Baby doesn't use bibs - is that odd?

[Snog]

My baby wasn't a dribbler or a puker and so we never used bibs until she was old enough to feed herself. Is that unusual?

Nope. My second was like that too.

My first wasn't though

I’m not sure if it’s unusual but it’s certainly lucky!

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no, why would it be??

My two were pukers to the extent we both needed full outfit changes so bibs wouldn’t have done anything. Baby’s bibs are only used for bottle feeding or dribble bibs for teething, aren’t they?

DS flatly refused to have any kind of bib on - we tried all the options and he either pulled them off or created hell until someone else did - so I spent a lot of time doing laundry!

My first two were like Lockdownseperation 's and my 3rd didn't dribble or puke (difference was the third didn't have a tongue tie, though I didn't know til I actually had one without!). None of them used bibs before tbey started solids but the first two required muslin cloths everywhere and complete changes of clothing regularly. The third didn't dribble but he didn't sleep either - dribble would have been easier.

Not many babies need a dribble bib except perhaps when teething IMO. Some parents use those neckachieves because they look cute, not for dribble. Some babies are dribbly, makes no odds and means nothing long term ime.

Its not weird, its nothing. Like asking if its weird not to have a sister or own a hampster or have a radio in the kitchen or have a blue front door...

Baby 1 - epic dribbler, made Niagra Falls look like a pathetic stream, used 247 bibs per day.

Me pregnant with baby 2: orders shipping container of bibs determined to be ready this time

Baby 2 - dry as a feckin bone. No bibs required.

I read somewhere that "dry" teething can be more painful for the baby. Can't remember why or what causes it, though. My DD is opposite - dear god, the daily number of sodden bibs/babygros/anything she gets her hands on

Both mine hated bibs. I just became an expert at different types of stain removal.

No, neither of mine used bibs apart from when eating. We soon swapped to one of the rubbery 'pelican' bibs too. DS was such a monster with food that in the rush a lot of it only made it into his mouth on the second attempt - he wasn't fussy and always cleared out the pouch at the end - sweet and savoury all mixed together. DD was different - no real interest in food, but loved chewing the plastic backing off, so she switched to the pelican style too!

dribble bibs for the first, but for both I just put a t-shirt on over whatever they were wearing, or tucked a tea-towel round rather than have a special pile of bibs to keep track of.

Second child eating didn't really need it though. I don't actually remember ever having to spoon feed him, it's like he came out with an innate knowledge of which was the mouth hole and how to get as much food into it as possible.

Mine needed them just for puking. They were enough to catch the regular ‘posset’. Lovely.

My DD had to wear bib until she was 3 because her jaw is misshapen. Do I get a prize?

Baby 1: constant bib. Puke or dribble constantly

Baby 2: never needed a bib. It’s not unusual.

Baby 1 is now 11 and still a messy eater.

My DS refuses it as well and he is 19 months. It's really difficult because all his clothes are nearly stained despite washing them with every stain remover. We used bibs until he was 6 months as he would puke the posset after every feed but it stopped as soon as he started weaning. As he got older, he refused to wear one which is really annoying. I avoid tomato sauce food when outdoors and when indoors, I would make him wear an already stained top to stop further destruction.

It's a fairly recent fashion. When my oldest was little the only person I know of that did that had a child who had reflux badly and puked a huge amount. Even when my youngest came along I can only remember a handful of people doing it.

I didn't even use bibs with ds, I'd just change his shirt after eating if he needed it. It was easier than getting a bib on him. I don't recall anything being ruined, but I did get good on stain removals.

@nibdedibble

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Ha!

Nope, never used a bib with either of mine until they got to the messy eating stage.

Not even a tiny bit.

Ok so it sounds as though maybe 50% of babies don't use bibs?

Probably.

We never used them when our daughter was little - she didn’t need them as she wasn’t sickly after feeding. We have used them on and off when teething if she was dribbling a lot. And we used art-style bibs when weaning to protect clothes.

@Snog

Ok so it sounds as though maybe 50% of babies don't use bibs?

I think trying to extrapolate the replies here to all babies is pushing it!

Some parents use bibs, some don’t. Is there a reason that quantifying this is important to you?

Yes. Based on the few replies here u can definitely conclude that 50% of babies need bibs.

Are you part of Dominic Cummings' research team?