When I had my older children the guideline was 4 months. My eldest son was 3 months and the health visitor told me I had to start him as he was drinking too much milk. He's 17 now and 6ft tall. Never did them any harm

Please Google “Open Gut in infants” before you feed your baby his next spoonful of whatever you’re trying to give him. He’s still a baby 😔😐

If you are going to wean. I see you not taking any of this info on board anyway. At least put him in a high chair :) don’t give rice as it has no nutritional value.. and will just sit in the stomach.

You might as well give him something that will benefit him such as veg :)

If your baby doesn’t have any medical reasons to be weaned then don’t.

There’s honestly no reason to wean him.

Because he’s a big boy or drinks 8oz isn’t a good enough reason....

Please research weaning and the effects of early weaning and why it is 6 months. If after you still feel you want to wean then go ahead but it’s at your own risk.

I think it’s just ignorant to start weaning without actually researching it.

The baby food says 4 months that is going to be changed soon but the weaning age has been 6 months for like 15 years or more!

Earliest to wean is 4 months based on medical reasoning. E.g reflux!

Early weaning effects happen later on in life.

The tongue thrust thing means nothing lol 😂

Chrons and Ibs are linked to early weaning :)

They’ve researched this over many years and have come to this conclusion.

Science doesn’t come below what mother knows as best or thinks lol. You need to be smart otherwise risk your child lots of discomfort in the future

If a child or adult is fine from early weaning then that’s just luck 🤷‍♀️

Just because someone else has done it doesn’t mean you have to.

It’s not to do with how clever a baby is either

Maya was rolling at 5 weeks old

She was holding her head from birth

Could sit 3.5/4months

She weighed around 16lbs at 6 months

She was always feeding, but that’s what babies do :)

I still didn’t wean her before 6 months :)

She was crawling at 6 months and walking around furniture by 7 months 🤷‍♀️

@zoeslater1704, that’s the thing though, you won’t know if those babies who’ve been weaned early are ok until they’re older. How many adults do you know who suffer with heartburn/indigestion, gall bladder issues on a regular basis? There’s a good chance they were weaned early.

When I had my older children the guideline was 4 months. My eldest son was 3 months and the health visitor told me I had to start him as he was drinking too much milk. He's 17 now and 6ft tall. Never did them any harm

Definitely shouldn't wean until 6 months unless medical advised. Even when medical advised you should wait until at least 17 weeks.
He should be sitting unaided, and have a keen interest in food. When I say keen interest I mean he should be trying to take things out of your hands when you're eating/drinking.
He is getting everything he needs from milk until he is one so there is absolutely no need to wean so early, food before one is just for fun

Babies get all they need from milk at this age! There’s really no need to give them anything additional :)

They can stay on milk the first year without any food! Food is just for fun!

Maya wasn’t interested until around 9 months she didn’t start eating properly until after a year :)

She’s always been top centile for weight and height! She was happy and content on just breast milk until the age of 2 :) that’s when she started eating more consistently x

Please Google “Open Gut in infants” before you feed your baby his next spoonful of whatever you’re trying to give him. He’s still a baby 😔😐

This photo makes me really uncomfortable. He needs to be able to sit upright (at least somewhat unaided) massive choking hazard x

I agree with the ladies weaning shouldn't be done until 6 months unless medical professionals advise to do it earlier. My daughter was sitting unaided at 2 months but was 6 months until I BLW. she was able to sit in her high chair and feed herself. It can lead to all sorts of problems in the future like food allergies problems with gut etc. X

I think it’s far too early to be weaning him. Guidelines recommend 6 months, 5 months at the earliest.
At this age their system isn’t mature enough to handle food. It puts their kidneys and digestive system at risk as they are not mature enough to cope. Also as babies are unable to sit and hold themselves straight there is a risk or choking and food being inhaled into the air way. It always heightens the risk of food allergies, coeliac disease and diabetes.

Please look into why weaning is done at 6mth and not 4mth and you may understand everything @beebeejgill is saying ,
They wouldn’t recommend 6mth if it wasn’t important enough to x

If he can’t sit unaided yet then he deffo isn’t ready for food :)

Watching you eat or opening his mouth if you are eating doesn’t mean he is ready... that’s just normal development and curiosity:)

Just because he’s eating it doesn’t mean he’s ready either... as I said before it’s about what’s going inside the body... the gut isn’t mature enough until 6 months

So early weaning can cause digestive issues in the future :) xx

The gut isn’t ready until 6 months, please don’t wean that early unless medically advised :)

Also they need to be sitting in a high chair to avoid risk of choking :) xx