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kellie 
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 Posted: 18 November 2010 at 9:02pm |
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I think canned food is heat treated to make it keep for longer. This probally kills a few nutrients...I'm not sure.
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Posted: 19 November 2010 at 2:33pm |
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I think that homemade is better, in general for most foods and the budget but its not going to hurt if they have them every so often. They are convenient if you know you have a busy time ahead and don't have time to make some food. I wouldn't think the canned things have as much nutrients as homemade items but there could be alot worse things that you could feed your baby.
I used to use them a lot more when we first started solids but I only buy the custard or dessert things as DS pretty much has what we have.
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Nutella
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Posted: 19 November 2010 at 2:45pm |
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I dunno about this but for people that make home made preserves, there is no additives to make them last longer but they last for quite a while I thought....so is it nessecarily true that the baby food would need preservetives???
PS.sorry about the bad spelling can't be bothered to correct as in a sulk. hehe.
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WestiesGirl
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Posted: 19 November 2010 at 4:06pm |
I have given Jackson the odd fruit squishy bag thingy, but I personally prefer to give him homemade (he refuses to eat the meal style ones anyways). Mainly because I know whats going into his food and 2. because I can control/monitor the additives and preservatives (within reason of course), particularly the colours and sugar that can make kids go hyper and crazy.
Also, we did BLW so eating from a jar or can didnt really cut the mustard.
I say do what floats your boat, your baby your choices. I do however find it sad when I see babies/toddlers only fed from cans and packeted food 
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High9
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Posted: 19 November 2010 at 4:20pm |
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I say do what floats your boat, your baby your choices. I do however find it sad when I see babies/toddlers only fed from cans and packeted food |
Agree, especially when it's not hard to mash or puree up what you are eating and give to baby (slightly alter it if need be)...
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HuntersMama
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Posted: 20 November 2010 at 8:14am |
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DS has pretty much all home cooked food because of his allergies. If I cook the food at home I know exactly what is in it and how it is prepared. I wouldnt want to eat all my meals from a can, so I wouldnt do that to my son either.
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Posted: 20 November 2010 at 5:50pm |
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Must be expensive to do just cans?
Lol Huntersmama, imagine a diet of baked beans, creamed corn and canned fruit....mmm. one thing...would save on dishes lol!
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Posted: 20 November 2010 at 7:58pm |
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Unless you wait for the specials? They just had 10 cans for $10/$11 at woolies earlier and 4 for $6 too last week! But they're still pretty pricey and get more expensive each stage if you hadn't noticed!
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Posted: 22 November 2010 at 4:11pm |
Like anything- for adults or babies- pre packaged stuff is *usually* probably not as good as fresh home made...BUT you have to weigh in convienience etc as well! We BLW most of the time but also use puree and we use canned dessert (custard/fruit) a couple of times a week. I do try to make my own most of the time.
It won't be damaging to their health IMO but would be to your wallet if you ONLY used jarred food and also you might end up in a situation where bubs gets used to the puree feel/taste of even the 'older' babies canned stuff... and then you might strike difficulties getting bubs to eat finger food etc later on (which Plunket reccomends they ought to be doing by 9 months anyway). But no it won't kill them lol.
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Posted: 22 November 2010 at 5:14pm |
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Posted: 22 November 2010 at 5:18pm |
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Canned/bottled baby food is convience, the human race is very time poor these days with the huge costs of things (catch 22) so therefore they are a sanity saver for parents on the run, plus for parents who can't cook to save themselves or the like.
I think with the huge regulations now days that baby food is pretty good. Gross tasting yes, but would be an adequate diet for a normal child.
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Posted: 23 November 2010 at 3:31pm |
Lil_Nic9 wrote:
Mm I wondered that too, just because the jar doesn't mention it doesn't mean it's not in there iygwim! |
I am pretty sure that legally in NZ you have to state all ingredients in something?
The canning process is what makes it last so long. It is the same as if you canned tomotoes or peaches at home - you put them in the jar and heat them to seal it 
We so far have been making all our own except for desserts as I am not making individual custards. I am happy to have the odd pouch or can for emergencies or for DD to try a different flavour I might not have at home, eg guava. But I don't like the idea of canned meat (I don't know why, it just freaks me out) so she won't be having any like that.
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Posted: 23 November 2010 at 8:23pm |
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Canned baby food
