we are standing at wal-mart at the DVD rack when this lady and
her husband (who both smelled horrible like 30 dyas combined
cigarette smell and not having taken a shower in WEEKS) when
she asked me how old DD was. I said: 6 month. She said:
OMG....my baby is her size and he is only 4.5 month old.
I said: Hmmm
She said: Well....he eats a whole 9 oz bottle of formula in one
sitting AND he eats all the baby food he can get and is 17 lbs at
4.5 month.
[Color=firebrick]ALL I said was 'NICE!' (BUT i really wanted to
say: WELL..........at least I am the sole provider for MY BABY's
FOOD. I
KNOW where my babies milk comes from....do you?). ]
But i kept my composure and figured it was not worth for me to
lower myself to her level to bash something that SHE is doing
that I don;t believe in.
DH told me later on that he was WAITING for me to say
something and was really surprised that I did not responde to
her since I usually have really good punchlines.
THEN.....two hrs later at Target while in line at the register, I had
a lady behind me as me how old DD was. I said: 6month. She
said: What size Jammies is she in.
I said: 12 month (but left the
fact out that she is in Clothdiapers and that is the reason why
she needs mostly larger sizes in sleepers).
She said: OH......my baby is a big eater.....she is 20 lbs and 6 month and she is in
size 18 month blanket sleepers.
I said: Is she on food already?
(I delay solids this time around unlike with DS I now don't feel
the rush of pushing solids.....and TG I have a PED who agrees
with me).
She said: OH yes.....she has had every babyfood and
cereal by now.
I said: DD is still exclusivly breastfeed.
She said: We do THAT too.........AND she gets formula........AND
babyfoods and cereal.
My reply was: Well......my ped and I decided that
DD is doing really well on BM alone.....why fix something when it
is not broken.
Her response: WELL....if a child is HUNGRY..........and nurses
more than normal.......you need to add some formula and cereal
and babyfood. I had to do that early on already..
I replied: I guess different ppl have different opinions on
that matter.
TG dh was done paying and we left.
Then yesterday evening I talked to my sister (who BF both her boys for 5 month EC
and then added some babyfood to their diet). I proudly told her
that I am still ECBF and she said: YOU NEED TO ADD SOME
ANIMAL PROTEIN IN HER DIET!
that is very important.
I was thinking: NOT MY OWN FAMILY TOO! But instead I said:
NO, the pediatrician said it was just fine to continue BF EC for a
while longer. DD also has no interesst yet in babyfoods yet.
.We left it at that
her husband (who both smelled horrible like 30 dyas combined
cigarette smell and not having taken a shower in WEEKS) when
she asked me how old DD was. I said: 6 month. She said:
OMG....my baby is her size and he is only 4.5 month old.
I said: Hmmm
She said: Well....he eats a whole 9 oz bottle of formula in one
sitting AND he eats all the baby food he can get and is 17 lbs at
4.5 month.
[Color=firebrick]ALL I said was 'NICE!' (BUT i really wanted to
say: WELL..........at least I am the sole provider for MY BABY's
FOOD. I
KNOW where my babies milk comes from....do you?). ]
Code:
DD is approx 16.5-17 lbs right now so I don;t think she is too small for being Exclusivly breastfeed and not being fed any other foods other than mothersmilk yet.)
But i kept my composure and figured it was not worth for me to
lower myself to her level to bash something that SHE is doing
that I don;t believe in.
DH told me later on that he was WAITING for me to say
something and was really surprised that I did not responde to
her since I usually have really good punchlines.
THEN.....two hrs later at Target while in line at the register, I had
a lady behind me as me how old DD was. I said: 6month. She
said: What size Jammies is she in.
I said: 12 month (but left the
fact out that she is in Clothdiapers and that is the reason why
she needs mostly larger sizes in sleepers).
She said: OH......my baby is a big eater.....she is 20 lbs and 6 month and she is in
size 18 month blanket sleepers.
I said: Is she on food already?
(I delay solids this time around unlike with DS I now don't feel
the rush of pushing solids.....and TG I have a PED who agrees
with me).
She said: OH yes.....she has had every babyfood and
cereal by now.
I said: DD is still exclusivly breastfeed.
She said: We do THAT too.........AND she gets formula........AND
babyfoods and cereal.
My reply was: Well......my ped and I decided that
DD is doing really well on BM alone.....why fix something when it
is not broken.
Her response: WELL....if a child is HUNGRY..........and nurses
more than normal.......you need to add some formula and cereal
and babyfood. I had to do that early on already..
I replied: I guess different ppl have different opinions on
that matter.
TG dh was done paying and we left.
Then yesterday evening I talked to my sister (who BF both her boys for 5 month EC
and then added some babyfood to their diet). I proudly told her
that I am still ECBF and she said: YOU NEED TO ADD SOME
ANIMAL PROTEIN IN HER DIET!
that is very important.
I was thinking: NOT MY OWN FAMILY TOO! But instead I said:
NO, the pediatrician said it was just fine to continue BF EC for a
while longer. DD also has no interesst yet in babyfoods yet.
.We left it at that
nak, but just wanted to let you know that I have faced that, too as ds is 9 1/2 months and <gasp> exclusively bf. The funny thing is he is huge (close to 30 lbs), but people still give us the dumb "he needs other foods/formula comments because there is no way bf only could satisfy a baby that sized" type comments 
and IMO her weight sounds fine (my toddler barely weighed 18 lbs at a year...babies come in all shapes and sizes).
: She thinks you milk is plant proteins????
I hear that so often when someone tells me: WELL>..............MY BABY IS IN THE 95 % tile or 90%tile........ect, what %ile is your baby?
BFing mamas do have as much right to speak up as ffing mamas, however, I do have a problem with you linking all bottlefeeders together because although nursing is preferable, there are some people who legitimately can't (like Darshani and Tadpole's mom), but bottle feed EBM and IMO we need to support these women....they still are bfing women.
them!
My daughter is little, but healthy and happily breastfed. She is only 5 1/2 months old and already sitting without support and just started crawling forward on all fours yesterday. My friends baby is 9 months and just started crawling. (my oldest son was a chunky monkey, EBF for 8 months and didn't crawl till' 9 months--so I am not trying to make any EBF babies feel bad for not crawling--just trying to make a point here) and my friends baby weighs 27 lbs. She proudly announced yesterday that her son drank an 8 ounce bottle of formula in 5 minutes flat and then had a huge bowl of Top o Ramen!!! 
GAG!!!
