Itsnothing to do with me but DB and SIL have 13wk old on mashed banana and petit filous!

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He is a big baby, 91st percentile so DB told me on phone last night. She has always had problems feeding but persevered and they seem to do well with mixed feeding, but when DB said that nephew enjoys his mashed banana and petit filous at 13wks I was
he is their first, but my first, now 21months, was exclusively BF till 6months as per advice.
I know there's nothing I can do, but can it be good for him?
Just ranting really

So many parents seem baffled by growth spurts and seem to expect a baby to take the same amount of milk every day and if they are hungrier for a few days, rather than offering more milk, offer food.. the expectation of a baby going 4 hours between feeds and sleeping all night at 8 weeks or whatever or following a routine makes parents panic that their baby is starving if they want more milk

My daughter's consultant paediatric endocrinologist strongly believes that early weaning is a huge factor in the massive rise in early onset diabetes, digestive disorders and obesity that she sees.

Yeah but my car mechanic says his cousin's wife was weaned at three days old and is fine

She sounds v v sensible btw (paediatric endocrinologist)

She is, AA. She is renowned in her field and incredibly experienced so I would believe her far more than a GP, HV or my hairdresser's aunty's second cousin twice removed

Is good to hear that there are some sensible HCPs around as you hear so much tripe being spouted...

AA; yes, but if lots of people years ago were weaned early, and they weaned their own babies early (with nothing bad happening) ....how do you know you're right?....

Its nothing to do with me being right.

Just the extensive research-based conclusion and knowledge of the WHO, Unicef, Dept of Health/NHS, NCT, and dozens of others I forget.

but not everyone weaned early are ok , though are they?? whether it is only because of early weaning or that was a contributory factor is irrelevant IMO

there is sooooooooooo much research out there.. it is not just a conspiracy made up by MNers

fair enough..i can't argue with that lot..but it just seems more and more children these days have allergies dispite later weaning??

mine were all weaned before 16 weeks...no problems. (i have 4)

By tiktok on Sat 25-Oct-08 12:44:59
I am finding this thread really depressing.

The number of people giving mothers outdated, non-evidence-based advice is alarming...chapeloffearchickstick, you are an NNEB, you know that official guidance is based on research (surely) and that merely trotting out your list of people-who-are-equally-badly-informed does not trump research.

What do you say to the parents of babies in your care? They might well ask you, as you are qualified. Do you tell them the guidance and then tell them not to bother about it?

I'm afraid my hackles rise when people come on mumsnet and tell us their qualifications as a way of supporting their own personal choices in parenting

tik tok

Im not sure if youre having a bad day or if i personlly have offended you in some way

I did say that I was new mum (15 years ago) and that i followed the advice of several professionals I didnt just go by what i thought - having said that yes I am a nursery nurse and yes when i trained guidelines were about 4 months however as nursery nurse i do not put myself in the same professional category as a doctor and i made an informed decision on what i could do - as it turned out it suited my ds subsequent children of mine have been fed much much later - please dont patronise my professionalism as mumsnet is about mums giving advice and support.

Is it a good view from that pedestal you have placed yourself upon?

darkpunk, i genuinely believe that weaning at around 26 weeks is not that 'normal'

hence all the weaning at 9/11/14/17 weeks threads that have been linked to from other forums (fora?) and threads like 'does any in RL wait until 26 weeks to wean?'

i really thikn a lot of parens get their weaning advice from their own parents or woefully out of date HCPs

darkpunk...you need to add "that I know of yet" to your "no problems"

My bowel problems didn't manifest themselves in any sort of serious way (well serious enough to get a diagnosis) until I was 35.

In the words of our very own hunkermunker

This 'all babies develop at different rates' thing is such a red herring.

At this very young age, all babies are pretty much the same, development-wise. And they are almost certainly the same wrt their digestive systems. It is a fallacy to suggest that some babies' digestive systems will always develop at a faster rate than others and are therefore ready for solid food much earlier than others. Would you make the same claims for other body systems? 'My baby's renal system was advanced at 13 weeks.' No, of course not - that wouldn't make sense, would it?

Fwiw, I weaned ds at 16 weeks on the advice of my HV, my mum, my next-door neighbour, my GP... It's too early to say for sure whether 'it's not done him any harm'. I don't feel guilty about it, because I knew no better at the time. But I wouldn't do it now because I respect the research and I understand that it's worth more than the well-meant but uninformed opinion of my grandma, her mate and the postman...

lulumama, yes that's true..my youngest is 8..when he was born the guide was around 4 months..i waited untill then..my older children ...well with them it was around 3 months..although no one was forcing you, you went with the baby ...my mum weaned all of us at around 6/7 weeks...just a little bit of rice...i'm sure if i had a baby now i would take the latest advice..it just annoys me a little bit, that some people think if you weaned early you were "wrong"...no, we were following the advice at the time.

and fwiw..all my dc's are fine...and so am i.

darkpunk, "it just annoys me a little bit, that some people think if you weaned early you were "wrong"...no, we were following the advice at the time.'

i do agree with that sentiment, if you are talking about at least 10 + years ago. having said that my mum weaned me at 5 months and my brohter at 6 months, ( i am 33 ,my bro is 26 ) what does incense me is the people weaning now at 4 /8/12/14 weeks.. coz their baba is hungry and needs chocolate buttons/rice in their bottle/rusk to settle them

and when a counter argument to early weaning is offered, you get 'u now yr baba best, hun, do wht u thnk is rite...'

no-one can see inside their baby's gut to see if it is mature enough to cope, as snaf says, no-one boasts about their childs renal developement !

i agree with you lulumama.....would never dream of weaning before 12 weeks (even though my mother did).

Loving the txt spk, lulu...what are you implying?

darkpunk, no-one is deriding parents who weaned early; and yes they were following the guidance at the time; it's the using that as an example and holding it up as OK because "mine are all right" that's the issue, with me at least.

My six yo DS was weaned at 15ish weeks because that was the guidance then, and as I tried to point out earlier on the thread, he's all right....so far. But, I can't begin to say that he will always be OK because I just don't know and I would never hold that up as an example as to why parents should be comfortable with their early weaning choices now in the face of all the evidence that supports later weaning.

Weaned ds1 at 12 weeks on advice from hv

never did him harm? I wish! gluten and milk intolerant now, lots of ther issues that some relate to that (he is asd and some think thoe intols are a factor, me included)

It's all very well if you're the lucky one!

looking at these threads always makes me wonder about how well people grasp the concept of risk

weaning early is thought to increase risks, so my mate's DC were weaned early and fine does not prove anything...

txt spk much harder than it looks.. i really had to think about it

just copying what i have seen on other forums ( fora?)