Why would you wean your baby at 4 months?

I think it's an old fashioned thing? I've heard people say oh my baby was never full so started baby rice (?) I think they didn't know about colic or just that babies cry and you can't stop them or soothe them sometimes so they assumed baby was hungry and anything to stop the crying? Parenting styles change, sometimes babies just cry but there was a lot of shame surrounding if your baby cried so they did anything to stop them like stomach sleeping etc and they didn't understand with SIDs.

I just moved back from the U.S. The doctors recommend starting at 4 mo introducing purées etc. Not too clear why generally but they do specifically recommend starting allergens at that age if a baby has eczema because apparently there is a link between eczema and developing allergies so introduce early and continuing exposure reduces the likelihood an allergy will develop. Id only do this if a doctor recommends though tbh. It shouldn’t get anywhere near displacing milk though not until way later.

I think some people just get excited for the next milestone honestly. They see how interested their babies are in it and they assume that means the baby wants it. If you sat there with a bottle with vodka in your hand, the baby would be interested in that too😆😆

To me and facts - baby’s digestive system is simply not ready for food before 6 months. Introducing food early can cause future digestive issues which I would rather not risk.

I think there are lots of different reasons but people’s main argument to me is probably because it was done to our generation and we’re all okay🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m neither here nor there with it. I was quite happy to wait until 6 months and follow guidance being a first time mum with my parents in agreement with me but my partner and his mum had a very different view and honestly it was irking me to begin with when she was pushing us to give our LO puree at 8 weeks because she did it with my partner and he’s fine🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 safe to say we did not do that and I educated my partner further about the sitting up with assistance first etc. and he understood my POV more. Then my LO got to almost 4 months, was sitting with assistance, didn’t have the tongue reflex etc. he has also been drinking 7-8oz per bottle for a while now and when this alone was mentioned to the HV at 4 months she advised that we could maybe start weaning and made the comment that it is advised for babies who suffer with colic or reflux at…

My boy was about 5 months old when i weened him only due to the fact he was a extra hungry baby and i mean extra hungry he was wanting 8oz bottles of milk by 6 weeks and had to move him onto extra hungry baby milk to bring his feed down slightly but it didnt really work my health visitor advised me he was getting “too much” milk in her words and i stated if hes hungry hes hungry and i was advised to try small amounts of baby rice or baby porridge with his milk mixed in obviously but it brought his bottles down to where it was supposed to be i only wver done it off advice off a health visitor ive had 2 girls since then and i didnt start weening until 6 months with my first girl and my second is 5 months old at the moment and she was 2 months prem so i wont be weening her till advised

I am considering it because my son has cmpa and I'm not breastfeeding and he's struggling on the hydrolysed milks

Accidentally started weaning at 4 months.
I was eating pasta for dinner, while bouncing her on my lap.
She has fast hands.

Got told to as he was failure to thrive and poor weight gain as wouldn’t keep milk down and dropped from 25th percentile to 1st in a month and he started to keep food down and put his weight on

My eldest will soon be 17, when she was a baby I weaned her at 4 months because we weren't told any different or knew the research that they know now. This time round I'll be waiting until 6 months just so that I'm following guidelines. If it helps, my eldest handled it fine, has no allergies and is a brilliant eater lol. Everyone will have different opinions you just need to do what you feel is right 😊

I feel like at 4 months so many babies can be at different stages. My friend started giving her baby, baby rice a week before he turned 4 months and although our babies were born a week apart, the difference between the two is huge! My baby was 4 weeks early and I think it makes such a huge difference on their milestones. I’ve also heard that formula fed babies start weaning sooner than breastfed babies. My baby has just started formula only at 5 months and he does not seem yet ready for weaning! I think it varies from baby to baby and 6 months is just a guide!
Also my baby has now decided to not finish his bottles.. was previously drinking 150-180ml every 3 hours (breastmilk) now he won’t even drink 120ml formula … any idea why this could be? He is still gaining weight!

i was told that the guidelines are 4-6 months depending how “advanced” your baby is but i do think people rush it too much. My daughter was interested in food and opening her mother from around 4 1/2 months so i started slow and started with purees, now at 7 months she eats EVERYTHING. Every baby is different and will hit milestones differently, parents just rush things sometimes ❤️