Do any jars of baby food actually taste like actual food?

[MichB86]

Hi,

I’ve just started weaning my six month old, who is my third baby and I’m mainly making up batches of my own food like with my previous two but with 3 children under 5 I’m thinking that the option to buy the odd jar would be helpful. The few jars of baby food I’ve tasted taste of nothing really and they all just taste the same. Does anyone have any suggestions which ones are the best in terms of actually tasting like food and nutritionally wise.

Thanks

Hmmmm no

Nope, but then again, plenty of babies eat them and they don't have much to compare it to!

The pouches are good & they can actually use them themselves (holding squeezing and sucking) pretty early which is a bonus. Much easier than faffing with jars.

I never bothered with jars as they all seem to contain some fruit - even something like a spaghetti bolognese- which seems like you’re just going to encourage a sweet tooth.
When I went out I just took some sandwiches and snacky bits.

Are you into baby led weaning? Just feed them bits and bobs of what you have.

I do like the idea of baby led weaning and I did offer my other two the odd bits and bobs but I’m a bit over anxious about them chocking

That is the fear! But it’s only actually scary in the early weeks. And once you see that gagging is natural and how they learn to move the food around their mouth - the fear of choking is less. I found it such a pleasure watching babies shovel handfuls of spag Bol etc into their mouths! Less so the mess . Will your older two eat roasted chunks of veg/ potato? Make finger shapes of butternut squash, sweet or white potato. Broccoli. Soft fruit. Toast with whatever, soft cheese, hummus, all easy to start with.

I find that the pouches taste like actual food so an ellas kitchen chicken curry will but not so much the jars

The Holle vegetable purees taste like soup. They’re quite nice.
Otherwise, no, they taste awful.
Learn how to heimlich a baby and give them your food. (Mine have never choked, but gagging is a normal part of learning to move food around the mouth, so it’s useful to be aware of the differences between them, too.)

You do NOT Heimlich a baby, you could rupture their spleen. It's back slaps and/or chest thrusts.

Fully up to date with my children’s first aid 😬

I think I’ve read that babies are unlikely to choke while feeding themselves and are more likely to do so being spoon fed. I might just have to be brave and sit on my hands and go for it 😂

Thanks there’s at least a few to try there. I’ve always used the Annabelle Karmel weaning book and it just gets very fussy once passeD the initial stage.

I wish I knew about BLWwhen I had my first 2DS.It was baby food,spoon fed,they did not seem to be overly excited and I always worried they do not eat enough,although they were BF for a long time(1year and 2,5 years respectively)
Then I had 2 more after long gap,BLW was very much recommended and I gave it ago,although with 3rd DC I did sit on my hands at the beginning, both of them thoroughly enjoyed it,they weren't fussy and they absolutely love every food that is given.Never had them at least trying something new and they are very adventurous with food now at age of 4&7.
I was worried about choking but it never happened,apparently babies have well developed gagging reflex,however it's best to wait until recommended weaning age.

Of course you don’t use the adult version of the manoeuvre. There’s a version for babies that they teach in first aid classes. The one I went to was taught by a paediatric consultant so I would assume she knew what she was doing.