Unimpressed with Heinz
Before I post my little rant, I want to start with saying that I am not judging anyone else's parenting, the following are my thoughts on the matter and I am not happy with Heinz for having the products, not trying to upset anyone.
I'm also not wanting to start any "solids debate", it's actually a blog post I wrote, only my blog is read by like... 2 people lol. I wanted to get more feedback and thoughts on the matter, because perhaps it's my line of thought that's incorrect and I'm just a "no fun mummy" heh.
Ok, so enough blabbering... my reason for the thread, my blog post:
Friday is grocery shopping day! Free from the drama of runaway spaghetti, this week's certainly doesn't pass without it's own noteworthy aisle - this time, the baby food section! I am still learning my way around the new Coles and was also in a 'browse' mood today, which both combined resulted in me wandering up and down every aisle just 'looking' for anything that we might need. Even though Savannah still has no interest what so ever in solids, when she does get there, I plan to put my "stay at home mum" title to good use and make her food from scratch. This not only saves us money, much needed savings at the moment, it also allows me to know exactly what's going in her precious little stomach. So really, I have no idea why I even look over the baby food jars when I'm shopping, but I do... nearly every week, it's rather odd.
Today was no different, I keep looking for something to jump out at me with a "This is a jar you have to try, you couldn't make it if you tried, buy me!" sign. Today I do spot something, something unbelievable!! Heinz Caramel Custard - labeled for 6 months plus! WHAT?! Shocked, I look a little closer and by doing so, spot it's best friend - Heinz Chocolate Custard!! Did I seriously just read that right?! Picking up the jar, while my jaw lies on the floor, I discover I did in fact read it right. Bloody chocolate and caramel flavoured custard for SIX MONTH OLD BABIES?! Who in their right mind would feed something like that to their baby?! Aren't we here to feed them nutritious food full of vegetables and fruit? They have so much life ahead of them to fill their mouths with utter crap, do we really need to kick start the habit for them? I mean really, talk about 'feeding your child fat'!!
I bought Savannah a bottle of baby Apple juice the other week (even though it took me 15 minutes of procrastination before finally buying it) and was sooo thankful when she wouldn't have a bar of it. The only reason I bought it in the first place is because I was starting to worry that she wouldn't take any solids and thought perhaps liquid form might help. But even apple juice has too much sugar for my liking. (I've since stopped worrying about her not wanting solids thanks to the very helpful ladies over at BellyBelly). I couldn't imagine feeding her chocolate or caramel custard!
Edited to add: It gets WORSE! In my googling search for a picture of the jars of custard, I've since discovered Heinz also make Chocolate Mousse and Creme Caramel - BOTH labeled 6 months plus!! I also couldn't find any images, bugger.
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