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...To not give my 4 mo ebf baby custard creams?!

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shiredweller76 · 01/12/2016 21:17

DP's dad thinks so.

Every time we see him he retells his anecdote of how he gave his other 4 month grandson custard creams when he was babysitting him and that he 'loved them' then his daughter started feeding them.

DP agrees custard creams aren't the way to go but still thinks it 'probably wouldn't hurt him'.

What can I say to stop this infuriating nagging to feed my gorgeous healthy baby crap!

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Brittanyspears · 01/12/2016 22:06

I'm so sorry but I actually LOL'ed! Ive had my fair share of "never did mine any harm" but this takes the biscuit

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shiredweller76 · 01/12/2016 22:18

squiggleirl - you are right, not relevant.

I think I put it because ANOTHER bug-bear is the comments about how much DS2 feeds. I demand feed and feed for comfort. 3rd baby and have always done this. It's just how I roll and it's the inference that he's hungry because he's not satisfied with my breastmilk too.

As it is, he's huge, chunky, content and wearing 6-9 month clother.

Granted I shouldn't have written it like though.

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shiredweller76 · 01/12/2016 22:20

Brittany -'takes the biscuit' lol.

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QueenArseClangers · 01/12/2016 22:25

I think it is relevant stating baby's ebf.
Evidence suggests that the 'leaky gut' issue is not as much of an issue in artificially fed babies as they already have been exposed to non bio available/'foreign' foods in formula.
Therefore, if OP wants to subscribe to this and not feed baby solids until around 6 months and the gut wall is closed then it will obviously be more protective as she is ebf.
And no, this is not a formula bashing post.

PlymouthMaid1 · 01/12/2016 22:34

Leaky guts or whatever, surely no sane person wants their baby or even young child eating rubbish food. Def NBU.

squiggleirl · 01/12/2016 22:37

Didn'the mean it sound like I was having a go OP. Bottom line is no matter how people feed their 4 month old, none of them should be eating biscuits!

yellowfrog · 01/12/2016 22:45

By the way, the "open gut" thing is not as it's made out to be. I'd still avoid custard creams in babies, but not for that reason.

scienceofmom.com/2016/05/03/whats-up-with-the-virgin-gut-do-babies-really-have-an-open-gut-until-6-months-of-age/

Pineappletastic · 01/12/2016 22:52

YANBU

Easter just gone 'D'M said 'ooh we'll be buying the the baby (bump at the time) chocolate eggs next year'. She will be exactly seven months old. No. (or yes, but I'll be eating them)

I also get the 'are you feeding that baby again?' In fact a BF support lady asked me 'why?' When I said we'd been feeding every hour and a half that day (at six weeks), in response to her 'how are we doing?' Um, because she was hungry/needed comfort? You ask her!

QueenArseClangers · 01/12/2016 22:54

Anyway, babies should only be on Lotus Biscoff biscuits at that age or a Tunnocks' Teacake. They bloody love the shiny foil and it'll keep 'em quiet for hours

IrregularCommentary · 01/12/2016 23:01

What's the point in eating custard creams until you're old enough to dunk them in a cup of tea?

WindInThePussyWillows · 01/12/2016 23:06

YANBU
DP gave our 4 week old twins some sticky toffee pudding flavour yoghurt and couldn't understand my dismay
They're now 7months old and my mother wants them to try fizzy drinks

MommaGee · 02/12/2016 21:26

"Artificially fed"?

Aibu to think if e we a phrase was coined to make formula feeding moms feel like shut it's this one? Not by PP I get she's using technically accurate terminology but still as I've never heard it befor

maddiemookins16mum · 02/12/2016 21:34

Nowt wrong with a custard cream.....but not at 4 months.
Give it another 12 months or so when they're having warm milk in a sippy cup and watching TV for 10 minutes.

Camomila · 02/12/2016 21:36

My lovely dad let my almost 8 month old suck on a rich tea biscuit the other day and I had a massive go at him

In my defence we're waiting for allergy tests and I was worried in case the biscuit had egg in it.

But yes, no 4 month old needs a rich tea biscuit.

Coffeethrowtrampbitch · 02/12/2016 21:42

Ds1 forced a Jaffa cake into dd's mouth when she was 4 months old. I nearly lost a finger getting it back out. I do not recommend you follow fil's wishes.

Ds1 was only 2 and being generous to his little sister, until I explained to him she might choke. Your fil is just bizarre, I can't imagine thinking custard creams are a great weaning food!

Bearfrills · 02/12/2016 21:52

When DS1 was 6wks old I left him in the car with my dad. He was fast asleep (DS, not my dad) while I popped into the shop with DM. We came back a short time later to a wide awake looking baby and a proud looking grandfather. I checked on DS who was sucking away on his dummy, happy as a clam, and noticed pink droplets. I asked what's this pink stuff. My dad: "he was crying and wouldn't have his dummy so I dipped it in my Oasis, he was happy to suck it after that!"

Then when DD was about five months old I left her on the floor while I went to the loo, DS1 was sitting on the sofa eating hula hoops. I came back and she'd rolled onto her tummy and was commando crawling around. Suddenly she started coughing and spat out an entire hula hoop. DS said she looked hungry so he wanted to share.

Then DS2 when he was three months old was on my lap when I was having an ice cream. He lunged at my hand and grabbed on with both of his, managing to pull the ice cream into his own face where he attempted to latch onto it. I pulled it away and he sat there smacking his lips and crying to have it back. When he was a year old he got into the easter eggs and ate an entire chocolate bunny then threw an almighty tantrum when we tried to take it away (he was eating the foil)

And I still wouldn't deliberately give a baby a custard cream at 4mo.

Ericaequites · 02/12/2016 22:47

My mother fed all of us by four weeks, but biscuits are never appropriate at four months. We were given rice cereal because we were hungry, and wouldn't sleep well. My mother was a registered nurse in the 1950s, when chikdren were expected to fit in the family. Getting your chikdren to sleep through was a positive maternal accomplishment, as was potty training and walking.

RhodaBorrocks · 02/12/2016 22:57

ExMlL desperately wanted to give DS homemade soup at 8 weeks, because "that's how Scottish babies are weaned" and how she weaned her kids. Made with plenty of salty stock - err nope! When I said not yet she then went down the bloody steak route as well.

My DParents weren't much better - when they babysit for me I came home to find them feeding 12 week DS a sodding rusk! They'd had to go out and buy them specially, too. DS licked it a bit but wasn't overly bothered but they kept shoving it in his face.

Jokes on them now - he's 9 and regularly clears out their biscuit tin because I rarely have biscuits at home .

Sobriquet's suggestion is the best response.

amysmummy12345 · 02/12/2016 23:00

You need to make a batch of custard creams with breast milk and serve them up to him with a cuppa before explaining what the ever so tasty ingredient is 😂

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