That poor baby's belly. Even babies without allergies are often very sensitive to milk products before a year
Wait, really? I agree that 2 weeks old is too early for any kind of table food, but I didn't hold off on yogurts or cheeses until the 12-month mark.
ETA: And this was all in the context of a lactose-intolerant family. DH, DD and I don't drink milk, but we can handle dairy products loaded down with extra bacteria just fine.
That poor baby's belly. Even babies without allergies are often very sensitive to milk products before a year
Wait, really? I agree that 2 weeks old is too early for any kind of table food, but I didn't hold off on yogurts or cheeses until the 12-month mark.
Oh no, you definitely don't have to hold off until 12 months, we didn't either. I just meant it isn't uncommon for a baby to react negatively to dairy products early on and then outgrow it closer to a year without having a true allergy.
You guys know its not a health thing, right? Its a digestion thing. Like literal hardcore intestinal distress that sends your newborn baby to the hospital. Same with giving them plain water. Its not about how "uptight" you are. Its about not wanting to harm your child.
And no, formula is not just powdered milk. See reasons above.
She held it up to his mouth and let him suck on it. She even took a picture b/c she was so excited to give him "his first treat"! I was at work when it happened. Between that, and deciding on her own she would start him on formula (instead of the pumped milk I left him) so he could "wean", she wasn't left alone with for quite some time. We had been letting her keep him home from DC when she visited, prior to those incidences.
That's as good as great niece in law and her husband giving their 3 mo old some taco meat 'bc they have to learn' :/
She held it up to his mouth and let him suck on it. She even took a picture b/c she was so excited to give him "his first treat"! I was at work when it happened. Between that, and deciding on her own she would start him on formula (instead of the pumped milk I left him) so he could "wean", she wasn't left alone with for quite some time. We had been letting her keep him home from DC when she visited, prior to those incidences.
You are a much better person than me that you even still talk to her. I'm so bad on your behalf. Next time my MIL shoves her fingers in my baby's mouth I'll remind myself at least it isn't an Oreo.
There was a way too breezy mom in my new moms group that made her baby a smash cake for her six month birthday. But don't worry! It was healthy! It was pistachio.
Yeah, I was pretty much in a blind rage at that point. She said she decided to give him formula b/c it would help him STTN, and that waking to BF him would "seriously strain my marriage". She also mentioned during that stay that SIL had informed her how toxic immunizations are, and SIL would know as she has many more kids than me.
Not that I still hold a grudge or anything
I'm almost in a blind rage right now on your behalf.
This is like when SIL called me at my parents' request when DD was about 4 weeks old. Since she had three children she had formula-fed, she was designated the "expert" to advise me that perhaps my breast-fed newborn was colicky because I "refused to give her any water."
She held it up to his mouth and let him suck on it. She even took a picture b/c she was so excited to give him "his first treat"! I was at work when it happened. Between that, and deciding on her own she would start him on formula (instead of the pumped milk I left him) so he could "wean", she wasn't left alone with for quite some time. We had been letting her keep him home from DC when she visited, prior to those incidences.
So much rage. DD is 3 months and I would go crazy if someone gave her an oreo! WTF.
Yeah, I was pretty much in a blind rage at that point. She said she decided to give him formula b/c it would help him STTN, and that waking to BF him would "seriously strain my marriage". She also mentioned during that stay that SIL had informed her how toxic immunizations are, and SIL would know as she has many more kids than me.
Not that I still hold a grudge or anything
Not that all those years of med school you and your husband had would give you a clue about immunizations?
You guys know its not a health thing, right? Its a digestion thing. Like literal hardcore intestinal distress that sends your newborn baby to the hospital. Same with giving them plain water. Its not about how "uptight" you are. Its about not wanting to harm your child.
And no, formula is not just powdered milk. See reasons above.
This reminds me of GMIL's home health aide who told me that I should be giving my newborn water after nursing to prevent milk residue from remaining on her tongue because that caused "thrash." Ok lady.
Yeah, I was pretty much in a blind rage at that point. She said she decided to give him formula b/c it would help him STTN, and that waking to BF him would "seriously strain my marriage". She also mentioned during that stay that SIL had informed her how toxic immunizations are, and SIL would know as she has many more kids than me.
Not that I still hold a grudge or anything
I'm almost in a blind rage right now on your behalf.
This is like when SIL called me at my parents' request when DD was about 4 weeks old. Since she had three children she had formula-fed, she was designated the "expert" to advise me that perhaps my breast-fed newborn was colicky because I "refused to give her any water."
You know what, I'm kinda surprised I didn't get a similar call. MIL did inform me that the reason for DS's colic (b/f we knew he was MPI) was that I was over feeding him by BFing him on demand. I was hurting his poor little stomach with too much food ^o)
Yeah, I was pretty much in a blind rage at that point. She said she decided to give him formula b/c it would help him STTN, and that waking to BF him would "seriously strain my marriage". She also mentioned during that stay that SIL had informed her how toxic immunizations are, and SIL would know as she has many more kids than me.
Not that I still hold a grudge or anything
Not that all those years of med school you and your husband had would give you a clue about immunizations?
You are a saint for not harming her.
All our years if training have nothing on Dr. Oz and SIL
Oh lord. Dr Oz isn't speaking out against vaccines now, is he?
I don't even know. Anytime we tell her that a crazy health idea is wrong, she invokes him. I imagine the anti vax business was mostly (all?) the influence of SIL, who will always be an authority in children's health, as she has 6 of them.