What Are Your Thoughts On The "New Food Pouches'

[jenboo]

I think they are very convenient but some parents over use them.
I used to nanny a boy who at 2 yrs old didn't even comprehend how to use a spoon or even hold it! He had those pouches..and at first he didn't even know how to **** the food out! They would squeeze it onto a spoon and feed him. I had to teach him how to **** the food out and then how to use a spoon. I was completely shocked!

I have the reusable ones and we will have one for snack once/twice every 3 weeks. The kids think its fun. I will put fruit and spinach in them. They are a pain to clean though...i have to rinse right away, then I soak over night and then I use a bottle brush to get everything rinsed/cleaned out. Mine are clear so I can see if there is anything left behind.

[melskids]

Looks like I'm going to be the odd man out, but I think they're pretty gross and lazy. If my life is too busy to stop and eat an actual meal, then my life is too busy, period.

Even if I DID use them, I'd still squeeze them out in to a bowl. The thought of ****ing food out of a pouch is just weird and gross to me.


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[countrymom]

Looks like I'm going to be the odd man out, but I think they're pretty gross and lazy. If my life is too busy to stop and eat an actual meal, then my life is too busy, period.

Even if I DID use them, I'd still squeeze them out in to a bowl. The thought of ****ing food out of a pouch is just weird and gross to me.


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well then I need a suit too. Because it is the lazy way out to me. And the fact its processed food, no wonder kids have high cholesteral. Like the one I have is banana vanilla yogurt. How hard is it to mush a banana or give a small container of yogurt. As for trying to get kids to eat other veggies. Well we all know its a texture thing. My own kids would never have eaten some of the stuff, well now they are older (9 to 16) and omg they eat so much green beans that half my garden is green beans, or broccoli and believe it or not they even love brussell sprouts. Maybe because I'm older, I just don't do quick foods like that.

[KidGrind]

It great to tie the kids over on a long excursion (applesauce).

Yet I have a DCM who sends them to me everyday. She says, “He eats them by himself. He won’t eat for us any other way.:roll eyes:

I squeeze the food into a bowl and use a spoon. It works and DCB gobbles it up.

When a child only eats from a pouch, I don’t think it’s a great idea.

[butterfly]

Looks like I'm going to be the odd man out, but I think they're pretty gross and lazy. If my life is too busy to stop and eat an actual meal, then my life is too busy, period.

Even if I DID use them, I'd still squeeze them out in to a bowl. The thought of ****ing food out of a pouch is just weird and gross to me.


<<<<zipping up my flame suit now. LOL>>>>

well then I need a suit too. Because it is the lazy way out to me. And the fact its processed food, no wonder kids have high cholesteral. Like the one I have is banana vanilla yogurt. How hard is it to mush a banana or give a small container of yogurt. As for trying to get kids to eat other veggies. Well we all know its a texture thing. My own kids would never have eaten some of the stuff, well now they are older (9 to 16) and omg they eat so much green beans that half my garden is green beans, or broccoli and believe it or not they even love brussell sprouts. Maybe because I'm older, I just don't do quick foods like that.

I think they are gross too (and LAZY). I see 10+year old kids walking around ****ing on those things.

[Leigh]

My diaper bag is full of those pouches! Kids of all ages love them, and they are awesome for when we are away from home. I can hand one to my son in the backseat on a road trip or give him one while we are shopping. I've used them for quite some time, and I love them. I didn't use them INSTEAD of feeding with a spoon at home, though-they're too expensive for that, IMO. I take them with to the park, and if someone needs a snack there, they're thrilled to get them.

[preschoolteacher]

My diaper bag is full of those pouches! Kids of all ages love them, and they are awesome for when we are away from home. I can hand one to my son in the backseat on a road trip or give him one while we are shopping. I've used them for quite some time, and I love them. I didn't use them INSTEAD of feeding with a spoon at home, though-they're too expensive for that, IMO. I take them with to the park, and if someone needs a snack there, they're thrilled to get them.

I agree completely! I like the pouches as special "emergency" treats when I'm going out somewhere with the kids. I don't serve them at home (too expensive) and I also try NOT to use them when we are out (too expensive!), but I always throw a couple in my diaper bag just in case.

[preschoolteacher]

I also agree that too many pouches can be a negative impact on a child actually eating REAL fruits and vegetables.

[NeedaVaca]

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2013/03/pure_organic_buddyfruit_the_case_against_blended_fruit_snacks.html

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-07-03/lifestyle/sns-201307021400--tms--premhnstr--k-n20130703-20130703_1_pureed-baby-food-fruit-and-veggies-apples

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/garden/food-pouches-let-little-ones-serve-themselves.html?_r=0

[Country Kids]

My parents went on long trips when I was little-we talking across country and back. Different state trips, nothing to go on a road trip for the day. I learned early on how to eat picinic style. Parents would stop to feed their children

I also think how would jparents of today have mad it 20+ years ago when these weren't available? Why not give a child a real apple and let them eat it, or a jar of appolesauce and put it into smaller containers.

We are getting to be a society that our foods and drinks can only come from something with a straw.

[melilley]

I doubt that it's there's a causational relationship there, unless it's the other way around and the parents have defaulted to the pouches because he *can* and will eat them. It's a lot more likely that he has something else going on--even if nothing's been found yet-- that is causing his difficulties. Sounds to me like severe texture aversion/sensory stuff and/or low muscle tone making him unable to chew. Probably a combination of the two.

Don't be so quick to condemn the parents.

[melilley]

I give them to my son occasionally when we are out or for a quick snack sometimes while I'm making dinner. I am not lazy and home cook almost everything and he still eats real foods. I don't have a problem with them as long as the pouches aren't the only thing that they are eating.

[Meyou]

Looks like I'm going to be the odd man out, but I think they're pretty gross and lazy. If my life is too busy to stop and eat an actual meal, then my life is too busy, period.

Even if I DID use them, I'd still squeeze them out in to a bowl. The thought of ****ing food out of a pouch is just weird and gross to me.


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I agree with you in principal. I think people should make time for good food and teach that to children. However, we don't live in an ideal world all the time.

There are options that are whole food and organic which I can get on board with. I would rather see a 3 year old in the back of a minivan being toted to big bro/sis's upteenth game of the month with an organic whole food fruit/veggie pouch than McD's or a donut. They get 2 full servings of fruit/veg, no mess for mom and dad and they can eat it on the go without fumbling with a dish.

If I put kale, apple sauce, bananas, and yogurt in my blender and then into a straw cup it's a smoothie. Whole food pouches are pretty much the same for me. Do I personally buy them? No. But I also don't have small children of my own.

[Meyou]

well then I need a suit too. Because it is the lazy way out to me. And the fact its processed food, no wonder kids have high cholesteral. Like the one I have is banana vanilla yogurt. How hard is it to mush a banana or give a small container of yogurt. As for trying to get kids to eat other veggies. Well we all know its a texture thing. My own kids would never have eaten some of the stuff, well now they are older (9 to 16) and omg they eat so much green beans that half my garden is green beans, or broccoli and believe it or not they even love brussell sprouts. Maybe because I'm older, I just don't do quick foods like that.

They aren't all processed food. There are whole food organic options.

[Jack Sprat]

We don't use them. I don't know if any of my daycare families use them or not. I hadn't really given them much thought.