Feeding solids at 3 months?

[CanaBanana]

Various people (DM, neighbour, other mums) have been pressuring me to feed solids from 3 months onwards. DM is nagging me about it every single day. I've resisted and stuck to official guidelines to wean at 6 months, despite regular night wakings and baby looking longingly at my food. However now there's apparently evidence that babies should be weaned at 3 months? So upset because I've been trying to do the best for my child and apparently it's wrong!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44723638

Trying the link again www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44723638 hopefully clickable now!

You are the parent and what you says goes.

And it’s been 6m for the last 12yrs. Based on science. I haven’t read the bbc link but journalism often gives far more weight to a very tenuous finding, or even a suggestion than any actual scientist would.

If you want to entertain the idea do more, proper, research. Not from articles written by unqualified people. By actual scientist and QUALIFIED specialists. Otherwise stick to nhs advice.

Just read it.

It’s to do with sleep. Nothing else. This is not of benefit to your baby. It may be of benefit to you. But let’s balance it out with increased risk of food allergy, choking etc. Do you still

Gah.

Is it still important for your baby to wake 0.26 less times in the night?!

The 6m recommendations are there for a reason. I would hold off, there are conflicting studies but on balance they show waiting till 6m is better.

scienceofmom.com/2015/05/14/starting-solids-4-months-6-months-or-somewhere-in-between/

I found this article very helpful. There are advantages to weaning before six months on the allergies front. I've heard suggestions that U.K. Guidelines will be revised in the near future.

However, there seems to be consensus not to start before 17 weeks, so 3 months is still too early. And no matter what you do, it should be your decision rather than the result of pressure from friends and family.

My DM and DSis are the same.... personally I couldn't imagine feeding my DS already and he's 15 weeks.

OP, that article is from one study and it says that on average babies slept for 15 mins per night more at three months. It’s very disappointing that the BBC are using such a click bait orientated headline for something like this.

www.analyticalarmadillo.co.uk/2018/07/do-babies-who-eat-solids-before-6.html?m=1

My DS eats plenty

He still wakes quite a lot at 12 mo....

Sleep varies but night wakings are totally normal

Their digestive systems can't cope with food that early. My baby is 10 weeks and there's no way he would be ready for food in 2 weeks! It's an outdated and quite dangerous view. I know some HV may recommend from 4 months but it's entirely dependent on the baby.