i know i shouldn't really link to another site ....

[nappyaddict]

but this has made me feel a bit

Can't be real? It's like some sort of competition.
"i put my dd on baby rice when she was about 6 weeks old cuz she was getting so fed up of milk (dont tell my hv lol)" WTF??

will join you there.

Unbelievable! Poor little sausages.

I can understand why the ones struggling with a growth spurt and feeding every 15 mins are tempted, really I can but why is it a problem if your baby only takes 4oz every 2 hours? If they don't want more why does that make you think "oh he's hungry give him rice"?

They all do it on BC. (start shovelling biscuits in at 8wks)

i really wanted to say something but thought i'd better not!

They must all be bonkers, or v. silly. Have got stronger words but wouldn't like to offend!

Oh dear.

All too typical attitude though.

Woman I know had prem baby at 32 weeks, gave her evaporated milk and baby rice in bottle at four weeks old, and started on jars of crap food at eight weeks. Apparently it was fine as she was 'advanced'.

I'm most aghast at the doctor who said ok to baby rice and pureed veg and fruit at 3 and a bit months because the baby 'was an early developer'. Gah.
I know we shouldn't slam other sites, but this one is consistently annoying. My SIL swore by it and she's a GP, though...

Farking hell, that is disgraceful. Shouldn't websites have a care of duty to keep an eye on things like that? Or at least have a moderator who can post the correct advice. Jeez.

DS2 is now 21wks and still going strong on the boob!

makes me really annoyed when i hear babies only a few weeks old have been given solids!

If you dare to say anything on the site in question (and others I have visited) on this subject you get shouted down.

'Cos s/he is soooo advanced, and a big/small baby, and wanted feeding, ooooh, every three hours, and happy mum = happy baby, and they are doing what is best for their babies, and you are not living in the real world, and s/he needed more than milk, and their mum/gran/SIL/window cleaner said so, as did the HV (), and don't worry about the BF mafia, and s/he loves it and can't get enough, and it never did [insert irrelevant anecdotal person here] any harm.

My DC's weren't small babies - DS1 and 2 both born 8lb 6oz - DS1 gained weight really fast on the boob and didn't need anything else - I was however told by my HV that he was gaining too much weight for a BF baby and that i should start him on solids at 16wks. I tried him on the dreaded baby rice but he CLEARLY wasn't ready, so i put it off til he was 6mths. Now on DS2 (who is only 21wks tomorrow) I was asked by HV how weaning is going and how many bottles he is on - "we're bfing til the recommended SIX months".

He sleeps from 10pm til 10am with no night feeds, so he doesn't need it! At six months we are going to try BLW - avoiding baby rice - especially after what i just read in that thread about arsenic!

WTF is wrong with these people?

I am a member of bounty and just posted a reply asking why on earth they were weaning so early...

Yikes. If that annoyed you, you should see the talk on this site. It's Irish based. Here the advice is 4-6 months if you're formula feeding, 6 months if you're breast feeding. But 6 weeks is a bit mad!

pudding - just like I said....

I've commented but I know all they'll do is ignore me.

I will check later to see if anyone has replied - I intend on having an argument

weebump I like your reply on the Irish site. Do you think anyone will listen???

Those posters are really not very bright.

If mums are not coping with breastfeeding then the advice that is given is not always helpful. yes it's normal and yes lots of very admirable women do it and it does get better. However if a woman feels unable to cope with a baby who is that hungry she may feel that solids are the only option. If she was given proper advice she would be able to top of with formula have a full child with longer gaps between feeds and put weaning off until 6 months. People are too frightened to mention mixed feeding.

um. top ups with formula isn't a great idea either, probably the one thing that's going to lead to giving up BFing.

shoedweller.
If you top-up with formula but baby is already taking as much as they are willing, they will actually cut down their breast feeds and still have the same amount of milk anyway so instead of helping it starts to affect the breastfeeding yet baby still feeds the same amount.

Growth spurts are natural and all babies go through them, there is nothing you can do really except persevere.