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 wasnt sure if it was about either/or that is why i answered both , op are you just miffed about early weaning ?

My ds was 9lb when I started weaning him. That's properly tiny.

As I have said, the early weaning is not what bothers me. It's the reason for the baby being given food, in this ONE PARTICULAR CASE that I am talking about, which is in no way related to anyone else's experience, this baby is being given yoghurt, porridge and chocolate spread, so mum can takes pictures and call her clever.

I deleted Facebook. Too many things annoy me, from the things mentioned above to the ones who put "full time mummy" as their "job", you'd think nobody ever had a baby before the way some people go on.

I saw a picture of a 3 month old with chocolate around his face. Then another one of the same baby with a biscuit. That kind of got my goat. I weaned at just over 4 months on the advice of HV, so it's not the early weaning that bugs me, but chocolate and biscuits... no. That's why I got rid of Facebook. Don't have to see it any more.

Has she actually told you that she did it just to post on FB and look clever, or are you assuming? If the former, then that was not in your OP, and your title did make it seem like you were having a go at all such baby pics.

KittyLane, get rid of FB. You'll be happier for it.

kitty

Do you often find yourself thinking " but that can't be true" with all the statuses?

I often have one flash up where I just think there's no way your child could be doing that/be ready fir that. I swear by the time the kids are five they'd have done uni degrees

Don't go on Facebook then! Hide in a little box where you won't see anything you don't like, alternatively realise that other people may have a different way of doing things and just accept that your opinions don't always count.

My dd was weaned early for medical reasons, pumped full of drugs every day of her life and formula fed, I hope that doesn't offend you.

The one thing I do agree with it that nauseating comments irritate me, but that is my problem not theirs so there is no reason for them to stop, just for me to block their comments.

I can't think of a single reason to have FB. If you have email and Skype what else do you need?

I would be happier if I didn't have fb, I only really use it to keep on touch with family. Tempting to just delete everyone bar family.

No my friend has not text me saying I'm going to post a pic and brag on fb but her comments with the pics are "oh nom nom X loves her big girl food!" "Look at my clever girl hehe"

The girls MIL has posted a rant underneath the pictures about her gran child being given chocolate spread. This is going to get messy.

I do not give the slightest damn how you or any of your children were fed. This is not about you.

Yes Giles that's exactly it!

It would upset me a couple of years ago, not before I had my daughter who was fine with breastmilk until about nine months and was a pain in the arse to get to eat food. She really didn't eat at six months at all, and it took ages to persuade her she could have more than milk.

Before that with my son I'd have been all up in arms about what it wrong with it, my son ate at four months and he was a big boy and needed the feeding.

Now I just struggle to care about how other people raise their children, my way ain't the only way and it's up to other mothers as to what they do. If I found a picture annoying or upsetting on Facebook, I'd hide it and mind my own business. Otherwise you spend your whole life being offended for and by other people.

I can't even remember when I weaned my two. But both times it was at the say so of my HV. She told me when to do it-seems sensible to me.

It's the status update that is unbearable. "Num num X loves her big girl food"?! Quite literally boak.

What is a 'status'? Why does it need updating?

It's just baby talk. I find it hard to see why it's irritating, as I did it with my children. I'll bet she does the unconscious mouth opening thing where you pass the spoon to them and as you are feeding them you have a big open mouth like a wally too, and no matter how hard you try to stop doing it, you can't.

Life is short, make facebook a happy place, hide the people who bug you.

I have a fabulous picture of the first time DS had ice cream (and decided it would make a really good face mask) and one of Dd1 nodding off into her birthday cake but would never put them on FB, they are for family and future embarrassment purposes only
I absolutely detest the phrase 'nom Nom' and its variants, it sounds ridiculous and babyish so I would hide that person just in that basis!!

It's like a car wreck though don't ya find yourself looking back for more comments :o

Because it never matters how unbelievable a status is someone always comes along and goes one better :o cue a few days later immigration of what was said te week before because they can't care the thought someone else's did it before them :o

Immigration ffs imitation. Fat thumbs and an iPhone don't mux

I have a relative on my FB who only posts statuses about wine, nothing interesting, just "yay, wine". Sometimes there's an accompanying picture of some wine. I wonder why people bother stopping what they're doing, logging onto FB, and telling everyone something so boring.

Giles I really hate the competitiveness of having a child. I remember sitting at toddlers watching grown women going purple in the face insisting that little tommy CAN walk as another women boasts about little izzy eating (wait for it) falafel as if its a required qualification for MENSA

messy babies on fb annoy me anyway. just clean your baby and get on with your life.

Those people that update every 5 minutes as well. "Taking kids to the park." "Kids had a great time at the park, we're all knackered!" "Cooking a roast for kids." "Kids asleep, time to relax." Bore off for god's sake. I don't need an update of your whole day.

Maybe I just get irritated too easily, I dunno!

You just want to post no one believes you

And you know it's not true because a few weeks later and their posting something that completely contradicts what they said

KittyLane I was ranting in another thread about this yesterday. I would say that around 50% of parents I know are in need of a recalibration for what constitutes a "normal" level of talking about their children.

FFS. Do people actual brag about their kids eating falafel?