What exactly has changed????????

moogyboobles

roseycozy wrote: »

I was going to say the same thing Heather, my DD loves those carrot things too but aren't they messy! :rotfl: I don't give them to her very often but I'm sure they are better for her than a lot of other baby foods you can buy anyway.

And Moogyboobles, just wanted to say I've been loving your blog - found it ages ago and it's great!

Thank you!

Kimitatsu

Just seen this thread so this may be all over by now but:

Poppy you are a great mum, your kids are well looked after happy and healthy. You are their MUM and YOU know what is best for them, look how much advice changes from one generation to another.

I have a whole host of bad mother confessions, mine co-slept, weaned early, didnt go to nursery until DS1 was 3 1/2 DS2 was ready at 2 1/2, neither of them had a dummy because they didnt want to and I couldnt express milk to save my life! I could breast feed but couldnt express milk and boy did I want to by the end of it!

If they are hungry then feed them, they will soon let you know if they dont want it. Both of mine would feed on solids 4 times a day and breastfeed until they were 18 months old, along with water and juice. I was never told that they were eating too much (and no-one tells me now that they are obese or I should have done it differently).

Every child is unique, some eat early some walk late, some potty train at 2 some (boys) still cant hit the toilet :mad: but by the time they all go to school they are all toilet trained and can feed themselves.

Nothing wrong with yout mothering skills its the health visitor who needs to realise children dont go by the book!

Ms_Piggy_2

BernadetteN wrote: »

I have a 5 1/2 year old born in 2001 and the guidelines then were to wait till 6 months. It was the same for our youngest born in 2005.

I have 2 elder children born in 1996 and 1998 and guidelines then were to wait till 4 months.

I really WOULD NOT go with instincts when it comes to weaning as so many misread "interest in holiding a spoon" or " waking more" as signs babies need fed and fed more. There is just too much evidence pointing to increased risks of ill health and even some evidence linking things like IBS with early weaning, despite there usually being a large gap between weaning and IBS. If you follow the 6 months guideline, it may be hard for those few weeks between 4 and 6 months, but at least if your baby then develops allergies or other illnesses afterwards, you know you have only followed advice and have done your best.

I found it far easier weaning babies at 6 months than at 4 months. There is little need for purees, no hours in the kitchen blending veg and decanting into ice cubes. I just served our 6 month old babies with slightly modified and lumpy versions of what everyone else was eating. That's how those parts of the world as yet untouched with modern science do it and how humans have survived throughout milennia.

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WSS. And I don't see how baby rice would help fill up a hungry baby more than breast milk anyway. Milk has far more calories than baby rice