Random Q re: Food Pouches

[genet313]

I feel like I may have heard this here, but is it "bad" for a baby to eat directly from the pouch? 

DD is 6.5 months, loves purees and has of course learned to suck right from the pouch.   By learned, I mean I put the pouch on her tray and she picked it up and immediately started eating right from the spout.  Tonight I let her eat from the pouch and she downed almost an entire pouch of pears n about 3 minutes.  It was incredibly/scary.  

She's crafty.  I watch her like a hawk every moment, but she's pretty capable. She's also able to grab some finger food as well, so we're doing a combo of purees and BLW.


Is this bad?  She'll eat from the spoon but gets impatient.  I'm totally OK to make her eat from the spoon, but I'm wondering if there's any "harm" to her by letting her basically self feed.  

[spk926]

No, they're made to be portable and eaten straight from the pouch. It's fine!

[whitemerlot]

I always let my kids do that. I never kept them more than that day if they didn't finish them though.

[rugbywife]

My kid sucks from them. We keep them in a fridge for a day or so if she doesn't finish them, that's it.

[greencrayon]

Less dishes. Go for it. Get one of the caps if you think she's drinking too fast

[curbsideprophet]

If she is finishing it it is not a problem.

[lilac05]

As long as she is also getting food with a spoon and finger foods, it's not a huge deal. The problem comes when they get really fast at sucking them down. They can easily overeat because they've eaten 3 pouches before their stomach has a chance to recognize that it's full.

[gerberdaisy]

I loved it with DD started eating straight from the pouch. In the beginning it also helped her learn how to drink from a straw cup too, getting the sucking thing down.