Hands Up Who Weaned before 6 months

[BibBabBob]

How many people wean before the 6 months deadline. I've just started my DS on solids after four weeks of horrendous feeding frenzies day and night. I deliberated over the decision for a long time and think I made the right decision though I know there are billions of arguments against it. I wonder how many mums out there have done the same and feel they got it right.

can i just say what a surprise it is that this thread is getting a bit heated [griun]

Exactly, queen. It's our generation's love of our cars, microwave meals and alcohol that is causing obesity, not 'early' weaning.

I give up. The information is there, make your own choice.

I weaned both at 4months. Tried to wean ds earlier coz his appetite was insatiatable!

Hercules - then you must meet my GP. Fantastic woman, and strangely enough, far better informed about breastfeeding than I found some of the HV's and midwives to be.

I thought you said we were all fine

My hv had never heard of waiting until 6 months.

not being rude by short posts btw though seems that way. balancing a 2 yr old on shoulder

Precisely. If your energy intake comes to more than you burn off you will get fat. I refuse to believe that being fed a little bit of pear and rice when 4 months old overides this basic fact. Sorry!

Hercules - shouldn't a 2 yr old be in bed by now....

runs

It would be interesting to see, wouldn't it, if all the obese adults (who were weanedbefore 6 months) gave up their cars and crap food, and then sat back and waited to see if all their weight dropped off. Somehow, I don't think early weaning causes the problems!

btw i was weaned early and know my overweightness is purely done to my love of food and lack of exercise

it's not just obeseness though.

and no i'm not getting rid of my car!

Interesting enough, the rise in IBS is linked to our increased use of processed food and the microwave.

dont like microwaves.

irrelevent comment there, sorry

I was weaned at 3 months and know that my underweight-ness is linked to walking the dog three miles a day across fields with a 22lb baby strapped to my chest! Apparently at least a third of bowel and stomach cancers are also diet related. As in, processed food and too much salt, fat and alcohol...

good god - is that really why we are supposed to wait until 6 months? because our children will be obese otherwise?

there are lots of reasons why.

WHO pah - that is just a victory for the processed food department of multinationals, over the baby formula department.

oh yes, lets blame obesity on mothers weaning too early

not all the processed crap we're selling them

It would appear that the dangers of processed foods, not enough exercise, too much alcohol, pollution and modern living in general are completely overshadowed by the very real dangers of weaning at 4ish months as opposed to 8 weeks later

oh stop it!

And of course if you are bottle feeding and weaning 'early', then you may as well stick pins your eyes, hang a sign from your neck declaring yourself to be a tramp and an unfit mother, and leave town on the next train out

i really couldnt care less about what mums do. However, i feel strongly about being misinformed.