Seriously, what is wrong with Mum-Mums?

kit443 · May 2010

If there is a reason I shouldn't be giving them to Monk I want to know! Aside from the processed foods/sugar argument. TIA!

MrsGibson07 · May 2010

We love them. I give them to LT when we go grocery shopping because she happily eats while I shop. Plus they are that messy.

jbl126 · May 2010

WHAT! Really, is this something new I missed?

Smellygirl · May 2010

I feed them to DS, so I don't have a problem with them.

However, a friend of mine bought a case of them, then threw them out when she saw they were made in China.

jillianfries · May 2010

I don't like that they are from China.

kes3237 · May 2010

kit443:
If there is a reason I shouldn't be giving them to Monk I want to know! Aside from the processed foods/sugar argument. TIA!

LOL. I think this is the reason people don't.

I'm pretty picky about DD's food, but when I have a crabby baby, I'll gladly give her an artificial cracker chocked full of sugar if it will appease her. Nothing wrong with it at times like this, I say!

ivs112 · May 2010

I didn't know we weren't supposed to be giving them...

DD has one every couple of days. It's not like she's having a box per day. Everything in moderation.

bellaciao · May 2010

ivs112:

I didn't know we weren't supposed to be giving them...

DD has one every couple of days. It's not like she's having a box per day. Everything in moderation.

This.

Shlei · May 2010

I see nothing wrong with them as long as it isn't overdone. They have sugars and are processed. My daughter has one every now and again.

lwrigley2000 · May 2010

They are perfectly fine!

Trixie6717 · May 2010

I wondered the same thing. I think it is that they are made in China.

PoetSorrow · May 2010

I only don't give them because he chokes on anything hard still. And I prefer for my LO's to not snack on processed foods like cookies & crackers. When he gets old enough to handle harder foods we will do fresh fruits and veggies but I don't have any problem with anyone who does give them to their kids.

I think that post was poorly worded to be honest. I took it more as what things are popular on The Bump that you don't do. Not necessarily bad things.

kit443 · May 2010

Ahhh.. okay. The thread below had me wondering if I missed some crucial piece of information. I agree, everything in moderation.

~Soleil~ · May 2010

He's had one box before. I just don't buy it. I give him a piece of string cheese as a snack.

Ivana_Stolichnaya · May 2010

jillianfries:
I don't like that they are from China.

Check this out...

Chinese Milk Contamination Statement

Want-Want Foods understands and shares everyones concern over the recent issues with melamine-tainted milk powder from China.

The premium quality skim milk powder used in Baby Mum-Mum is imported from New Zealand and has been tested to be free of melamine contamination by SGS, a worldwide authority on food safety.

In addition, authorities in China have been testing each batch of Baby Mum-Mum with negative results. In Canada, Baby Mum-Mum has been tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and in the US by the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA).

For further assurances, we have contracted independent laboratories for testing in Canada. All completed testing, as anticipated, has come back negative for melamine.

Our Organic Baby Mum-Mum and Organic Toddler Mum-Mum products do not contain any skim milk powder.

https://www.mummums.com/products/baby-mum-mums

MrsR0908 · May 2010

DD loves mum mums and she gets them a couple days a week.

Jocelyn0415 · May 2010

Evie loves them!

Although, I have to get on MIL's case a lot because every time I turn around she's handing one to her!

Tomkat8403 · May 2010

Unless someone tells me there's razor blades in them, I'm totally giving them to my kid. They aren't messy and she loves them.

robbie3982 · May 2010

I don't really have a problem with mum mums, but I think they're kind of unnecessary as are most baby snacks. We just give DS things that we eat also. Cheerios are a big hit with him.

I think there's definitely a convenience factor with the baby snacks, but I don't feel that it's very inconvenient to make regular food baby appropriate either.

jillianfries · May 2010

Ivana.Stolichnaya:
jillianfries:
I don't like that they are from China.

Check this out...

Chinese Milk Contamination Statement
Want-Want Foods understands and shares everyones concern over the recent issues with melamine-tainted milk powder from China.
The premium quality skim milk powder used in Baby Mum-Mum is imported from New Zealand and has been tested to be free of melamine contamination by SGS, a worldwide authority on food safety.
In addition, authorities in China have been testing each batch of Baby Mum-Mum with negative results. In Canada, Baby Mum-Mum has been tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and in the US by the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA).
For further assurances, we have contracted independent laboratories for testing in Canada. All completed testing, as anticipated, has come back negative for melamine.
Our Organic Baby Mum-Mum and Organic Toddler Mum-Mum products do not contain any skim milk powder.

https://www.mummums.com/products/baby-mum-mums

I'm still not buying them and I have my reasons. It's not about the milk from China. Kroger used to sell cookies from China and they were recalled for lead or something like that.

I take that back. I looked it up and it was the milk powder in those too.

Kelli2507 · May 2010

this is why i love the bump, i had no idea there was even an issue w/ them!

MegDC · May 2010

jillianfries:
Ivana.Stolichnaya:
jillianfries:
I don't like that they are from China.

Check this out...

Chinese Milk Contamination Statement
Want-Want Foods understands and shares everyones concern over the recent issues with melamine-tainted milk powder from China.
The premium quality skim milk powder used in Baby Mum-Mum is imported from New Zealand and has been tested to be free of melamine contamination by SGS, a worldwide authority on food safety.
In addition, authorities in China have been testing each batch of Baby Mum-Mum with negative results. In Canada, Baby Mum-Mum has been tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and in the US by the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA).
For further assurances, we have contracted independent laboratories for testing in Canada. All completed testing, as anticipated, has come back negative for melamine.
Our Organic Baby Mum-Mum and Organic Toddler Mum-Mum products do not contain any skim milk powder.

https://www.mummums.com/products/baby-mum-mums

I'm still not buying them and I have my reasons. It's not about the milk from China. Kroger used to sell cookies from China and they were recalled for lead or something like that.
I take that back. I looked it up and it was the milk powder in those too.

The food safety system in China is a JOKE. It is extremely corrupt and problems keep resurfacing. The FDA does not do near enough testing for me to feel at all ok giving my kids food manufactured in China.

jonsdeedee · May 2010

MegDC:
jillianfries:
Ivana.Stolichnaya:
jillianfries:
I don't like that they are from China.

Check this out...

Chinese Milk Contamination Statement
Want-Want Foods understands and shares everyones concern over the recent issues with melamine-tainted milk powder from China.
The premium quality skim milk powder used in Baby Mum-Mum is imported from New Zealand and has been tested to be free of melamine contamination by SGS, a worldwide authority on food safety.
In addition, authorities in China have been testing each batch of Baby Mum-Mum with negative results. In Canada, Baby Mum-Mum has been tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and in the US by the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA).
For further assurances, we have contracted independent laboratories for testing in Canada. All completed testing, as anticipated, has come back negative for melamine.
Our Organic Baby Mum-Mum and Organic Toddler Mum-Mum products do not contain any skim milk powder.

https://www.mummums.com/products/baby-mum-mums

I'm still not buying them and I have my reasons. It's not about the milk from China. Kroger used to sell cookies from China and they were recalled for lead or something like that.
I take that back. I looked it up and it was the milk powder in those too.
The food safety system in China is a JOKE. It is extremely corrupt and problems keep resurfacing. The FDA does not do near enough testing for me to feel at all ok giving my kids food manufactured in China.

this. Heck the FDA can't even make sure infants tylenol and mortin are safe. I'm not trusting them on this one.

josswhedon · May 2010

We stopped using them once she moved up to more finger foods... they were never messy for us! I think because DD woudlcram them in her mouth so fast... (in our house we call them surf boards)