people trying to feed my babies....

Ok this is just a small vent, but what is the deal with everybody wanting to poke ice cream and cake down my babies throats. Good lord they are only 3 months. Everytime I go to a birthday party, and we have had several parties here lately, people always want to feed them. Of course I tell them if they so much as think about putting that stuff in their mouths they will pay for it.... Sometimes I get to the point that I am scared to leave them and walk out of the room cause I am afraid they will give it to them anyway. The other day I had to have my daughter make sure no one fed them. Anyone else have this problem?

Missy

 

Ohh yeah... watch out for Haloween!

 

Oh man!! I never had to worry about this. I guess I would avoid people like this!! Solids at this age could easily be a choking hazard. :hug99:

 

I was lucky this has never happened to me. I have heard about people doing this though. I'm sorry people just don't get it.

 

Yes, I have. I told them that if they fed my babies that junk before they were ready and gave them gas then I would drive to their house and give them the baby to take care of...

and I meant it! :aggressive:

 

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Yes, I have. I told them that if they fed my babies that junk before they were ready and gave them gas then I would drive to their house and give them the baby to take care of...

and I meant it! :aggressive:


yeah not to mention the anaphylactic shock if they happened to be really allergic to something that was given to them!

 

we had this bad with my oldest. EVERYONE Learned by the time the twins were born. Someone gave Gavin some cake when i left the room, AFTER I told them No. He was VERY young like yours and he start GAgging on it b/c they were not smart enough to give him just the icing -they gave him some actual cake. The poor thing was so SCARED and crying hysterically. I was so UPSET. HE DIDN'T LEAVE MY SIDE FOR ANY OTHER EVENT. AND no one was allowed to babysit for quite sometime.

I just don't know why everyone is so weird like that.

 

People did that all the time with our DS. Especially the older generation who fed their babies solids at like two weeks. It drove me NUTS! My FIL was the worst....he would have his fingers in my son's mouth before I would freak out and stop him. I wanted to smack him! I will be so on my guard about that with these babies...

Reyna

 

This was the most frustrating thing for me. My parents were the worst. For the first year, I had to give them "the look" if they even thought about giving my girls anything without my approval. It was a constant battle of "we did it when you were younger". My standard response ended up being "I'm the parent and I make the decisions about what to give them when. It's not time to start [such and such]."

 

I have dealt with the also, especially from my FIL. He keeps talking about giving our babies Snickers. I have explained to him many times that they don't the chocolate much less the nuts. One day when they were about 4 months, he touched the chocolate part to my son's lips. Not much got on there, but enough that he licked it off. I gave my DH the look from you know where and he immediately made his dad stop. I do not leave them alone with him for fear of what he is going to put in their mouths.

 

We went through this all the time with Gavyn. He has a milk allergy and people were still trying to give him things with milk in it. I was not a very nice person. My ILs were the worst about it giving Gavyn stuff. Anytime we had to take him to them to be watched we made it very clear that he was not to have ANYTHING that was not in the diaper bag. It only took one time of my ILs having to deal with a reaction without DH and I there for them to not feed him anything he wasn't allowed-when we weren't there.
Now I only have 1 brother that even acts like he is going to give the girls something they aren't allowed to have-but he does that just to bug me. There was one day we went to the zoo with my parents and ILs and my MIL tried to give one of the girls whatever it was that she had and I snapped. I felt so bad afterwards but she hasn't tried it again.

 

I think I would seriously injure someone if they did that...

 

We have this problem and have had it since they were about 3 months.

My MIL pushes Mashed Potatoes on them constantly!!

 

Good grief! At 3 months??!!

 

my own husband is the worst. he is 9 years and 5 months older than me and was raised differently. so he thinks that if it didn't kill him that it won't hurt our girls <_< . he is full blooded cajan and thinks that giving our girls spices at a young age will help them be able to eat spicey foods sooner and as they get older. when we found out about being pregnant with our twins he said "woohoo, now i can pass on the spices." my first reaction was if you give them that junk you won't be left alone with them at all. he started giving our older daughter spices at 1 year and now holds her hand out now for us to shake some spices into her hand while we are cooking. she will lick the spice off her hand, even the hot stuff. don't get me wrong i like spicey stuff too but they are to young.

if i catch anyone feeding my kids stuff too early i get on them. and if i find they did it behind my back they won't be left alone with my children agian. period, no if's and's or but's.

i tell people that their dr. said no and give them a list as to why.

Praying for your family!
Meshell

 

And here I thought just my relatives!!! :lol: I must not have been mean enough when Rachel was a baby because they haven't learned their lesson!!! We were at a party about a month ago, my brother wanted to give Natalie choclate covered peanuts - WTH?!!

 

My parents are horrible about this also. They were the 1st to give the twins ice cream and whipped cream months ago. Now they give them popsicles and the twins actually scream if you don't share it with them. I was actually more upset about it with my first, I figure they raised 4 kids themselves and all my siblings and I trust them to babysit for us so... They do know the new rules to waiting for solids until 6 months though. Anyway, I get more upset with people giving my oldest junk - pop, candy or snacks especially before meals. She's allowed to have candy and snacks, but I try to keep it to the minimum. I had to really give it to my sister about giving DD pop. I don't think it will hurt her, but I think it's so unneccesary for a 3 year old. I watch my nephews and all they want is pop now.

 

This topic is a HOT BUTTON for me. My oldest was fed orange and black cake icing as an infant and was up screaming all night long. Then, at a wedding this summer, DH comes over to me and says "You're really going to be upset, about this, but it's okay and I need to tell you about it". Immediately I knew someone had fed one of my babies something. Ice cream. I was so ***** at that cousin of DH's that I asked DH to go over and find out exactly how much she consumed. Well, DH went over there, and the cousin said she had asked my BIL whether it was OK or not and he said yes. HELLO!!!??? Never ask a man what's okay to feed a baby unless that man is the dad! Even so, always ask the mom or dad!

Then, when you pass your baby around at a party and you actually remember to tell them not to feed the baby anything, they look hurt and offended, like you just called them a retard. You can't win!

 

THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES. I CAN SEE THIS IS A HOT TOPIC FOR EVERYONE ELSE ALSO. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY EVERYONE THINKS THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT MY CHILDREN. LIKE FEEDING THEM & THEN THEY ACT ALL HUFFY WHEN I TELL THEM NO.

THANKS
MISSY