“My mother-in-law has been feeding my baby behind my back for 5 months and I don’t know how to react”

It takes a village to raise a child. This adage highlights the difficulties of having a baby and the importance of those around you to help. But conflicts can arise in families due to disagreements over education. The numerous societal injunctions sometimes add to the pressure from loved ones. Newborn baby names have, for example, caused family drama.

But if some are fusional to the point of carrying out an artisanal insemination with their mother, others prefer to distance themselves and do as they see fit. The parents still have to accept it… And this mother has paid the price for her mother-in-law’s commitment to her role as grandmother. In Mumsnetshe shared her story to collect the opinions of Internet users: Did she overreact? The comments are unanimous.

A mother’s testimony about weaning her baby

Weaning your baby is an important step. For some breastfeeding women, the phenomenon of “Milk blues” is a difficult time, a delicate post-breastfeeding depression. But weaning is, in any case, an exciting time for parents. And a mother was deprived of it. Because Before she even started weaning her 6-month-old baby, she learned that her mother-in-law had already done so.

Her child has just turned six months old and she wanted to wait until she felt ready or until he reached that age before weaning. But it didn’t go as planned. She tells : “My baby’s first food was a rusk and we have been giving him rusks for 5 weeks without me knowing.”. On the forum, other parents did not wait before making their opinions known on the subject. One commented: “I would also be very angry […] Current guidelines prohibit solid foods before 6 months due to the way the baby’s stomach digests them.e”.

A conflict over education with your mother-in-law justified?

For another parent, the reason for their anger would be “sentimental“in place of this mother”because giving your baby their first foods is a bonding experience”. An Internet user declares that he would no longer let his mother-in-law watch his child if she had a similar attitude. Another gets carried away: “I don’t understand why mothers-in-law think they can do whatever they want. Very boring”.

Signs Your Baby May Be Ready to Wean are the coordination of his hands and eyes but also the ability to sit up and swallow food. This is generally around six months, because until that age, breast milk or formula provides the only nutrients he needs.

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