You gave the baby a McFlurry?!

[SlateCoaster]

Parent was eating a McFlurry ice cream and gave 5 month old baby a couple of spoonfuls...

YABU - WTF?! He's only 5 months old. His digestive system isn't ready for sugar-rich ice cream! Cue upset tummy and exploding nappy.

YANBU - Get a grip, it's a million degrees at the moment and it was just a couple of spoonfuls. No harm done.

Heads would spin in my household.
9mo gets a bite of whatever I'm eating. Including ice-cream... And has since she was 6mo.
She even shared my chilli the other day.

I actually think it's quite uneducated parenting. If one of their first tastes is super sugary junk then you are setting up a taste for it that doesn't need to be there for several years. They don't need sugar at all and that is very young.

@eddiemairswife

I've never had a McFlurry!

They're lovely!! The Galaxy caramel one is yummy. Get one - at the end of the day it's just a Mr Whippy with some sweets and choc mixed in. Despite what some posters on here would have you believe, it's not crack.

@Tomorrowillbeachicken

I wouldn’t give dairy under six months

Babies have literally nothing but dairy under six months!

Just don't try him on milkshake. I let my 7mo have a go at a costa strawberry milkshake and she managed to hoover up three quarters of it in the 10 seconds before I managed to wrestle it back off her

There is another thread about what would you have done differently in hindsight with DC.
This. I would not have stressed over little things like this which really, really don't matter in the great scheme of things.
The "rules" on what and when to feed your baby have changed so many times even since my first was born 25 years ago.
If only I had known then how unimportant it all was.

My guess with the voting set up is that the OP is the parent who have the baby the ice cream and someone is criticising. I don't think it's a great idea or necessary, but certainly won't harm the baby as a one off.

pfft.
I wouldn't have done it (and didn't) but it won't harm him so there was no need for your friend to overreact.

(I have 7 kids and genuinely didn't give mine icecream & anything with chocolate until they were 1 year old - it was just one of those things I was irrational about.
they had dairy products by then and also cocoa powder mixed in porridge so makes no sense at all. 🤷‍♀️)

YABVU to call him "little man" tough. cut that shit out pronto!
😉

Sorry, just read the update! Not a big deal, but wouldn't make a habit of it because of the sugar.

We were advised to wean early at 5 months as there are allergies in my family so I would have been fine with this as my dd was having food at that age (she’s 5 now so not too long ago).

It depends if both parents were on board or not; I think that would be the difference

Not unreasonable as regards the ice cream per se, although I would not give a McFlurry as soft-serve icecreams from a machine pose a risk of food poisoning, and a young baby with an immature immune system could potentially become very unwell if they were unlucky enough to get listeria or similar.

When my PFB was that age, this story would have filled me with horror.

Fast forward a few years and I'm totally over it. As long as they're not putting knives, bleach or fags in their mouths, it'll probably work out OK

This thread is batshit.

@eddiemairswife

I've never had a McFlurry!

You're missing out They're pretty tasty as an occasional treat

Fuck sake. A reverse

Nobody gives a shiny shit and your friend is no friend using a spoonful of McFlurry to act superior.

So I’m a bit more relaxed as my oldest is 21 and the advice then was wean at 4 months.

When myself and DH were babies I think it was to start baby rice at 6-8 weeks.

Now obviously the current advice is the best available at this moment however by my estimation millions of us have been eating all sorts prior to 5 months and come to very little harm. Also weaning is not a one size fits all as any of us who have had preemies for example may know - on medical advice.

So while I don’t think you should be flinging the contents of your freezer down a small baby, I couldn’t get in any way excited abou a parent letting a baby 4 weeks away from official weaning age suck some ice cream on a hot day. The fact it’s from McDonald’s is neither here nor there except it will further horrify the organic brigade no doubt.

Your friend should keep her opinions to herself. Your baby, your way.
I personally wouldn't give a baby that young ice cream (even a few licks) but I certainly wouldn't bat an eyelid if someone else did.

A McFlurry is full of additives so it's not just cows milk. Yuk!

My third weaned herself at five months by helping herself to chocolate ice cream. She is now a far better eater than her vegetable weaned older brother. Not a big deal.

YANBU

@Blossomtoes

you are wrong.
the advice that babies shouldn't be given dairy products under the age of 6m is not a reference to dairy based formula.
it means don't give them actual cow's milk that you buy by the pint, cheese, yogurt, butter etc.

people often misunderstand that distinction

@Hax

There is another thread about what would you have done differently in hindsight with DC. This. I would not have stressed over little things like this which really, really don't matter in the great scheme of things. The "rules" on what and when to feed your baby have changed so many times even since my first was born 25 years ago. If only I had known then how unimportant it all was.

Yes!! Our children have all survived!

I am genuinely interested to know do people REALLY stick to milk only until 6 months?
I don’t think I would have managed it when mine were babies.

Haha I was a little precious about my first born, he didn't even have chocolate until after his first birthday. My second eats whatever the oldest eats including ice cream, chocolate and doughnuts before 1 (occasional treats, not daily!)

I couldn't be concerned about some ice cream on a hot day. Id rather give my 5 month old a bit of my mcflurry than listen to them scream at the injustice of not being allowed any!

If it’s a parent fine

Get a grip!