Can someone enlighten me on why NHS advises against too many food pouches in one week? When they're organic and no added extras? It makes me feel really guilty/lazy for giving him them
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There is a BBC watchdog documentary on it, only like 30 mins but very insightful and helps understand why you shouldn't be giving loads, but at the end of the day it's still your choice xx

Theres lots of sugar in them, i think it said a childs whole daily allowance

High sugar and low iron are the main ones; also limits how much self feeding a baby tends to be doing which is a big skill. I wouldn’t feel too guilty, especially not lazy! It’s all about balance x

If you actually look at the ingredients in them they’re not great. Lots of sugar, not much iron, lots of the ones that claim to be meat dishes contain very little actual meat.
They also don’t teach baby to feed themselves or get used to real food which is a really important skill.
We personally never used them unless it was the yoghurt ones for convenience if we went out - they’re super expensive! We just fed baby bits of whatever we were having.
The occasional pouch isn’t going to hurt though.. just try to incorporate lots of real food and opportunities to learn to eat x

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