to perform mouth-to-mouth-feeding in the early stages of weaning...?

[nybom]

just feels natural... apparently kissing is a relict of mouth-to-mouth feeding, and many remote cultures/tribes/peoples still do it. i did it with DS1 who's now 4 and i've just started weaning DS2 (5 months) on (chewed) bananas. also BF DS1 until he was 3 (but that's another topic altogether), and he's never had stomach bug/ear infection/flue in his life. he's also very independent and confident, so i don't see any harm. but i do appreciate it might seem odd to others, or doesn't it...?

Mmmm I think Id stick to pureeing/mashing and finger food

Probably wouldn't do it myself.

But I think it's common, especially with blw if you need to get the food to the right texture.

Go for it and be ready for some funny looks

Not sure how you'd manage this in the cafe in Debenhams.

Interesting - I don't see any harm and am wondering if there might be some benefits...

Aren't there all sorts of nasties in your mouth... you know, the human bite is more poisonous than a snake bite, that kind of thing?

supposedly you can transmit tooth decay by sharing cutlery and sucking dummies 'clean', I guess this isn't any more hygienic.

I find the idea gross too, even though I've always sucked snot from my babies' noses etc. Bu hey, whatever works for you.

Are you my mother?

She is always telling us about "what gorillas do in the wild" or what cavemen used to do, and applying it to our relationship with our babies.

Mouth to mouth feeding is one of her special lectures.

Must go before DS2 loses his grip on my armpit hair

Hang on, rewind...

You sucked the snot from your babys nose?

Do you eat his bogeys now?

Why do you need to chew bananas first?

Don't they turn to slop with one blow of the fork?

uhm no I'd spit it out into a tissue. And once they weren't little babies anymore I just let them get on with their snottiness.

I used to bite my babys finger nails. But thats not quite the same. I LONG to squeeze my dd's spots...but she won't let me. Its all primitive forms of grooming eh?

Doesn't help OP with her regurgitation dilemma however.

I have heard of the snot thing too.

I was told by a parent who did it that if your child was struggling to breathe you'd do it happily.

I believe this, although I have just heaved while typing.

I saw someone do the snot sucking thing on a train once and spit it out the window!

Yes, I'm sure if my child had a mouth full of sick I would not hesitate to perform mouth to mouth on them. But give them my chewed up food? Nah.

Well, I would find it a bit odd, and it's not something I'd do myself. But hey, if it works.

I think balloonslayer is busy peeling banans with her big toes

i DON'T do it in public, i haven't even told/done it in front of my friends...

i also wonder if it might have some benefits: like extra enzymes (after all babies' digestive systmes take a while to develop) or some immune boosting stuff (like breastmilk does). and come to think of it, 30 years ago BF was not really en vogues was it? (i'm NOT suggesting everybody feeds-mouth-to-mouth, the comparison just sprang to my mind...)

I also sucked snot out of my baby's noses.

Apparently this is the norm in many parts of the world.

And yes - I stopped once they weren't little babies!

Can't see it's any more disgusting than having the man you love come in your mouth (or should that be 'cum' ).

Can't see the problem with kiss feeding, unless you have gingivitis or heliobacter......

Don't even get me started on come in the mouth.

Can I just ask why everyone seems to think that BF was not supported in the 70s. My mum BF all 3 of us, as she was heavily advised to by GP, midwives and HVs.

Oh god - 'babies' noses'

Each of my babies has only one nose each. I'm relieved to say!