Why are some parents against pouches?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:*well-thought-OUT

Also a lot of people dislike anything that seems infantilizing.

Kids drinking bottles or using pacifiers past 1 or 2.
Kids breastfeeding past 1 or so.
Kids in strollers past 3.
Kids in diapers past 2 or 3.
Kids in overnight diapers past 4.
Kids cosleeping at all or past 2 or 3.

So kids eating pouches past... I guess 1 or so falls into that.

Some people are very strong believers in "independence" and prioritize it over all else.

+1 There are so many threads here about "how old is too old for XYZ?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they're sad little people who need to feel superior to other parents about *something.*

Huh?!

So, now you’re offended I don’t want to feed my kid gross bags of food. Really?

Am I also a snob for not giving my baby Mountain Dew in bottles?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is in speech therapy right now and to work some specific muscles they asked me to give more chewy foods (like tortillas) to him and to drink from a straw at least occasionally. I was able to find some reusable straws but it's easy to forget when drinking water and we don't do a lot of juice boxes. I didn't even think of giving pouches until we started speech therapy. Here I was thinking maybe I should have given him a paci/bottle longer and rushed him into self feeding and that's why we are in this situation. You guys are definitely putting a different spin on this conversation than what I was thinking.

I'm confused by what you're saying, are you saying this convo is making you think pouches might be good for speech? I would ask your speech therapist because I think it's the opposite (that may have been what you're saying though?). From what I understand from a speech perspective, open cups, straws, food with texture where you have to chew and not things like pouches that are using a sucking motion past age one. I don't think speech therapists really recommend them (but again, fine in moderation).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they're sad little people who need to feel superior to other parents about *something.*

Huh?!

So, now you’re offended I don’t want to feed my kid gross bags of food. Really?

Am I also a snob for not giving my baby Mountain Dew in bottles?

Well, yes, equating pureed fruits and vegetables with Mt. Dew does pretty much make you an insufferable snob.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they're sad little people who need to feel superior to other parents about *something.*

Huh?!

So, now you’re offended I don’t want to feed my kid gross bags of food. Really?

Am I also a snob for not giving my baby Mountain Dew in bottles?

Well, yes, equating pureed fruits and vegetables with Mt. Dew does pretty much make you an insufferable snob.

Why do you care so much that other people want to feed their kids healthy food?

I could care less if you want to give your kid a happy meal and a pouch for breakfast lunch and diner. Why are you so triggered because I don’t want to do what you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s better for a child’s brain development to navigate with a spoon and bowl.

And children suck pouches down too fast.

But they’re good for emergencies or a treat.

ditto to this.
Also, it can cause issues related to some teeth/speech thing. It is not an issue if used occasionally, but as a 'normal' thing can cause more problems, according to my friend who is a speech therapist (and younger mom herself).

[Anonymous]

Pouch caps are a choking hazard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they're sad little people who need to feel superior to other parents about *something.*

Huh?!

So, now you’re offended I don’t want to feed my kid gross bags of food. Really?

Am I also a snob for not giving my baby Mountain Dew in bottles?

Well, yes, equating pureed fruits and vegetables with Mt. Dew does pretty much make you an insufferable snob.

Why do you care so much that other people want to feed their kids healthy food?

I could care less if you want to give your kid a happy meal and a pouch for breakfast lunch and diner. Why are you so triggered because I don’t want to do what you do?

DP but if anyone seems triggered in this thread it's you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they're sad little people who need to feel superior to other parents about *something.*

Huh?!

So, now you’re offended I don’t want to feed my kid gross bags of food. Really?

Am I also a snob for not giving my baby Mountain Dew in bottles?

Well, yes, equating pureed fruits and vegetables with Mt. Dew does pretty much make you an insufferable snob.

Why do you care so much that other people want to feed their kids healthy food?

I could care less if you want to give your kid a happy meal and a pouch for breakfast lunch and diner. Why are you so triggered because I don’t want to do what you do?

DP but if anyone seems triggered in this thread it's you.

Seriously, yikes. Does PP have pouch-related trauma?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they're sad little people who need to feel superior to other parents about *something.*

Huh?!

So, now you’re offended I don’t want to feed my kid gross bags of food. Really?

Am I also a snob for not giving my baby Mountain Dew in bottles?

Well, yes, equating pureed fruits and vegetables with Mt. Dew does pretty much make you an insufferable snob.

Why do you care so much that other people want to feed their kids healthy food?

I could care less if you want to give your kid a happy meal and a pouch for breakfast lunch and diner. Why are you so triggered because I don’t want to do what you do?

DP but if anyone seems triggered in this thread it's you.

Seriously, yikes. Does PP have pouch-related trauma?

Just wait until some pouch fed kid takes her kid’s spot at Harvard!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is in speech therapy right now and to work some specific muscles they asked me to give more chewy foods (like tortillas) to him and to drink from a straw at least occasionally. I was able to find some reusable straws but it's easy to forget when drinking water and we don't do a lot of juice boxes. I didn't even think of giving pouches until we started speech therapy. Here I was thinking maybe I should have given him a paci/bottle longer and rushed him into self feeding and that's why we are in this situation. You guys are definitely putting a different spin on this conversation than what I was thinking.

I'm confused by what you're saying, are you saying this convo is making you think pouches might be good for speech? I would ask your speech therapist because I think it's the opposite (that may have been what you're saying though?). From what I understand from a speech perspective, open cups, straws, food with texture where you have to chew and not things like pouches that are using a sucking motion past age one. I don't think speech therapists really recommend them (but again, fine in moderation).

DS tends to puff his cheeks when he says certain sounds like t and f and p. At speech therapy they practice a lot of faces where he pulls his cheeks in (like fish face) since those facial muscles need some fine tuning. Using a straw or sucking motion (like pouches) also helps with this. Admittedly, this is very specific to my DS, but it seems to be a bit against all the negativity toward pouches in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Mold.

[Anonymous]

Because pouches are vile.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because people think small decisions you make when your kids are toddlers actually matter.

In my case it did.

I fed my kids real food — the same type of food the rest of the family was eating (with minor modifications for safety.) Guess what? Years later my kids happily eat a huge variety of food and we’ve never had issues with eating. My friends who relied on pouches and other prepackaged foods are dealing with all sorts of picky eating and have so many food rules at their house. They actually count the number of bites their kids eat! I think it’s something like they have to eat their age in bites or something ridiculous like that. It sounds exhausting. At my house my kids eat when they’re hungry, stop when they’re full. I cook one meal for everyone.

And you think that has something to do with anything you’ve done?

It’s dumb luck, lady. Stop patting yourself on the back.

Seriously. We cook one meal for the family and my 4.5 year old chooses to go to bed hungry most nights. Her stomach was growling when she was brushing her teeth for bed tonight.

[Anonymous]

Because the child is old enough to eat solid or semi-solid food.
Because it's usually a mix of favorable and unfavorable flavors, so the child never gets used to a single flavor.
Because the child doesn't get a chance to explore different textures.
Because the parents want to avoid as much plastic as possible.
Because the parents want to provide as little processed food as possible (including homemade purees instead of lightly steamed or raw food).
Because the child needs to get used to using tableware and dishes.
Because the child needs to get used to taking their time to eat instead of sucking down calories in 30 seconds.
Because the child needs to get used to eating their food, instead of drinking their food.
Because purees have the fiber broken down more, which can increase the odds of constipation.

Etc.

Btw, I'm fine with occasional purees, but I do understand the multitude of reasons that a parent would choose to limit them.