I am new to Australia with a 8 month old daughter. She is a happy, smiley baby and eats well, sleeps well (now) but I am finding it hard with any support network of family around me. she had a check up today with the local nurse who told me that she needs to be feeding herself by the time she is 1 or I have failed and also that she should be eating mashed food now not puree. So i mashed tiny bits of pasta into her food when we got home and she choked and choked until me patting her on the back made her sick. she is 8 months, and not eating chunkcy food, doesn't roll, doesn't crawl and isn't good with the finger food yet. But she is happy all the time, eats well most of time, drinks water, sleeps through the night... these are things that some other babies dont do so does it really matter about the rest, wont it come when she is ready. I feel like such a bad mother and I am also pregnant again and worried that I am going to be a bad mother to this baby too when the time comes. I am just finding it too much like their are strict deadlines babies have to meet here in Melbourne and if they dont then the mother is the failure. Any advice would be great
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