to ''tell on'' my friend for not looking after her 6week old son's health ?

[YummyMummy17]

Hey all....

My friend has a 6week old son this is her first and I am 5days over due with my first....
So we've been close through out our pregnancy's, discussing everything...

But she has started feeding her 6WEEK OLD SON baby food already
I am worried for his health but she wouldn't listen to me when I was ''telling her off'' she just says ''well he's a hungry baby !''

Baby's are not ment to be fed food until at least 6months !
we had the same midwife as one another....
I am seeing her on Monday, do you think i should tell our midwife about what she is doing?
I am really worried about his health......

Help please !

xx

there's a photo of me in photo album of my mom and dad's - in it I'm sat on my nan's lap, spoon in my mouth and the caption reads '6 weeks old and getting fatter'

I'm perfectly healthy. Er cept for being v sickly child and having psychotic sadistic irritable bowels

lol at psychotic bowel syndrome. (and sympathies, obv).

Read a lot of this post but not all I'm afriad.

There seems to be a lot of talk (mostly from those who seem to have experience of/in favour of early weaning) about it making the babies sleep through the night/making them easier to handle/less crying etc.

I just wanted to point out that obviously we're all aware at the mo, health professionals suggest weaning later, at about 6 months, because that's what is best for the babies.

We should not be giving babies food either on spoons in bottles at such young ages a 6/8 weeks simply because it makes our lives easier, or make baby sleep through the night.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought sleepless nights and crying babies was all part of being a new mother, and perfectly normal. We, as mothers of newborns, are supposed to do what's best for baby, not what gets us full nights sleep.

For the OP,

I think you should do what you think is right, if you want your HV to say something to your friend then tell her. It's the baby's best interest you have at heart, so if you wouldn't be able to live with yourself if something happens to that child and you didn't say anything then you should absolutely tell HV.

I wouldn't tell. I hate this 'telling culture'. Maybe give her a book or leaflet out with weaning information on it?