"Baby" products - total rip off?!
since having Gabe I've become very sceptical of all the baby food and products companies. It seems like all the stuff you can buy is not really necessary? I know this is true of many things, but it seems by putting the word 'Baby' on it, companies can bump up the price.
Those pasta stars for example - I can't remember how much they are but it must be close to ??1. When all it is is tiny pasta ffs! And 'baby' sauces and stock cubes? Did there used to be things like this? No...and I'm sure babies didn't die from having a meal made with ordinary stock so why sell them = to make money out of parents who care about their Lo's health! Same with 'growing up milk', it's from 12 months, but babies can have cows milk after then?
I'm also so sceptical about baby jars! We've exclusively used them with Gabe after him not liking homemade food. But what the hell is in them that makes some babies prefer them to 'normal' food? Grrrr, it really bugs me sometimes, sorry!!!
I do try and avoid everything except the essentials but I find myself being sucked in by it all anyway...am considering stopping buying baby biscuits as well and just buying rich tea fingers for Gabe?!
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Those pasta stars for example - I can't remember how much they are but it must be close to ??1. When all it is is tiny pasta ffs! And 'baby' sauces and stock cubes? Did there used to be things like this? No...and I'm sure babies didn't die from having a meal made with ordinary stock so why sell them = to make money out of parents who care about their Lo's health! Same with 'growing up milk', it's from 12 months, but babies can have cows milk after then?
I'm also so sceptical about baby jars! We've exclusively used them with Gabe after him not liking homemade food. But what the hell is in them that makes some babies prefer them to 'normal' food? Grrrr, it really bugs me sometimes, sorry!!!
I do try and avoid everything except the essentials but I find myself being sucked in by it all anyway...am considering stopping buying baby biscuits as well and just buying rich tea fingers for Gabe?!
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The price of baby milk is ridiculous!!! But its like anything else... gas and electric for example, we need it so we have to have it, these companys know this so they can charge us as much as they want as they know we have to buy it!!!
I agree the price of formula (from what I've seen) is ridiculous. Again though I thought LOL that the price of fuel depends on what the far east is doing or is that just petrol?
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x 2 tubs of c&g comfort and a thing of colief which was ??9.99 that was every week also on top of the ??30 ther was nappies and wipes etc the list is never ending.
When i had ellie 6 yrs ago ther wasnt half the stuff there is now and i thought alot was a rip off then i just stick to the essentials for my 3. You can also buy the reduced salt granules, and like katie said it never did us any harm when we were little and back in the day if you couldnt breast feed they used to give lo cows milk as ther was no formula how things have changed and you wonder sometimes if its for the best.
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It pisses me off to about the 'encouraging' breastfeeding thing too. Some people get so high and mighty cos they breastfeed they make people who don't feel bad. I have been looked down on so many times from buying formula. When I couldnt BF for various reasons.
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I use normal pasta for Nathan and just cut it up when I serve it to him. And I cant beleive that one stock cube, used to make a meal to serve 6+ people which he's then having a tiny portion of is going to contain a harmful amount of salt.
Its the same with many "educational" toys. Theres nothing wrong with a tub of water to splash in or a good book.
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I agree that a lot of baby stuff is very overpriced, particularly things like the pasta! ASDA actually do some childrens wholemeal pasta in small shapes that is no more expensive than normal pasta, but it saves cutting it up
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LOVE the idea of using pet playpen thingies and stair guards I would NEVER have thought of that-genius!
Still use baby stock cubes as I agree with ccbmommy I find others really salty. Me and oh need to cut down on the salt we eat so its a good excuse to not add any extra.
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