How do you manage to wait till 6 months before 'weaning'?

[Liberty8888]

I fed my son a rusk at 6 months and he struggled to eat it in fact he struggled not to choke! What I'm wondering is how the hell a month old baby could eat a rusk any way????? And to the pp who said I wouldn't say the same thing in person, well believe me I would! My son has never slept through the night and up until a month ago still woke every hour to feed, I got the ' put baby rice in his bottle' line but surely common sense and guidelines from PROFESSIONALS would warn you that it is not safe!

 

[Boo44]

Sometimes I hate this place and wonder why I even come here (but then always come back lol)

Where do people get off openly slating others and telling them to get a clue? I guess we're all perfect bloody mothers 100% of the time to be able to pass judgement so freely. I bet you wouldn't be so mouthy if you weren't sat behind your computers

And another thing - the holier than thou attitude of people who talk like not weaning until 6 months and NEVER EVER giving their baby jarred or pre-prepared food is very patronising. Big wow for following guidelines. Stone every mother who fed their baby something not cooked by their own sweet hand!!!! Give me a break

If my friend was offering solids to her 4 wk old baby I would speak up and I would say same things I am saying on the computer!! Guidelines are there for a reason and there is a big difference when we are talking about giving solids to a 4 wk old compared to a 4 month old.

Sorry I didn't mean about the 4 week rusk thing! I meant that I've seen a few postings on here about how 'I've never given any jarred foods' and 'jars are full of crap' (or something) and I just think fgs do what you want to do, who cares! But when you come on here and go on about it - I think it's the stuff that isn't said that leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth! I know plenty wont agree. Will just have to try not to read threads that spiral into controversy

 

[MrsKyliePaton]

Sometimes I hate this place and wonder why I even come here (but then always come back lol)

Where do people get off openly slating others and telling them to get a clue? I guess we're all perfect bloody mothers 100% of the time to be able to pass judgement so freely. I bet you wouldn't be so mouthy if you weren't sat behind your computers

And another thing - the holier than thou attitude of people who talk like not weaning until 6 months and NEVER EVER giving their baby jarred or pre-prepared food is the only way to go. Big wow for following guidelines. Stone every mother who fed their baby something not cooked by their own sweet hand!!!! Give me a break

WWS

There have been alot of nasty comments thrown about, you wouldn't think we were all adults here, the poster was asking for advice about how babies manage to hold off on food until 6 months, in my area most people start weaning at 17 weeks, yes four weeks giving a rusk is young but it happened with her first lo! And telling her she has set up a lifetime of digestive and allergies problems for her lo is abit rude how would you bloody know that? Just scare mongering now.

 

[beth_terri]

Sometimes I hate this place and wonder why I even come here (but then always come back lol)

Where do people get off openly slating others and telling them to get a clue? I guess we're all perfect bloody mothers 100% of the time to be able to pass judgement so freely. I bet you wouldn't be so mouthy if you weren't sat behind your computers

And another thing - the holier than thou attitude of people who talk like not weaning until 6 months and NEVER EVER giving their baby jarred or pre-prepared food is the only way to go. Big wow for following guidelines. Stone every mother who fed their baby something not cooked by their own sweet hand!!!! Give me a break

I actually would yes. If I knew someone who was giving their baby solid food at one month of age i would 100% ask them why and if they knew the risks. And same with jarred food. I asked a friend if she was going to use jars or make her own and she said shed actually not even thought about making her own and was glad I mentioned it before going and buying jars. And this thread isn't even about making your own food. Its about someone feeding a 1 month old solid food!!!!

The responses aren't very polite but I think the majority of people are seriously shocked by it!

 

[kimberleyrobx]

Everyone here is talking about guidelines... GUIDELINES isnt the bloody law! It is merely 'recommended' to wait until 6months just like it is 'recommended' not to dye your hair while pregnant (although im sure half the population do it before 12 weeks! It was absolutely forbidden to give a baby cows milk until at least a year old, but here we are now in 2013 and babies of 6 months old are allowed it now! Hungrier baby milk is 'recommended' for 4 months+, but millions of newborn babies are having it around the world! Guidelines are changing every day, every time i ask my HV a question she always tells me 'we're just going by the book, its really only guidelines and recommendations' she knows that lots of people give their babies hungrier baby milk and rusks, she knew my girl did! Guidelines are only to guide you, so i gave my baby rusks over a month old, i really dont see why people are taking so much offence! I guess i'll get stabbed if i say she has having mince and tatties at 4 months old?! I bet everyone in BnB has done something 'so unspeakable' but it seems im the only one who can freely 'admit it' and i say admit, but what i really should say is openly talk about it with other women over the world and then get hammered for doing so badly! Im pretty sure millions of babies have had rusks or something like it so early on, but i guess no one wants to 'admit' it :-/ we should be able to talk about anything on these forums no matter if no one agrees with it or not! Its a forum go talk about our babies and everything about them, so why cant i share that my daughter (who is fit as a fiddle) had rusks over a month old?

 

[Boo44]

I do agree though with whoever said about knowing the guidelines despite what your family tell you. My mum was telling me to feed him soooo little. But I just told her that no that's not what they tell us to do now, and that's it!! So I'm not going about giving food to very young babies either. I can see why a sleep deprived desperate mum would listen to her own mum in some ways... Am trying to see both sides lol

 

[Jennbear]

I started weaning at 22 weeks. I wanted to wait till 6 months but LO was so ready for it. We started slow with baby rice and then introduced puréed veg and now he has 3 small meals a day and we do abit of finger food for him to hold and experiment with.

I do all my own food and always said I would but I totally get why people uses jarred food for convenience, some days when I can't be bothered, I wish I had some jars in lol!!

Each to their own, yes there are guidelines and there is also a too young age to introduce food.

If you wean early, so what. If you wait till 6 months, so what. Do what's best for your baby. However I do agree that given a baby solids at 4 weeks is too early.

 

[Twister]

It's not scaremongering, it's proven fact that introducing solids too soon (4 weeks old IS to soon regardless of the baby) carry's risks. Yes they are guidelines but they're there for a reason and are not just plucked out of thin air. They are thoroughly researched over a long period of time. It's not 100% certain, but the risks are increased significantly especially when solids are introduced before 4 months. Whilst people could have worded it better I think most people are just concerned that the op wasn't aware of these risks and was simply going with what family members did and that her choice wasn't *completely* informed.

ETA: re: cows milk, guidelines are still 1 year as a drink, but they can have it in food from 6 months. Guidelines only change when they have good reason to change them I.e new research comes to light.

 

[babydust1990]

Everyone here is talking about guidelines... GUIDELINES isnt the bloody law! It is merely 'recommended' to wait until 6months just like it is 'recommended' not to dye your hair while pregnant (although im sure half the population do it before 12 weeks! It was absolutely forbidden to give a baby cows milk until at least a year old, but here we are now in 2013 and babies of 6 months old are allowed it now! Hungrier baby milk is 'recommended' for 4 months+, but millions of newborn babies are having it around the world! Guidelines are changing every day, every time i ask my HV a question she always tells me 'we're just going by the book, its really only guidelines and recommendations' she knows that lots of people give their babies hungrier baby milk and rusks, she knew my girl did! Guidelines are only to guide you, so i gave my baby rusks over a month old, i really dont see why people are taking so much offence! I guess i'll get stabbed if i say she has having mince and tatties at 4 months old?! I bet everyone in BnB has done something 'so unspeakable' but it seems im the only one who can freely 'admit it' and i say admit, but what i really should say is openly talk about it with other women over the world and then get hammered for doing so badly! Im pretty sure millions of babies have had rusks or something like it so early on, but i guess no one wants to 'admit' it :-/ we should be able to talk about anything on these forums no matter if no one agrees with it or not! Its a forum go talk about our babies and everything about them, so why cant i share that my daughter (who is fit as a fiddle) had rusks over a month old?

Actually, the 6 months weaning guideline has been around for 10 years... Your HV sounds like she doesn't know what she's talking about either. The only time you can give cows milk to a 6month old is in food, and hungry baby milk isnt recommended 4months, they actually prefer you to use first milk until 12 months. Hungry baby is used to hold off on weaning until 6 months.

You do what you feel is right. If that's your opinion than no one on here will change it anyway

 

[Liberty8888]

I could even understand 4 months - but 4 weeks come on! I'm sorry but I don't think there is any justification for that, and I can't believe any one would even try and make it sound ok,. Think back to when our babies where 4 weeks, can you imagine giving them a rusk? My baby was still getting the hang of using a bottle! I'm sorry and I really don't mean to offend you but I really can't believe people are trying to justify this decision. To be honest the only reason I'm even commenting is because I can not believe that people are trying to make this sound ok, OP why didn't you speak to a HV or your GP? I understand family trying to push old ways on to us FTM but surely this did not sound like a good idea to you?

 

[MrsKyliePaton]

It's not scaremongering, it's proven fact that introducing solids too soon (4 weeks old IS to soon regardless of the baby) carry's risks. Yes they are guidelines but they're there for a reason and are not just plucked out of thin air. They are thoroughly researched over a long period of time. It's not 100% certain, but the risks are increased significantly especially when solids are introduced before 4 months. Whilst people could have worded it better I think most people are just concerned that the op wasn't aware of these risks and was simply going with what family members did and that her choice wasn't *completely* informed.

ETA: re: cows milk, guidelines are still 1 year as a drink, but they can have it in food from 6 months.

Yes I understand that 4 weeks is definetly to young for any sort of solids, i was saying that telling the op that she has giving her child a lifetime of problems is scaremongering when the child could be fine in later life, I'm not sure who said it but I felt it was a little to much. But that's just me.

ETA I think I've probably just repeated my self from my previous post so I do apologise if I did.

 

[weewdy]

Everyone here is talking about guidelines... GUIDELINES isnt the bloody law! It is merely 'recommended' to wait until 6months just like it is 'recommended' not to dye your hair while pregnant (although im sure half the population do it before 12 weeks! It was absolutely forbidden to give a baby cows milk until at least a year old, but here we are now in 2013 and babies of 6 months old are allowed it now! Hungrier baby milk is 'recommended' for 4 months+, but millions of newborn babies are having it around the world! Guidelines are changing every day, every time i ask my HV a question she always tells me 'we're just going by the book, its really only guidelines and recommendations' she knows that lots of people give their babies hungrier baby milk and rusks, she knew my girl did! Guidelines are only to guide you, so i gave my baby rusks over a month old, i really dont see why people are taking so much offence! I guess i'll get stabbed if i say she has having mince and tatties at 4 months old?! I bet everyone in BnB has done something 'so unspeakable' but it seems im the only one who can freely 'admit it' and i say admit, but what i really should say is openly talk about it with other women over the world and then get hammered for doing so badly! Im pretty sure millions of babies have had rusks or something like it so early on, but i guess no one wants to 'admit' it :-/ we should be able to talk about anything on these forums no matter if no one agrees with it or not! Its a forum go talk about our babies and everything about them, so why cant i share that my daughter (who is fit as a fiddle) had rusks over a month old?

I agree when you say you should be able to come on here and be able to discuss issues without being slated. However you have to remember this fotum has members from every end of the world with different views and opinions.

Yes it is guidelines but i am a first time mum and my mum is 62 with no other young kids in our family so yes i try to stick to guidelines. The world is more progressed now than 10/20 years ago and scientists know more about the human body. Me personally will listen to these doctors etc because i know they are smarter and have more experience than me.

 

[ellie27]

Ok OP, whats done is done. You cannot change the fact that you offered solids from 1 month old, but what the posters on here are trying to do is make you understand that what you done WAS WRONG.

I am a teacher, it is in my nature to care about children and educate them. Please realise that it was wrong, you know now and please dont make the mistake again with any future children.

Please dont take risks with your childrens health as that is what you are doing by starting so early

 

[Liberty8888]

And these guidelines are set be professional people who study to learn about these things, surely the fact that their doctors is enough to listen to these 'guidelines' that your so quickly dismissing.

 

[lozzy21]

The guidelines are not random ages picked out of thin air, there based on years and years of reserch and are there for a reason. It bugs of when people think they know better than hundreds of doctors and scientists from across the world who come together to produce the guidlines. Weaning at 5 even 4 month if you baby is showing the signs fair enough but 4 weeks? Really?

If you baby is hungry you give more milk, its as simple as that.

 

[cococobain]

Look, I'm sorry if I came across as rude when I said earlier I had hoped this was a joke thread, but to be honest it doesn't seem as if you were asking for advice, merely stating matter-of-factly that babies that can't go more than 2-3 hours at a time without feeding are in need of solids and that guidelines about introducing things like cow's milk, heavier formula and hard to digest foods are merely "recommendations" that can freely be ignored. Which is why you are getting a lot of backlash here.

I'm actually in more shock that your doctor seems totally on board with this.

 

[kimberleyrobx]

I can see how people are taking offence etc about the whole rusk thing but i was seriously trying to have a discussion about when everyone first gave their babies food and it just so happens my daughter had a bit of rusk at 5-6 weeks old, and everyones going to slate me and call me uneducated and all the ret because of it? Seriously? I wish i never made this bloody thread now! I was following the advice of my family because we were all given rusks around that age and we all turned out fine, and we all loved it! Its not for anyone to judge me and tell me im a terrible person for following my families advice and my HV is a bit of an idiot, who doesnt listen to anything anyone has to say. I'll be sure not to admit anything on BnB in the future:-/

 

[Scottish mum]

I didn't my lo is 5 months and is on solids! Every baby is different its crap that you have to wait 6 months!! My lo was demanding milk before he was due for it and showing lots of signs that his milk was no longer enough. He thrives on his solids. If you feel lo is ready try a bit but not before 4 months as milks still important for there development x

 

[lozzy21]

If your family had told you to put a bit of whisky in her bottle to help her to sleep what would you have said?

I was told by my family to give her rusks at 10 weeks old and i laughed and told them thats how it may have been done in the 60's but we know better now.

 

[lozzy21]

I didn't my lo is 5 months and is on solids! Every baby is different its crap that you have to wait 6 months!! My lo was demanding milk before he was due for it and showing lots of signs that his milk was no longer enough. He thrives on his solids. If you feel lo is ready try a bit but not before 4 months as milks still important for there development x

Baby is due for it when ever they are hungry. Are you hungry at exactly 8,12 and 5? I doubt it and babys are no different.