, though!

tbh my dd will reject food that's too salty if we're out, which i think is no bad thing. apart from crisps... never seen her reject them.

aww dd love love loves chinese! and adores wagamamas. tis nothing to worry about, it's not as if the child would eat a whole heap of the food feeding himself at 8 months.

what's wagamama's?