Mazzy is a picky eater. She has been since the second we introduced solids. After two years of struggling to get my daughter to sit down for a meal, I have boiled it down to this: Mazzy finds food boring and would rather do anything else than sit at a table and eat it.
How this food-averse person is related to me, I have no idea.
As a result, Mazzy does a lot of her eating on the go. We have baggies of mini-carrots, containers of sliced melon, packets of almonds and numerous other healthy snacks that can be eaten by hand while sitting in the stroller.
One of the on-the-go options we have come to depend on is baby food pouches.
I know Mazzy is almost three and baby food pouches seem like something a one-year-old should be eating, but they are nutritious, portable and a sneaky way to get my daughter to eat some fruits and vegetables.
Also, there is no prep whatsoever, so when you are running around the house, throwing things in the diaper bag, trying not to be late for a very important playdate, it's easy to take a pouch out of the cabinet, hand it over to your child and go.
Especially, since kids can self-feed with a pouch from a very early age.
One brand of baby food pouches we have been introduced to recently is up&up, an exclusive brand for Target. They are available in a wide range of age stages (1-4) and come in fun flavors like Plum Banana, Banana Pumpkin and Pea Pear. As with all of Target's up&up products, they are high quality and well-designed at a lower price point.
Most importantly, Mazzy likes them. There is no better review than an incredibly picky toddler sucking one back and asking for another.
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This is a sponsored post from Target Up&Up but as always, all opinions expressed are my own.
My son loves these pouches too! And yea, why aren’t our toddlers as in-love with food as us? I LOVE FOOD. I’ll sit for hours for a meal.
Do not feel bad! My son is 3 1/2 and he loves them too. And it doesn’t matter what flavor it is, he calls them all applesauce! lol
I got one of these today with our Chick-Fil-A meal (different brand of course) but my kids love them. I can get them to eat spinach, pears, and a variety of fruits and veggies. I might start eating them myself.
Yup. My two year old refuses to eat anything but bread, crackers, fries, and milk. And baby food pouches. I know, I feel dumb handing him one in a restaurant when he’s clearly got a mouth full of teeth and could be eating a chicken leg like a normal kid. But whatever. He’s eating carrots, peas, broccoli, spinach, and sweet potato, so I’ll take it.
I doubt after all of the processing these go through that they are actually nutritious.
we buy a brand of applesauce that is all natural and organic and junk…ingredients is only apples and water, anyway my almost 7yo still loves getting these in her lunch! they came out before all the babyfood began to appear in the pouches. but really whats the difference between a glass jar and a pouch? Its the same nutrition just easier to handle!
Not everything in a pouch has to be overly processed. My children eat these, different brand, and they aren’t processed at all.
Ingredients for the strawberry applesauce are apple, strawberry, ascorbic acid and lemon juice concentrate. That’s it. Sounds pretty good to me…
My 5 year old loves pouches too. We started buying applesauce in a pouch when she started preschool. Then I discovered “baby food” pouches. I love that she will eat some veggies in pouch form that that she won’t eat in solid form (i.e. spinach). Only problem is that she is learning to read and already knows how to read the word baby… she wouldn’t dare eat something that is meant for her baby brother (even though he eats jarred baby food). Toddler, preschooler, and even young school aged kids should be able to eat this stuff without fear of ridicule from peers… There’s definitely a market there!
We use these all the time with my 2 year old. We call them packies, when all else fails and he has survived on 2 sips of milk and air, he sucks one of these down and I feel better that he has something in his belly that was at least somewhat good for him. We do a spinach, peas and pears almost every night. I’ll need to check out Targets new line!
I am pretty sure these are not as processed as other things we give our children. I always review the ingredients and they are fairly basic
my 2 year old still doesn’t touch ANY veggies but potatoes that are fried- we are still on pouches as well. She is starting to recognize the pictures though, and if it is green it is YUCKY!! They need to remove the green colors:)
What I meant by “processed” is that the ingredients have to be boiled at such high temperatures that they lose most of their nutritional value.
Love these!
Zoe (8 months) hasn’t had any yet, but will soon.
Piper (3) will suck back one and ask for another.
Her twin sister Addie, HATES THEM. She got sick once from eating yoghurt (she can’t process dairy products) and says that the Up and On The Go that she had made her sick.
Seven year old takes Motts Fruit Rockets (the version that is safe for older kids to eat) to soccer games and just about everywhere else.