Did anyone wean before 4 months?

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Hello! This is my first post.
My baby is 14 weeks old and mainly breastfed. Because she seems to struggle to get full I give her at least one bottle of formula per day (usually at night time so she'll sleep for a longer time. She seems very interested in our meals and I'm thinking of weaning her early. I'd like to hear about peoples experiences of weaning before the recommended 6 months and any advice.

Calling somebody an idiot or idiotic is way out of line too. You didn't seem to complain about that? Isn't that a contradiction?

my bil is having dialysis 3 times a week. It's expected of him. Should he stop?

I havent insulted you. You havent stopped insulting me.

Not at all - I didn't see it.

So, about medical research all being statistics...?

Sorry about your BIL. I think, he would prefer to have an option. Obviously he shouldn't stop if he loves his life. But that is something you can hardly compare. He hasn't got an option. You do.

Yes, I do, thanks to research.

And I have options to - despite research.

Not just about agreeing with the research. Was far easier to let DS eat proper pieces of food when he could hold them himself and sit up to eat them.

I'm not interested in spooning pap into babies. Too much hassle!

trouble is it is impossible to avoid living by what people have researched unless you shut yourself off from the world. Your dd is being taught by methods that have required research. THe transport you use has been researched etc .

I don't say that there shouldn't be research. And no, not all medical research is down to statistics. But many of the conclusions drawn from it are based on statistics.

Research is however far from being our savior. It hasn't brought us only good stuff: It has brought us nuclear weapons, biological warfare and genetically modified food. Thank you very much

Well, I must support nuclear weapons then, eh?

Oh, Ok. "Do you really don't understand this? Whenever it comes to medical things there is hardly ever any stringent argumentation. All is based on statistics and probabilities. " but "no, not all medical research is down to statistics. But many of the conclusions drawn from it are based on statistics"

Crystal clear - it's all based on statistics and probabilities but not all medical research is down to statistics. Got it. Thanks.

No, the transport that I'm using has been engineered, not researched. Fundamentals of that have been researched in physics and there is enough proof that these things work. Somethig similar you won't get in human medicine, because it is not an exact science. Everything is based on heuristics.

But also, what people did over generations with their kids is based on heuristics and is not just invalid because it hasn't been researched by people who haven't attended universities.

The traditional knowledge of generations is just worth as much as what some young and over-ambitious people research, who are on the payroll of big pharmaceutical companies and have their own interests - which are not you and your babies in the first place - its money

There is now new argumentation on this thread and I'm getting bored too. Out of here. Over and out

I MEANT: There is no new argumentation on this thread and I'm getting bored too. Out of here. Over and out

Tell me, what does the WHO have to gain? I understand what formula and baby food companies have to gain by early weaning but dont see what the WHO and other countries health service has to gain.

Please make it clear as I'm so "duh".

Oh, does that mean I've won?

QE - my thoughts exactly - started it off then left the thread.

. Ok, I've read the whole thread.

What on earth?

I can't believe people are arguing for early weaning because we should put babies to sleep on their fronts, so we can all sleep through. (Which is one of the big reasons people give for giving solids early.)

Presumably, if your sleep is that precious to you, you should not have kids at all?

I@m interestedto know why anyone would make their decision based on the statistical evidence of a relatively low number of anecdotal evedence compared to a large sample of medical research.

Of course some children are fine though weaned early and some who are wened late aren't. Of course some who sleep on their tummys are fine and some unfortunately are not.

We all make our decisions based on statistics. If proper medical research tells me that my child is statistically less likey to have problems with X or Y if I wean later, I'll wean later. If research say my chil is X% less likely to die if put to sleep on their back,I'll do it. My child may of coourse urn out to be one of the unlucky ones but I would at least feel I'd done my best.

It's the same as going for a nuchal scan - the results may tell me that my baby has, say a 1 in 850 chance of having DS. There is still that 1/850 chance that he might have DS. It didn't mean the statistic are wrong or the research flawed if I went on to have a child with DS does it?

If our mums and younger generations had read this they would be thinking what the heck?

Yes, thank god we've moved on.

If previous generations read that we no longer bleed people to get rid of infections they'd be horrified.....

If previous people saw that we believe in equality for all, they'd be horrified......

If our mothers read now that smoking during pregnancy harmed babies they'd say, what??

I was introduced solids at 4 months and had cows milk form the tank - I grew up on a farm you see.

Mum managed the best she could and she thought what she did was right - bit like us all with our own offspring eh?
Our own decision ultimately.
Actually I'll let you get on with this thread in peace now.
Bye.