I'm taking a break from preggie... I just saw a mom giving a 2 month old solid food... I can't deal…

Oh my gosh😳😳😳 I'm going to talk to my sons dr about giving him solids in about a week when he'll be 4 months, he has a lot of reflux issues and has had trouble with weight gain so I think it'll be very beneficial for him! 2 months sounds really young though

Wow 2 months is way way to young, I gave my son solids at 4 months because his pedi said it was perfectly fine

@vb95, the AAP changed the age to 6 months, and changed their recommendations to absolutely no cereal in bottles ever, because they're updated research shows its not safe. a lot of doctors aren't up to date with the AAP though, they're old fashioned still and base their practice off what they learned in school so they don't realize it's changed.

a lot of women don't realize "food before one, is just for fun" solids before 1 year are actually unnecessary. but I'll be starting baby led weaning with my little around 6 months probably

@mommytoprinceaiden092915, even 4 months is to young, but like I said in my previous comment doctors still recommend it because they're not up to date with the AAP

@mommytoprinceaiden092915, but 2 months is wayyyy to soon. it always has been

It is bad for them. I start at four months, or when my children show they're ready (no sooner). That was how o did with my three. I don't think people understand the danger, because a two month old doesn't digest it. You keep your head up, because some people will never learn.

My son is 6 months now and i was recommended to start giving him solids because at 4 months he was eating 8-10 oz in a sitting and wanting another bottle 30-45 minutes later and that went on for about 3 weeks so we know it wasn't a growth spurt and he would sleep no more than an hour at a time as well

@melinda89, even at four months they can't digest it very well.

doctors used to believe 4 months was safe but after the research was updated they found that it's not 100% safe until 6 months.

I've stopped saying anything to people about the age really, it's just like with carseats when you try to urge mommas to keep their babies safe and rearface until at least two and they tell your their 7 month old is "perfectly safe" forward facing.

you're a terrible person for trying to possibly safe someone's kids life.

@mommytoprinceaiden092915, wow that sounds like a rough 3 weeks. lol. my baby has had noooo problems with weight gain. at 10 weeks she's almost 16 lbs 😂😂 I told my boyfriend if she walks early like he did (he was 7 months) it's only cause her belly is in the way of her crawling lol.

We'll see I don't pile it on them, I get them a couple spoons, and their formula. I understand on the car seat thing, I was the idiot one day. Now my kids are tightly in, and in the right position for the right age. My five year old was in a booster seat at four, but she is 4 ft and 65 pounds. But that was because no car seat fit her. But I use the one with the back so the seat beat fits properly.. After my husband had to help save a ten year old boy, long enough for the boys mom to say bye. He is so strict too. Also at four months they get car food here and there, I don't think I have them fully eating until a year old. And baby food 6-7 months. It's just you hope they never learn the hard way, but you won't say anything. I had the same argument with others. It's worth it, but if they don't listen it's not.

It was horrible I literally didn't clean house or cook for like 2 weeks straight and yea at 5 months my son was 20 lbs he's a big boy but he's also really long 😳

Introducing solids is said to help reduce reflux, in a way it's for medical purposes for him. He's almost 4 months old and about the average weight of a 1 month old. So the extra nutrients would be beneficial for him, I'm sure his GI dr is up to date with all the new research, he deals with digestive issues and babies every day@crunchymomma

@vb95, I completely understand that. my little girl has reflux but she gains plenty of weight so I don't have to worry about that. there are special cases where the benefits outweigh the risks, like yours. but completely healthy baby's with good weight gain, there's almost no benefits. at 2 months, there's no reason at all for it.

@melinda89, I forward faced my oldest before a year, and she didn't weigh enough. my excuse was the carseat was to big to rearface. (the safety 1st all in one's are HORRIBLE seats in all aspects) and my seat was always installed wrong. now both my babies are completely safe and I'm getting ready to become a CPST because I already know EVERYTHING a certified carseat tech knows lol, so why not get certified? haha

but I didn't know it wasn't safe back then, and I know better now, so I won't make the same mistakes. I recently saw a wreck here where 2 cars collided head on, 2 people died, one broke their neck, and the 4 months left without a single scratch because she was in her seat properly and her seat did it's job.

Agreed @crunchymomma

See though we lived, but also learn. Some folks don't do that.