Disturbing behaviour from a fellow mum

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Hi all

I go to swimming lessons with my little one who is 6 months. After the lesson we quite often sit down with the other mums for a coffee and to feed the little ones because they are normally starving after swimming. Last week one of the babies fell asleep in her car seat before we got to the cafe. Her mum was a bit worried as she hadn't had a feed for over 4 hours, so dream fed her a bottle. Probably not what I would have done, but I can understand why she did it, and this isn't what bothered me. The baby (who is a bit younger than mine, about 5 1/2 months) was still asleep, lying back in her car seat, and her mum starting spooning puree into her mouth. Was I right to be really and about this? Seems completely unnecessary and also very dangerous to me. What do you think?

completely uneccessary, A hungry baby wouldn't be sleeping contentedly.

Bonkers imo

was the puree not just seeping out? i would have probably said ,'oooh, are you sure that is a good idea, might be a bit of a choking risk' but then i am a big mouth.

a baby of 5.5 months sleeping happily does not need a dream feed or puree shovelling in when settled and asleep IMO

a baby of that age would wake and cry for food if hungry

maybe she is a nervous mum , and feels better if everything happens on a schedule, and it was scheduled milk and puree time?

That's what I thought lulumama - she sounds in thrall to some schedule or other.

I didnt know you could 'dream wean'

Sounds a bit odd to me why not just gently wake the baby up or wait until after nap time?

It does sound a bit bizarre.