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@Mrsbells: I do think a lot of parents like it for conveniences sake and a lot of parents have no idea that a lot of items marketed for kids like that are actually not very healthy. At all.

Like you we only give LO plain greek yogurt and sometimes with fruits or applesauce mixed in.

10 grams of sugar, and none of it comes from real fruit. Nothing healthy about that. Better than a candy bar? Maybe. But not better than what you are preparing!

Could you put yours in a ziplock bag and then cut the corner off? Seems like it would have the same level of convenience

We get the Horizon Tuberz occasionally, which do have fruit in them. But in general, these products are high in sugar. They are really great for freezing when I haven't had a chance to make my own popscicles though. The other thing I dont' get is - how is it clean to suck on the plastic packaging to get the yogurt out? Oh well, we still get it sometimes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/kids-yogurt-tubes-infographic_n_3417322.html

This article literally came out the day after I gave LO a Chobani Yogurt Tube. Thinking it's "Chobani" so it's OK.

Don't you have the little green pouch? I would just put the yogurt into that instead of using the glass jars you're currently using. That's what i do!

I agree, it's just lack of knowledge (*not* saying they are dumb, just that they don't know). People think yogurt = healthy.

@Mrsbells: I like that pouch! Interesting idea there!

I think Earths Best makes Greek Yogurt pouches, or maybe it's Plum Organics? No idea, but I keep a few in my desk if I am going to have a late lunch....for me I appreciate the shelf stable aspect.

I agree, we have bought the ChoBani tubes but I freeze them and give them to her as "ice cream". She eats a normal cup of chobani for breakfast.

We use the Stoneyfield ones a couple times a week, but I'm defintely not going around claiming its some super healthy snack. I use them to get my son to ingest anything on days he doesn't eat. He'll usually get through half of one, just because its gimmicky. Personally I think sucking anything from a tube is gross.

I just started giving LO Stoneyfield whole milk baby yogurt. I checked the ingredients and it seems decent.

@looch: Almost 17 months. He turned 12 months old and basically stopped eating everything but fruit and randomly chicken. Some days he eats almost nothing. On those days I don't really care what he eats, as long as he gets something in his belly.

A lot of people say yogurt is healthy, but when you see that it has as much sugar as it does, it's really quite unhealthy.

I love the idea of squeezable yogurt--and we ate plenty of these, frozen, as kids--and I by no means make my own yogurt or anything, but I avoid Yoplait like the plague

@looch: @BananaPancakes: Can i join the club? LO is almost 17 months and she has been so picky it's driving me insane. It's impossible to get my formerly great eater to eat.

@Mrsbells: Ahh okay. LO loves feeding herself, so the pouches are always great for her.

@looch: please do! I fear a picky eater!

I've noticed people tend to see the "good source of X" on the outside and think "hey it's healty!" Without reading the true ingredients. DH and I used to do this too. We started reading the ingredients when we shop and we were pretty shocked at the "healty" things we were buying.

@fancyfunction: @mediagirl: no joke. My old coworker's kids are 7 and 9 now. She never fed them McDonalds, etc. She's very crunchy. Her kids never ask for it, they think it's gross and would rather have sushi for lunch any day of the week than anything else. hahah She's kinda one of my mom heros! haha

The 3 check marked facts on the top right corner is what people think makes it "healthy"

My mom buys it for her house when LO's visit but I really only give them yogurt that's full fat without dyes! I typically give them plain yogurt and mix in our own fruit to avoid sugar rushes and crashes in the morning.