She didn't know what it was and told me that she didn't recommend it.
She asked me questions like 'why would you want to do that?'. V.patronising and told me that I 'must' spoonfeed and introduce pureed food first. This was in front of a load of people at the baby clinic. She made me feel like a silly little girl and I started blushing and looking back, because I was put on the spot I was struggling to explain my reasons for wanting to do it and the benefits which must have made it look even more like I didn't know what I was doing.
She offered me the NHS weaning booklet and I told her I didn't want it as I had done my own research. I was getting quite arsey by this point tbh. I told her to look on Aitch's website for more info and she wrote it down. Ha!
I am fuming tbh. Not at all because she didn't know what it was...but because of the way she handled it in the 'I know better' old-skool hv way.
This is the same hv that told me that I would never make it to 6mths exc bf as DS is a big baby (thanks for the encouragement love!) and told me that I looked tired in front of everybody. What mum wants to hear that when their baby is going through a growth spurt?
Bitchface!!!
Btw, I don't want to come across as a hv-hater to all the hvs on the board. The hv at my bf group is bloody marvellous.