I was at my parents house yesterday with the baby and while talking with them my dad let slip that my brothers daughter, who is about 2 months younger than mine, is already eating baby food. Wen he said that I freaked out thinking how in the world their little digestive systems can't handle real food that young! And my mom just shrugged and said she had no idea. I just started introducing stuff to DD but my pedi told me to wait until 6 months.
So I guess what I'm confused on is it that ok to do or what? Sorry I'm a FTM and have no idea! I just couldn't believe that!!
Re: Couldn't believe it...can someone please explain it to me?
Violet Mae born 1/15/13
Our pedi is pretty old school and was actually okay with us giving LO baby food early. He never told us we had to, only we feel comfortable. We didn't start it righ away. We did start closer to 4 months and DS never had any issues.
It's not recommended these days, but some people do it to try to get their babies to STTN (that's a myth though) or they are worried about supply or they listen to the previous generation.
My grandmother told me to add cereal to DS's bottle to he
Formula might have been around in the 50's but it wasn't readily available to everyone. My mom gave my brother cow's milk from the beginning and he was born in the 60's.
I have a friend who's mom gave her pureed beef hearts. They'r
Violet Mae born 1/15/13
Definitely not recommended today. Although, I will say looking at my DH's baby book, he was started on cereal at like 2 weeks old and my MIL said she was fed sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk when she was a baby in place of formula. Crazy how
Some people are comfortable with feeding baby food early. I am not.
My MIL had tried pushing the cereal in the bottle thing on me for awhile. She said it is heavier on their stomachs then just breastmilk and helps them sleep through the night. S
6 months is recommended but this wasn't always the case. I have a REALLY hard time considering anything but a bottle/breast until a baby is sitting up. I me
Wow, I couldn't imagine feeding my baby food so young. I know people do cereal in the bottle but jars of baby food? How do you even put them in a high chair when they can barely hold their head up? I did have a friend ask me when LO had just turne