My Baby Doesn't Like The New Mum-Mum Recipe

She is smarter than you, Want Want Foods.

If you have noticed a change in the colour of your Mum-Mum's fret not, unless your baby no longer devours them and throws them on the floor like mine does, there is a new recipe which eliminates the sugar and salt and replaces those ingredients with pear juice.

I couldn't find any other information on the web which answered my questions about the colour change, so as per usual, I contacted the company and am posting my findings here. I inquired if the colour change I noticed in my packaging was due to the recipe change or overcooking.

Left light, old recipe...right dark, new recipe

Left old...right new

While I applaud Want Want Foods for their attempt toward a healthier biscuit, I want a biscuit my child is interested in eating while she learns to swallow various solid foods. The old recipe encouraged my kids to learn to swallow and they could self-feed. This is convenient, while I help feed the rest of the family dinner or get a bite in myself.

If I wanted nutritious, I would not be feeding my child a Mum-Mum. I want a biscuit my child can use a stepping stone toward eating independence and to keep her occupied during a busy time of family feeding in our family of 5. The old and the new recipe both taste the same to me. I feel like the pear-juice version may dissolve a little less rapidly. Regardless, daughter #3 throws them on the floor. E.V.E.R.Y. T.I.M.E.

I have included email correspondence below. After boasting they are parent-trusted for 25 years, changing their recipe, after such a long time may make my wise-to-your-tricks baby, smarter.

"Hello Kara,

Thank you for your feedback, it is very important to us. We recently improved the formulation of several Baby Mum-Mum flavors (Original, Banana, & Vegetable) to be sweetened with fruit juice, meaning these flavors now contain no added sugar. The darker color of the rusks is a result of the fruit juice, which naturally browns during the baking process. Other brands use refined white sugar, which is less natural, and reacts differently to the baking process.    

Sincerely,

The Baby Mum-Mums Team"

March 24, 2015

The Mum-Mum website clearly indicates a new recipe, the packaging, I found, did not. If you are looking for original recipe, I have still found them, as of the date of this blog. Look for packages without the anniversary mark or flavours not using pear juice. PC Organics has a similar recipe but may contain the allergen of milk (and Mum-Mum's claim-to-fame is free of major allergens).

When Sticky Tack Fails

Josie, 6 months

I may rename this year two thousand sickteen. Groan. I know. See Josie's tear, it is a crocodile tear for her mama's current situation. One of the children has been ill for going on 2 weeks now. I am thankful. I am healthy. But, when the baby is sick...I don't need to finish that thought.

When I need to find a moment of sanity, God provides. The preschooler who doesn't nap, napped at the same time as the baby and I had an hour to myself before the kindergartener returned from school.   Time to distract myself from reality for a recharging moment.

The short version: I had an art wall in our playroom and the sticky tack I used left grease residue. I don't want to paint the room at this time. I looked into a big bulletin board...$$$$$. I decided on an intermediate approach for less than $20.

I had bought Command clips and Dollarama wall art and button stickers earlier. That gift of an hour was the perfect amount of time for assembly. The button stickers were perfect for covering up the leftover grease marks and adding a confetti like look. The Command clips will make switching out art simple too.

When I am feeling like I have accomplished nothing outside of taking care of children, I will take a moment to look at our wall of inspiration and be reminded that my treasures are my most important responsibility. Thank you, Jesus, for rest for my soul today (Matthew 11:29).

What would have been my answer?

I was eating lunch at Subway with my three year-old, Addisyn, and 4-month old, Josette, when I overheard a conversation between two grown men on lunch break awaiting the final preparation of their subs. I thought them to be co-workers, until the conversation ended abruptly upon payment and they went their separate ways.

This is not an anti-Santa piece. Nor is it a criticism of a believer in Jesus not standing for his faith. It is a reflection of how I would have answered the “Santa” man’s question. It was the cry of my heart to have my own answer to the question the believer did not answer (or chose not to answer because he was in a Subway line).

“Big man in red is comin’ soon. The kids love Santa Claus.”

“We do more of the Jesus-thing in our family.”

“But what has Jesus done for you? Santa’s the one that brings the presents.”

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Santa may bring the presents, but so does Jesus. The gifts Jesus brings are free, they cost me nothing. The tradition of Santa, that brought me joy as a child, costs me money as an adult. The joy of Christ lasts an eternity.

But, what has Jesus done for me?

Later that week I was praying and the words and picture of an anchor kept coming to my mind. “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” -Hebrews 6:19-20

He has been my anchor. He is always there to lean on. I can be prone to worry. I give my worries to Him in prayer.

I am prone to a guilty conscious. Guilt is heavy and drags me down. Jesus forgives my sins.

He is one with the Creator. I gave birth to my third daugther this year, I had a nephew born prior to my daughter’s birth and have a niece on the way. Gifts.

What has Jesus done for me?

He has filled my heart more overflowing than “Santa” could ever fill my stocking.