just found out i was weaned at 12 weeks

[lozzy21]

I was weaned on mash potato and gravy and rusls at 3/4 months and now have IBS. Cant blame her too much because thats what the advice was back in the late 80's.

 

[highhopes19]

i was weaned at 3/4 months as was my younger sister whos 19 next week

we now both suffer from severe ibs, mines cleared up since having isabelle but my sister some early hours of the morning i hear her crying where shes in so much pain in the loo

the advice my mum was given by hv was to wean us both at 4 months... im pretty sure my mum though was told by my hv to wean me at just turned 3 months


i heard it all today though guidlines now reccomend 6 months but a good friend of mine has started weaning her lil girl..... shes 5 weeks old!!!

not for any medical purposes i may add just because she drains her 7oz bottle

 

[leahtaba]

i dont understand why people wean early now knowing it could cause problems. i dont judge i just dont understand. my friend weaned her baby at three months and gave him rusk in his milk every night from really early on and hes now got excema (sp?) dont know if its related or not but still...

i think people just get exited to try it? personally i want to wait because it seems like hassle

 

[natasha82]

I don't think i believe eczema and asthma are related to early weaning. My LO got eczema at about 4 weeks old, i didn't start weaning him until 17 wks?
But OH had bad eczema as a child and i have hayfever and asthma, i think if it's in your genes it's in your genes.

 

[Mummy Bean]

Just makes me glad for the advancment of science and (some not all) powers of the internet in educating ppl.

My mil had 5 kids n bf them all until 5 months when they were weaned/and given formula and all have come out completly diff, my oh has ibs and numerous intollerances, one has some bowel issues and the other 3 are fine...so shows that things effect each of us differently.

Just think what our kids will be saying in 30 yrs time looking back on the decisions we make now.

 

[summer rain]

I don't think i believe eczema and asthma are related to early weaning. My LO got eczema at about 4 weeks old, i didn't start weaning him until 17 wks?
But OH had bad eczema as a child and i have hayfever and asthma, i think if it's in your genes it's in your genes.

Early weaning has been linked very strongly through various studies to more severe cases of childhood eczema and asthma, not necessarily eczema in babyhood. From my understanding the type of eczema where older children have to be creamed and bandaged every day is less common than it used to be because of the change of guidelines. Yes things can be in your genes but certain things can increase or decrease the risk of you definitely getting a problem or illness you're genetically predisposed to. I was told with my second eldest that due to allergies he had he was 80% or more, likely to develop asthma and severe eczema in childhood. He has neither and I do believe that breastfeeding for 12 months and holding off weaning until 6 months definitely helped xx

 

[YoshiPikachu]

Wow that is way too early! My grand parents didn't wean that early at all. My dad and aunt were at least a year before they were done with milk.

 

[SaraEmily]

My friend just started her 3 DAY old on rice cereal.

 

[LegoHouse]

I think it's a case of if you know better you do better. They didn't know the things we know or they wouldn't have taken the risks they took.

 

[StaceyKor]

My friend just started her 3 DAY old on rice cereal.

What?!? Why?!? Thats crazy. Theres no way they need it. Why not just offer more milk? Surely its not in an attempt to make them STTN x

 

[SaraEmily]

My friend just started her 3 DAY old on rice cereal.

What?!? Why?!? Thats crazy. Theres no way they need it. Why not just offer more milk? Surely its not in an attempt to make them STTN x

Yes, it was to make her sleep longer. And it didn't work, obviously. But she had a lot of older women telling her to do that.

 

[sam2eb]

I was having baby rice at just over a week.

I was draining 4oz bottles and instead of giving me more milk my mum thought that meant I was ready for food!

 

[HPmum2B]

You never know in 20 years time, our kids might be saying "I can't believe my mum weaned me at 6 months! Now I have got x, y and z wrong with me!"

Just because guidelines have changed, doesn't mean they wont find out even more years down the line and change the guidelines again, maybe to 8 months, or even back to 4 months.

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

I think its sad when people wean early for no reason

 

[leahtaba]

You never know in 20 years time, our kids might be saying "I can't believe my mum weaned me at 6 months! Now I have got x, y and z wrong with me!"

Just because guidelines have changed, doesn't mean they wont find out even more years down the line and change the guidelines again, maybe to 8 months, or even back to 4 months.

but even though that very may well be true i dnt think it should be used as an excuse to ignore the world health orginisation and wean early...

 

[HPmum2B]

You never know in 20 years time, our kids might be saying "I can't believe my mum weaned me at 6 months! Now I have got x, y and z wrong with me!"

Just because guidelines have changed, doesn't mean they wont find out even more years down the line and change the guidelines again, maybe to 8 months, or even back to 4 months.

but even though that very may well be true i dnt think it should be used as an excuse to ignore the world health orginisation and wean early...

Nor do I...?

 

[leahtaba]

You never know in 20 years time, our kids might be saying "I can't believe my mum weaned me at 6 months! Now I have got x, y and z wrong with me!"

Just because guidelines have changed, doesn't mean they wont find out even more years down the line and change the guidelines again, maybe to 8 months, or even back to 4 months.

but even though that very may well be true i dnt think it should be used as an excuse to ignore the world health orginisation and wean early...

Nor do I...?

sorry!! i didnt mean you personally do i was just carrying on the point about people weaning early

 

[HPmum2B]

ah okay, no worries.

 

[kmbabycrazy]

Wow that is way too early! My grand parents didn't wean that early at all. My dad and aunt were at least a year before they were done with milk.

Weaning means a different thing here I think. Weaning here is introducing foods but baby's are still supposed to have breastmilk/formula as a major part of their diet until they are at least a year old x

 

[xsadiex]

My mum gave me solids at 4 months but breastfed for 3 months. I had to have soya formula though apparently as cows milk gave me excema!