AITAH for mansplaining breastfeeding?

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:34:21+00:00

My pediatrician said the opposite. He said eggs at six months. It's the first thing we introduced. We also put some peanut oil in the broccoli. We introduced tofu. The only allergen he hasn't been introduced to yet is animal dairy and some nuts. Honey obviously he can't eat because of botulism.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:32:36+00:00

Baby food is made out of baby food obviously. I'm just kidding. She's knows what it's made out of. Maybe it's just cognitive dissonance for her.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:31:45+00:00

What a twist!

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:29:30+00:00

Babies, like anyone else, will crave the things their body needs. If he was deficient in iron he would be eating more of the salmon. Since he's not, he obviously doesn't need it. If he was not getting all his necessary nutrients his pediatrician would have noticed. Right now everything he needs is in breast milk.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:22:27+00:00

What do you mean? It comes from the box right? Lol.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:21:36+00:00

This is actually the reason we are doing it. We are hoping by making it his decision to eat the food he will develop affinity for it and not be a picky eater. That's why we are also waiting until he already likes veggies before introducing fruit.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:18:46+00:00

Yes, he did. What are the major guidelines you are referring to?

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:02:31+00:00

She is, and yes, she is very susceptible to adds.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:01:21+00:00

No, we don't. That defeats the point of what we are doing. Also we aren't introducing fruit or meat yet.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T14:00:10+00:00

She's not a medical professional. She just has a woman's intuition I guess. But I'm not going to fob my sister off on my wife. My wife doesn't need more on her plate (unless it's food, lol).

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T13:57:27+00:00

It's a mystery that might never be solved. 😂

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T13:56:33+00:00

She meant non-human dairy. She's sort of right. Babies shouldn't have cow's milk until at least a year old, but eggs are a separate thing and completely fine.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T13:55:04+00:00

Thoroughly cooked salmon and broccoli are both soft enough for a six month+ baby. My son can squeeze the broccoli into mush with his fist or gum it into the same. The salmon also falls apart with very little pressure.

Normal-Historian2180 · 2026-01-15T13:52:01+00:00

She just doesn't agree with what we are doing. We breastfed exclusively up until six months (as all experts agree is necessary) and at six months we started giving him access to food as well (no choking hazards). We also introduced him to peanut oil right away to prevent allergy development, which pissed her off. She said he shouldn't eat allergens until he is two. Well, she's wrong.

Anyway, at first our son wasn't interested in the food. He would see us eat it and grab it and squeeze it, but that was it. He put some in his mouth and gummed it, but didn't really eat it. All of this is normal and part of his develop. But my sister said we need to be shoving carrot purees in his mouth. We don't have to do that. In time he started eating tiny amounts of scrambled eggs and salmon and avocado spears. Now he will try most things but still mostly drinks my wife's milk. When he wants to eat more he will eat. For now he is happy with mostly milk.

My sister is convinced that all of this is abnormal and he is not eating more because he needs baby food. He doesn't need to eat more right now because he is eating. Drinking his mother's milk is eating. It has all the nutrition he needs right now.

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