Baby should do….. Baby should follow….
But above all, all babies are different.
These are just guidelines they say.
Take it with a grain of salt they say.
Then why on earth do I have someone coming out to me every single month to weigh my baby?
When my baby is doing just fine.
He is happy, he is moving and rolling back to front and babbles to join whenever he can.
You see, Logan has stopped gaining weight as fast as he did when he was smaller.
You know, when he didn’t move as much? When he was happy just laying there or being held in my arms.
Does it make sense to you? That he isn’t gaining as much now as he did then?
Because it does to me.
‘I think if by next month he still isn’t gaining as rapid as before we should consider weaning’
NO! My baby will be 5 months by then, I will not wean at 5 months so he can follow your guideline that is only a guideline!
In all honesty, if I did not know better I would doubt myself and I would wonder if me breastfeeding my baby is the best option.
I would start to doubt if it was filling him enough, I would consider to combine feed.
That is what winds me up the most, if I did put full trust in these so called ‘healthvisitors’ I would not be confident to breastfeed anymore, and that is something that should never happen!
He is still gaining weight which is most important and after talking to loads of other mums that fully breastfeed e-ve-ry single baby has a drop of centile between the 3rd and 4th month but yet they still try to tell me how to raise my child?!
I will not wean because you think he should be weaned, I will wean when my son gives me the indication that he is ready.
I will not wean because your guideline says he isn’t following it to the dot and I will not wean the way you think I should.
And still despite me showing you the evidence of breastfed babies, you still give counter advice.
Life of V 