Staring at food

Hey! My little boy is 4 months now and every time we eat he literally staring at the food! 😂 I feel so bad because it looks like his little heart in pain fir not trying 😂😂 do your babies do this? Some moms told me to give him some pure bananna but im scared to! 😂

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Our LG is exactly the same! I have seen the kendamil porridge says 4-6 months so I’m unsure wether to introduce this in a morning! I am scared too😂😂

Will be introducing Aptimal porridge at 17 weeks🥰

My little boy does this. He turns 4 months next Saturday and I've already bought him the sainsbury's baby rice to try for breakfast. I'm so excited to see if he likes it.

baby porridge is better lovely as it contains vitamins & minerals. Baby rice has no nutritional value and just empty calories x

@Jasmine oh right... thanks. I'll buy some of that too x

no problem lovely. Obviously not telling you what to do or anything! Xx

My LB is 4 months and has done this for awhile we tried him on baby porridge for the first time yesterday and he loved it ate all of it xx

Omg, i will have to buy tomorrow and try to give him! 😂 Thank you ladies xx

Mine does this too but it’s too early
For her to start. Their digestive systems just aren’t ready for solids. Apparently it’s suggested that our generation is the generation of ibs and digestive issues linking back to being weaned too early.

Yes mine does too, its just curiosity and normal, doesn't mean they need the food just yet, they aren't quite ready. All 3 of mine have been like this from around 3.5 months

Oh, and one of the three things they need to be able to do to be ready for solids is sit up unaided.

As far as my HV says their gut tends to be mature enough for weaning not before 6 months, therefore get guidance....my LO has been very interested when we eat but that isn't necessarily indicative of readiness. Advertising from 4 months is technically ok but not really wise to encourage

My little boy loves watching, he even has started imitating chewing which is so funny. But he isn't ready yet. He can't sit. We will be waiting til 6 months.

Lmao yes my son watches us eat, he’ll wake up from his nap when he smells food

You could always try the teething dummies where you pop some mushed up fruits etc inside for your little boy to taste some goodies rather than properly eat if you’re still anxious about doing that?

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Is this clever or cruel?

My husband and i were talking and with social media and the internet in general being a terrifying dumpster fire, we are trying to figure out the best way to keep our son safe while still teaching him how to safely be online and moderation.

We landed on the idea of giving him the 90's kid treatment. A computer in the living room for us to keep an eye on what hes doing online, and once we feel hes mature enough to hang with friends without adult supervision he gets a flip phone. When we feel he is responsible enough and he earns and saves up the money for the physical phone, case, and screen cover, then we will be happy to take him to get a smart phone.

I thought this was air tight, but now my brother says its cruel to give a kid a flip phone, and besides he can just use his friends phones at school.

My husband and i remember a time before the internet, and we remember having complete access to something no one understood yet. We saw unspeakable things and are always battling with the urge to put the phone and social media down. I dont want that for my son, especially with his brain so vulnerable still.

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Not my situation!

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Has anyone else been told it won’t start until May?

The government site states it should start from April 1st, and so I intentionally set my nursery start and return to work as the start of April for that reason, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to afford the nursery on my sole income without the funding

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Anyone work for the NHS and does 12 hour shifts? How do you work around childcare and your partners job?

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