Tiny Babies smeared in food on FB

[KittyLane1]

I'm just very irritated! Log onto to FB to find my friend and work colleagues has posted pictures of her THREE MONTH old baby "eating" yoghurt and porridge with nauseating comments such as "oh num nun X loves her big girl food haha"

I completely understand that babies used to be fed solids earlier than 6 months but its not as if she is eating meals or anything, it seems to be done for mummies entertainment and FB bragging (look at my clever girl) personally I don't see eating as a sign of being clever, my brother could eat you out of house and home and he sure ain't the brightest.

I can understand older babies getting yoghurt etc but 3 months? Really? IMO she is tiny and there is no need bar FB bragging

I hate to see 3 month olds eating solids. It does my head in.

Yabu. Hide her status updates if you find it irritating.
As for the THREE MONTH old having yoghurt,the world won't stop turning.

What are you irritated by? The sharing of baby pictures or what she's feeding her baby? If it's the first, just hide her from your newsfeed, if it's the second - don't waste your energy judging her, people will do what they want.

Does anyone who has FB not get annoyed by it? I don't have it and I am blissfully unaware of what everyone is doing.

You could also not be on FB. It's toxic.

Yanbu. I'm not one who waited for 6m but my babies were both ready for it dd1 especially wolfed down her food. But I did try to be sensible ie feed one type of food for three days at a time, pick one food as opposed to huge mixtures of things with a pudding on top.

I've met babies who needed weaning before six months but I've never met one who was ready at 2/3 months as people I know have claimed. If they were ready for it tbh it wouldn't be all over their face they woulda swallowed it. Not till they reached the feeding themselves stage or the raspberry blowing kid dinner stage.

But yabu for deciding what they post. :o

don't like pictures of messy babies anyway. yeuk!

it's not cute, wipe the mouth.

as for the weaning age that's just fashion. it will change as long as scientists have funding for research.

my older ones were weaned at 3/4 months in the 80/90s while younger ones were 5 months.

all are absolutely fine so don't judge.

I guess I'm irritated by the amount of people who struggle to allow a baby to just be a baby instead of insisting their baby is "clever" by eating early, sitting up early, walking etc. I don't see the need to rush milestones (and brag about it) a baby will develop at its own rate, no amount of forcing yogurt in its mouth will change that

I had a friend who would feed her tiny baby yogurt (probably around 3 months old) and it would of course take forever because the poor baby was trying to push it out by way of his tongue reflex. I said nothing.

I will admit I have a photo of DD with carrot mush all over her mouth, from the first time she tried to take charge of the spoon. It's not on FB but if it was it wouldn't be to brag! What's impressive about a baby not being able to feed themselves accurately? They probably just think their kids are cute and want to share.

Sparklingbrook I could not deal with any more updates that were something like:

"Everyone knows I'm OCD - and now, I'm building a new walk-in wardrobe so I can arrange my clothes properly! Of course, because I'm OCD all the hangers have to match! LOL! My husband George is in Hong Kong on business but he'll be so surprised when he returns! Love you George"

and then photos of the new walk-in closet.

IT gives me the boak it honestly does I hate it in RL a yoghurty snotty baby I work with children and i need to wipe their faces with my eyes closed

oh early weaning isn't really anything to do with us

not sure if this is about pictures of messy babies or early weaning?

if pictures of messy babies then yeuk.

if about early weaning then please just accept that some of us did wean our babies at 3 months on medical advice as did everyone else at that time and personally speaking my older men are fine and dandy.

less drama.

Crowler was that the final straw? How self indulgent. What goes through people's minds before they post?

mrsJ yes agree totally makes me boak.

Crowler how funny. bless her.

I have to say I hate the "dh/dp is away I miss him/her sooooooo much. " and the countdowns that follow :o

Can you not function alone for five mins. That gives me the rage :o

Everything about fb is unreasonable.
All it ever does it irritate the shite out of me so I don't bother anymore. I feel loads better for it!

Sparklingbrook we should start yet another FB thread. This post more or less represents the last 10 posts that collectively sent me over the edge. No more. I am so happy.

I also have a RL good friend who is a minor/regional celebrity in the US who was unbearable on FB and I needed to preserve the friendship - we've been friends for 30 years.

It's not the weaning that particularly bothers me, I know people wean when they want and its their choice, time period, culture, simply wanting to etc, I get that.

I'm talking about this one particular case in which my friend has posted about how clever her baby is after she strapped it to a bouncer and forced food down its tiny mouth.

Like if your that bored, go for a walk....

I guess I'm irritated by the amount of people who struggle to allow a baby to just be a baby instead of insisting their baby is "clever" by eating early, sitting up early, walking etc. I don't see the need to rush milestones (and brag about it) a baby will develop at its own rate, no amount of forcing yogurt in its mouth will change that

But you don't know that anyone is forcing anything, or rushing milestones. As you yourself said, babies develop at their own rate- maybe this one has just started earlier. Its no reason to get irritated...

I was weaned at 6 weeks, according to my DM. YY to the poster who said these things come & go. It's not really something to get on your high horse about.