re: "DELAYED" SOLIDS (6m+) support and info

I just saw on a friends facebook a picture of her feeding her son cereal. Hes a week older than my son so hes 3 mo. He was sitting in a bumbo chair cause he cant sit up on his own.  

I want to say something but I dare not.

Quoting This girl is his mommy. [:" I just saw on a friends facebook a picture of her feeding her son cereal. Hes a week older than my son ... [snip!] ... son so hes 3 mo. He was sitting in a bumbo chair cause he cant sit up on his own.   I want to say something but I dare not."

If you do say something back it up with links and do it in a private message. That being said she probably won't listen. I had a girl on my page who was doing cereal from a few weeks on, multiple people sent her messages telling her and instead of taking them seriously she posted a status about how people need to mind their own business because she knows what's best for her baby.

Quoting Nigel Thornberry:" If you do say something back it up with links and do it in a private message. That being said she probably ... [snip!] ... seriously she posted a status about how people need to mind their own business because she knows what's best for her baby. "

Yeah, Im not saying nothing cause she will say that too.
It just makes me sad.

Quoting This girl is his mommy. [:" Yeah, Im not saying nothing cause she will say that too. It just makes me sad."

It gets to me.....seriously! When my first was a baby 16 years ago, you fed them cereal at 4 months. But since then they've discovered that it's not good for them until they are 6 months at least. I don't understand why some people don't progress when the education for it is out there. Let's just keep on doing the same old thing even though it's proven it's not best. *sheesh*

So I'm really torn right now, and all of the pressure from my family isn't helping. DD has all of the signs of readiness except for the pincer grasp. When we sit down to eat she gets SO excited and tries to grab any food she can get and makes chewing motions. Part of me wants to stick it out for another couple of months until she gets down the pincer grasp and then just give her table food, the other part wants to cave next week when she turns 6 months and give her some purees. so what do you ladies think, should I wait it out a little longer?

Quoting Nigel Thornberry:" So I'm really torn right now, and all of the pressure from my family isn't helping. DD has all of the ... [snip!] ... next week when she turns 6 months and give her some purees. so what do you ladies think, should I wait it out a little longer? "

Honestly, just do what you want to do.
She is almost 6 months, it wont hurt her to try some. And it also wont hurt her to wait a little longer.
My Lo is almost 6 months, i was going to wait a bit longer but recently i have let her just taste a few foods, a couple spoons here and there of fruits and veg, but that's it really. And she seemed to like it, also at our meal times i just let her play with spoons and bowls while we eat so she gets familiar with them.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Nigel Thornberry:</b>" So I'm really torn right now, and all of the pressure from my family isn't helping. DD has all of the ... [snip!] ... next week when she turns 6 months and give her some purees. so what do you ladies think, should I wait it out a little longer? "</blockquote>




I skipped purees completely. I gave my LO spoons to play with until we started introducing food (around 7 1/2 to 8 months)

Quoting Nigel Thornberry:" So I'm really torn right now, and all of the pressure from my family isn't helping. DD has all of the ... [snip!] ... next week when she turns 6 months and give her some purees. so what do you ladies think, should I wait it out a little longer? "

do what YOU wanna do, at this point.

for me, I purposely withheld all solids until 12m because I knew he'd get the maximum benefits from breastmilk if he was EBF. Even if he WANTED to start solids before then, I wouldn't have (my own personal decision of course, not for everyone), because I wanted him to get (IMO) the best start in life.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Nigel Thornberry:</b>" So I'm really torn right now, and all of the pressure from my family isn't helping. DD has all of the ... [snip!] ... next week when she turns 6 months and give her some purees. so what do you ladies think, should I wait it out a little longer? "</blockquote>




We skipped purees and did baby led solids. It was awesome and she's a little foodie now. Google it...there's tons of great info out there.

  SO and I have been on the same page about solids since I was pregnant, now DD's 6 months old (well tomorrow) and he's suddenly super impatient and asking me when we can give her food. Which means I'm going to have to spend 24/7 listening to him and my mother bitch at me about it, or just cave and give her solids. I know it's not a huge deal at this point but I was really hoping to skip purees all together *sigh* Not to mention I know the second we start solids that's all him and my mother will want to give her and her bottles should still be her main source of nutrition.

Quoting Nigel Thornberry:"   SO and I have been on the same page about solids since I was pregnant, now DD's 6 months old (well ... [snip!] ... start solids that's all him and my mother will want to give her and her bottles should still be her main source of nutrition. "

is there any way to politely tell them to STFU?
starting solids at that age is so much more work too! Don't forget that. Stick with your guns and tell them that when she is ready to feed herself, you'll think about it again, but until then to please drop the subject.

sheesh that would be so annoying! sorry you have to deal with that.

Quoting dream:" is there any way to politely tell them to STFU? starting solids at that age is so much more work too! ... [snip!] ... about it again, but until then to please drop the subject. sheesh that would be so annoying! sorry you have to deal with that."

He won't feed her if I tell him not to but if he's on me about it too my mom will get even worse because I'm not listening to him. I tried explaining to him that she only needs a couple more months and one more sign of readiness before she can eat table foods and then we won't have to worry about pain in the ass purees but he just sees the fun of watching her faces as she eats. His mom is the only one who agrees with me and she's never around so I feel like I'm being constantly ganged up on. My mom even brings it up to friends of hers and co workers and gets them to belittle me for not starting food yet.

I'm preparing for my little one's first birthday! I decided I'm going to make her a big vanilla cup cake with whipped cream frosting and making small confetti cake cupcakes for everyone else. It sounds cute and i have just the right pan for this. My husband, kids, dad, step-mom, sisters, my sisters' husbands, inlaws, and my uncle and his husband will all be here for her birthday so lots of cupcakes thank goodness I have a huge oven to make this easier. We're celebrating her birthday next weekend, though her birthday is the 10th (we'll still do a little celebrating then too, of course). I can't wait to see how much she likes this cake.

Quoting Nigel Thornberry:" He won't feed her if I tell him not to but if he's on me about it too my mom will get even worse because ... [snip!] ... up on. My mom even brings it up to friends of hers and co workers and gets them to belittle me for not starting food yet. "

wow. that's kind of rude! I guess I would just try to ignore them as much as possible. That's one plus side of me living on this side of the world and not really having any friends or family around .. no one to bug me. My MIL worships the ground I walk on (I have no idea why), so she never questions what I do besides a simple question like "are you still nursing? how is your supply?" or something like that, but she never pushes it.

My mom is actually the one who told me about not needing solids for the first 12m (of course, I did my own research as well, lol), so she is a great supporter, even though I don't see/talk to her often because of the distance. I'm sorry you don't have more support. As I said, i would just try to ignore them as much as possible and just do what you want. Don't even give them an explanation or answer since they aren't listening to you anyway.

Quoting Anja[VBA2C GRAD]:" I'm preparing for my little one's first birthday! I decided I'm going to make her a big vanilla cup cake ... [snip!] ... is the 10th (we'll still do a little celebrating then too, of course). I can't wait to see how much she likes this cake."

sounds like fun! I miss cupcakes! They don't have them here!! crazy, eh?

There were two little boys in our church who were born very close to when Finn was born (Jan 22, Feb 23, Feb 24) so we did a group b-day party with just our 3 families. We celebrated it in early Feb, so since Finn wasn't 12m yet, he didn't get to eat anything at his party. lol There was a cake (for the adults) and some muffins (for the boys to play with).

I know people make a big deal about first birthday parties and "OMG, my baby has to eat a cake!" .. but really, they don't. Number one, they won't even remember their first b-day and number two, they just enjoy playing with their friends and maybe unwrapping the presents, you know?