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Just give everyone some info from the food program
Here's a great printout about common foods and choking hazards
Here's a great printout about common foods and choking hazards
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HUGE BLW advocate and THIS!!!!I have an 8 month old old small dog who is chewing everything...i wonder if this might help him. Learn something new everyday!:
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As for giving raw or cold veggie for BLW, that is not how I practiced it. For me, they would get extra soft, diced veggie, avocado, egg, ect. The only thing I served raw were fruits, but they were diced very small, with no peel attached, and it was mostly apples and pears. Oranges and grapes were too risky for me. Everyone has their own Comfort level, but I would have a hard time giving raw carrots to a baby with teeth. I'm not even a fan of giving those little snacks that Gerber makes, like rice cakes and such. If you add moisture, they don't necessarily dissolve, but can formulate into a little cement ball of food. I've had a close call 2 times and that was the end of those.
plus they have very little nutritional value.
I also hate those F'ing pouches with a passion.
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teach your kid to eat real food, dagnabbit.Comment
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Just resurrecting an old thread! Why are parents sooo dependent on pouches. I have had to wean every single kid I have off pouches.
And just for the record, raw carrots are not part of BLW in case anyone is reading this thread for food information. I did BLW for both my kids and my DCKs and raw carrots are absolutely not part of it
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Yesss! I hate pouches! I have a 4 year old that still lives off of these. And my 18 month old twins have reverted in their feeding skills because they ONLY get pouches at home. Like I give up!Just resurrecting an old thread! Why are parents sooo dependent on pouches. I have had to wean every single kid I have off pouches.
And just for the record, raw carrots are not part of BLW in case anyone is reading this thread for food information. I did BLW for both my kids and my DCKs and raw carrots are absolutely not part of itComment
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I wonder how area specific these pouches are....
I've yet to have a kid in care that uses them.
I've got a couple parents that take the easy way out of everything and even they don't use them.
Thank goodness! They seem like a horrible option/choice for many reasons.Comment
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A lot of my clients shop Super Walmart grocery section. They keep them in the refrigerated fresh vegetable section. I guess it gives the illusion that they belong there.
They type big words like Organic and GMO-Free on them. Marketing ploy no different than the "clear" products of the '80s. They prey on people with limited nutrition education. https://www.plumorganics.com/product...7Bproductid%7D
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We were just talking today in my room about how much we hate pouches. Almost all of my kids get pouches of some form, whether it's baby food, applesauce, or yogurt. I have one 16 month old who only eats fruit or yogurt pouches. His mom packs him about 7 pouches and that's all he has all day, aside from a handful of those Gerber baby cheese doodle things. Oh, and a sippy cup of juice. His diapers are real fun. But it's ok, he's just teething.Comment
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I absolutely agree that pouches aren't helpful developmentally. But I don't see why nutritionally, it wouldn't have value. I know that the fiber is different if mashed or juiced. But really a pouch of pure organic smooshed squash should be just as healthful as a bowl of cooked to moosh consistency squash. Same for banana, apple, broccoli, peas, etc.. ?A lot of my clients shop Super Walmart grocery section. They keep them in the refrigerated fresh vegetable section. I guess it gives the illusion that they belong there. They type big words like Organic and GMO-Free on them. Marketing ploy no different than the "clear" products of the '80s. They prey on people with limited nutrition education. https://www.plumorganics.com/product...7Bproductid%7DComment
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The pouch food is interesting to me because I actually met this woman who was one of the very first in that business. She made a company, she made the pouches, she sold them at whole foods, she was looking for investors at an event that I was attending, also looking for investors. She told us all, this is going to be huge. The pouch market is going to blast off.
There was only one other kind at the time. That company only had two flavors and they were sold in the produce fridge by like pre-cut fruit bowls. Those pouches weren't shelf stable. Hers were shelf stable and she didn't get more funding, I don't think. Then it blasted off! I have to look up her company. I can't remember the name right now! Wonder if she sold the rights or anything. Hope she made some of that big pouch money! ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝComment
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For me it is not about nutrition it is about lazy parenting and kids not learning how to eat with utensils or learning about textures of foods. I fed pouches to my own kids but it was on the go snacks for the car and I made them myself!
I had one kid who was breastfeeding 5x a day, drinking YOP yogurts and eating pouches when she started at my house at 12 months. Would happily gobble up a blueberry pouch but not actual blueberries? I have a child currently who is 16 months old, no idea what a utensil is for, only eats bread type things, zero veggies. She is starving all the time! I have had to buy pouches just to get her through the day while I transition her onto more solids. The last 3 kids have been like this.
I have one 12 month old that has no idea what to do with a pouch! happyfaceComment
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My FP encourages BLW and I use it
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