I'm a Bad Mother - aren't I?

[slippedhalo]

I am a regular... the name I've chosen for my name change is because until now I've been soooo careful re ds (it's his first birthday the week after next) and food... excl bf until 6.5 months, then introduced food very very slowly - fruit, veg, rice cakes, millet etc. - he's still had no wheat, meat or dairy -
then today dh and I were in town and had an ice cream and let him have a couple of tastes of it.
certainly no more than 2 or 3 weeny ice cream spoons overall, and we don't plan to repeat this at regular intervals at all, but I'm wondering wtf I've done now - and I'm also worried he might get food poisoning from it. (it wasn't Mr Whippy type ice cream btw).
So am I a Bad Mother?

Oh ....my.....god..

This is idiotic

awful awful mother. you have messed up his guts permantly.

now dont be stupid.

How could you!

thats me told.

but thanks. just a bit paranoid atm.

my dd3 ate mud today, am sure thats not in the safe list of weaning foods.

misdee
my ds had his first lump of mud last week! Along with a piece of cucumber that had been in a tupper box for 2 days (we did a weekend car trip, up on fri, back down on Sun) and when he dropped half of it and I picked it up I saw it had fine white mould on it

DD had eaten dry cat food by that age as well as ice cream. and we're vegetarian, so cat food DEF not on our approved list
and from the sound of it it was fancy ice cream, Green & Blacks or something wasn't it

i have no words.

lol custardo

Well he's had dairy now!

I did the same as you with regards weaning - have a highly allergic son - and have fed him some truly stupid things in the last 2.5 years - things that have ended up with him going to hospital.

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger and all that. I don't think you needed to change your name - unless of course you've been all smug on other threads in which case you should revisit them and eat a little humble pie (with extra ice cream of course!)

No, haven't been smug, threebob, at least not afaik - just a bit as I sort of 80% know its a stupid silly worry - just, as said before, a bit paranoid atm and that 20% niggling doubts.

It was a couple of tastes. Your child is nearly 1. If you think that's the worst you will do to your child...

Oh for goodness sake....what are we doing to ourselves that we worry and think of ourselves as 'bad' (WTF???) because an almost one-year-old has a few tastes of ice cream?

Did he enjoy it?

I bet he did!

Did he look puzzled at the texture and the temperature and then look like he wanted more, please?

I bet he did!

So he's had a learning experience, and a bit of fun, and you've had a bit of fun seeing him enjoy it....and now you are beating yourself up because, um, because....well, I don't know why, really.

Why are you beating yourself up about it? :)

This is a joke right?

Chill......it's fine.

I know I weaned in the dark ages but I just don't get all this paranoia.