Please Contact The Baby Food Companies re 4 Month Labelling

[Inanna]

Done here too! Thanks Dach for letting us know...

[Indadhanu]

Done

[minimatron]

Done, thanks.

I think Raffertys garden also lable from 6 months +. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but i use there stuff on the run.

[meow]

I think Raffertys garden also lable from 6 months +. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but i use there stuff on the run.

Nope- they say 4 months for their smooth and breakfast ranges.

[Beach Mama]

All done

Here is a link to a study done in 1994 regarding this issue, by FSANZ - it is long, but an interesting read. One thing that stood out was the "majority" of parents in the NZ study, began solids at 4mths, whereas only a quarter of study participants in Australia did with the remaining number waiting until at least 5mths. It went on to say that the NZ participants were much more educated in the physiological readiness of their babies than Australian participants were.
Worth a read if you have time.

[MummaBear79]

This is a fantastic idea!! I met a lady in my street a couple of weeks ago and she has a little bub who is now ALMOST 4 months old. She mentioned the other day that she gave him 'breakfast' the other morning consisting of farex and apple. I said nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo he isnt even 4 months old yet and she is giving him food. This is not her first baby either, its her 4th. Why do women think babies need food before they are 6 months old??. My baby is almost 8 months old and he hardly eats anything at all. He snacks on banana, yogurt and other fruits and vege. He mostly has breastmilk and he is still over 10kgs. They dont need it!!!.

[totalbabe77]

Mumma Bear, i think that is the scariest part of all! We say 6 mths and inevitably some people start around 6 mths(so from 5 mths etc), but if we are recommending 4 mths+ then inevitably some 12 week olds are going to be staring solids..eek!!that is terrifying!!
That is the main reason my company decided to go with 6 mth+..after all, who are we to argue with the WHO?? Just wish parents would realise that!!
We actually just launched the products at the PBC Expo, Sydney. And my poor dietitians were completely distraught at the lack of parents actually educated about solids at all!! They are really concerned for this generation of bubs..i think changing these laws would definitely make a start!

[Phteven]

Why do women think babies need food before they are 6 months old??.

I know I can't blame others for my mistakes but when my first son was a baby I would go shopping in the baby aisle and I saw all the baby foods that were labeled 4 months + so I was actually silly enough to believe that solids were ok at 4 months. When I asked my ECN about it she said that the guidelines had been changed but some babies were ready early so I went ahead and gave him solids.
Of course in hindsight I know better and I know that I should have educated myself better but TBH I was so busy trying to get it all right that I managed to get some things totally wrong.
Had the bottles and boxes been labeled 6 months + I think it's possible that I may have waited that extra 2 months before introducing solids.