Dublin "mother" blends up McDonalds and feeds it to baby

Foxhound38

For jaysus sake!

Why would anyone do that? What possible positive outcome could there be to this??

What hope can there be for the child if this is how he/she starts life?

listermint

Foxhound38 wrote: »

For jaysus sake!

Why would anyone do that? What possible positive outcome could there be to this??

What hope can there be for the child if this is how he/she starts life?

Story sounds like made up hearsay tbh

Donkey Oaty

Happy meals "may contain traces of unhappiness" warn scientists - The Onion

April O Neill

Professional pearl-clutchers everywhere are getting off on this story.

RikkFlair

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Happy meals "may contain traces of unhappiness" warn scientists - The Onion

Chicken Nuggets may contain traces of feathers and beaks.

Palmach

She was from inner city Dublin. Judging by the number of semi-humna skangers one sees in that area nothing would surprise me.

Raminahobbin

I understand that some people have different views on what can be considered healthy, and some people are just not even remotely concerned with eating healthy.

I don't understand how you can put a burger and chips in a blender, and look at the mush created and go 'YUM! That looks amazing! Let me feed this to my developing child!'

Honey-ec

What's with the quotation marks? Is there some doubt over whether the child is biologically hers???

Frank Lee Midere

The burger in its own would probably have been ok.

o noes

Dravokivich

listermint wrote: »

Story sounds like made up hearsay tbh

Blending it for a baby, a bit over the top yeah. But it may not be too much of an exaggeration. I've seen loads of people give all kinds of crap to kids, in huge quantities.

I think the main part of the problem from what I've seen, is giving in to what the kid wants though.

sok2005

That is the scariest article I have ever read. The early years are so important, why abuse their little systems by giving them that muck. Shocking stuff.

D1stant

RikkFlair wrote: »

Chicken Nuggets may contain traces of feathers and beaks.

And in several unconfirmed cases. Minute traces of chicken

biko

Will it blend?


It will blend!

Love2love

I really doubt this one. Like a mother would walk to McD, get a happy meal, bring it home and blend it. Like why not walk to the Spar and buy spuds and a few carrots and blend them?

SEPT 23 1989

So a young mother from inner city Dublin owns a blender

i smell bullsh1t

Savoir.Faire

I'm not of a sensitive constitution, but the thought of McDonald's fries, nuggets and a cheese burger being stuffed into a blender and pulverised into a gloppy paste, before being served to a fat child is an image that makes me slightly nauseous.

Howard Juneau

My own personal bugbear is toddlers drinking coka cola even mothers pouring it into their baby bottles & letting them drink it as if it was milk. Scary stuff

Tzardine

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

So a young mother from inner city Dublin owns a blender

i smell bullsh1t

You would be surprised. A friend of mine lives in inner city Dublin and he has loads of kitchen gadgets.

Mostly scales mind you.

Dravokivich

Love2love wrote: »

I really doubt this one. Like a mother would walk to McD, get a happy meal, bring it home and blend it. Like why not walk to the Spar and buy spuds and a few carrots and blend them?

It's simply just because she didn't. A lot of people have bought into junk food and don't really consider anything else.

I've seen people pull kids across busy roads in town during traffic. You can also ask, "why not go to a crossing and wait for a green light?" It's just something they don't consider or see as an option.

wandatowell

She said a mother in Newry said her four-year-old had eaten three bowls of Cheerios, two yogurts, a banana, an apple and three slices of toast for breakfast that morning

Sounds to me like that kid wasn't fed in a long time and was starving

folan

if this was true, would it warrant a call to child services?

Is this like when American politicians say something like, "I met a plumber from x called José", when they have never met a plumber from x called José, but it seems plausible?

jimgoose

Better than blending the child and giving it to McDonald's.

joes girls

My god, just when you think you heard it all. Poor baby, and shame on anyone who would be doing this:mad:

Tombo2001

sok2005 wrote: »

That is the scariest article I have ever read. The early years are so important, why abuse their little systems by giving them that muck. Shocking stuff.

You obviously havent seen the article about the Yeti.......

Gran Hermano

She only liquidized it so it would fit in the syringe.

Tiddlypeeps

Howard Juneau wrote: »

My own personal bugbear is toddlers drinking coka cola even mothers pouring it into their baby bottles & letting them drink it as if it was milk. Scary stuff

I was shocked when I read this initially. But then it made me think a bit. I wouldn't think twice about a mother putting ribena in a bottle and giving it to their child but that has the same amount of sugar in it as coke.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying either are good things to be putting in a child's bottle. That much sugar isn't good for anyone. I just think it's amusing how one thing can seem totally fine and another thing that's very similar can seem horrific.

Foxhound38

Honey-ec wrote: »

What's with the quotation marks? Is there some doubt over whether the child is biologically hers???

There's doubt over whether she's taking her responsibility seriously - I refuse to believe anyone is stupid enough to think blending up a McDonalds and giving it to a baby is a particularly good idea

wuzziwig

Don't knock it until you've tried it. Nom nom.

Snako

The article actually omits to the fact that the baby spends 2 hours power lifting in the gym everyday.

Everybody is missing the point the baby actually needs more calories and protein.

Tzardine

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I was shocked when I read this initially. But then it made me think a bit. I wouldn't think twice about a mother putting ribena in a bottle and giving it to their child but that has the same amount of sugar in it as coke.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying either are good things to be putting in a child's bottle. That much sugar isn't good for anyone. I just think it's amusing how one thing can seem totally fine and another thing that's very similar can seem horrific.

No joking, I tried to give one of my friends kids ( About 6 ) some diet coke one day and the mother went mental, only to give her a glass of Lucozade 20 mins later. Numptey.

Aglomerado

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

The burger in its own would probably have been ok.

The packaging would be more nutritious.

April O Neill

Honey-ec wrote: »

What's with the quotation marks? Is there some doubt over whether the child is biologically hers???

I guess it's supposed to be alluding to her crap mothering skillz or something.

Frank Lee Midere

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I was shocked when I read this initially. But then it made me think a bit. I wouldn't think twice about a mother putting ribena in a bottle and giving it to their child but that has the same amount of sugar in it as coke.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying either are good things to be putting in a child's bottle. That much sugar isn't good for anyone. I just think it's amusing how one thing can seem totally fine and another thing that's very similar can seem horrific.

The drink, the chips are bad. The burger is ok. A McDonald burger is 250 calories.

If she was feeding the kid a chopped up Irish breakfast of sausages and fried bacon nothing much would be said.

Kids do eat too many chips though including in middle class houses.

Frank Lee Midere

Aglomerado wrote: »

The packaging would be more nutritious.

It's a hot sandwich. In a roll. It's bread, meat and a bit of salad. The term "burger" is scary but its probably similar or better to a breakfast of toast, sausages and bacon. Which is meat and bread.

Super-Rush

Why did you find it necessary to point out she was from Dublin?

Serious answer please.

seamus

Love2love wrote: »

I really doubt this one. Like a mother would walk to McD, get a happy meal, bring it home and blend it. Like why not walk to the Spar and buy spuds and a few carrots and blend them?

Because that would require effort?

A scummer going to McDonalds and blending up a happy meal sounds more plausible than them going to Spar to buy veg tbh.

Never underestimate the lowness of the bottom feeders. Go stand outside a maternity hospital for an hour and witness the number of pregnant women in dressing gowns chain smoking, and visitors with 2 and 3 year old children supping coke out of a bottle as they wander around.

For a lot of the proper scum, children are a burden, and little more. They do whatever they can to make the child-rearing process less hassle. Going down to McDs for a happy meal is easier than making breakfast and they can have a few smokes on the way and leave the child at home on their own to get a bit of peace and quiet.

"I refuse to believe a mother would..." - your refusal to believe it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Imagine all of the things you could never forgive yourself if you did to your child. Parents are doing it, lots of them, every day.

Czarcasm

Well as the good Ms. Blaney says herself -

Incorporating a “shock factor” into advertising messages can be effective, but such tactics can also “lead to further denial”, she says.

Source: Safefood campaign needs right tone to get parents’ attention, says ad executive Blaney


So what better way than to come up with a "shock" story that's just about believable.

Inner city Dublin mothers are famous for this sort of behaviour, isn't it common knowledge? Everyone knows that sure...

Oh wait...

Howard Juneau

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I was shocked when I read this initially. But then it made me think a bit. I wouldn't think twice about a mother putting ribena in a bottle and giving it to their child but that has the same amount of sugar in it as coke.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying either are good things to be putting in a child's bottle. That much sugar isn't good for anyone. I just think it's amusing how one thing can seem totally fine and another thing that's very similar can seem horrific.

I think it's the other additives contained within cola that makes it the greater of 2 evils.
But yes, other drinks contain as much sugar as cola, and in the case of caprisun, even more!

Doom

Lucky kid, I was at least 10yrs old before I went to McD's.....

sok2005

The McCanns left their tiny kids in an apartment alone in a foreign country while they went out socializing.

Sh1te, neglectful parents come from all classes.

Dubchild

A milk shake would be better for the little squid, they do the best ones i ever tasted.

I thought this was about a baby being blended by McDonald's.

Disappointing

0ph0rce0

Child Got Fed, Big Whoop!

Better than it starving to death.

One Maccy D's ain't gonna do no harm to no one.

Tiddlypeeps

Howard Juneau wrote: »

I think it's the other additives contained within cola that makes it the greater of 2 evils.
But yes, other drinks contain as much sugar as cola, and in the case of caprisun, even more!

In the before time when I new very little about food I would choose a caprisun over a can of coke thinking I was choosing the "healthy option". :eek:

When I was in secondary school they implemented a healthy eating campaign. We had a tuck shop where you could buy snacks (crisps, chocolate, sweets etc). Their plan for this healthy eating campaign was to stop selling crisps and replace it with fruit. Anytime I went they would have a small bowl with what looked like 2 week old bananas and no other fruit. So all you could really get was chocolate or sweets. This was about 10/15 years ago too, so this kind of carry on isn't even a recent phenomenon.

Mint Sauce

Ah come on guys. Kid could have choked if she hadn't.

Tzardine

I hope to god she took the gherkin out.

Dravokivich

Czarcasm wrote: »

So what better way than to come up with a "shock" story that's just about believable.

Shock stories are of no use if these parents aren't actually looking at how what they do affect their kids.

I used to work in a newsagents and there was a 4 year old girl sent in to get some sweets for herself. She was practically bursting out of her skin, like that picture of the fat kid in McDonalds that's been doing the rounds on the internet for years.

Anything that gets some sort of PR challenging their actions are just going to be met with "Don't tell me how to raise my kids." Which is the shocking bit to be honest.

Frank Lee Midere

I ate sweets as a kid but I look starved in all pictures of my youth. As do most of the kids in my class. It's not like kids in the late eighties/nineties didn't have vastly more access to sugar than previous generations. Were we more active than now? I don't know. We were less active than our parents generation.

But probably it was the food. I didn't get pizza etc. or takeouts

Meat. Two veg.

Tiddlypeeps

Actually this kind of reminds me of how mental people can be with their pets.

My sister used to buy an extra burger in McDonalds for her dog. Thankfully she got bored of the dog after a short while and I took it on.

In college one of my mates girlfriends would go to Supermax specifically to get southern fried chicken for the cat. This cat was mega obese, I felt so sorry for the poor thing.

People are crazy.