I have HAD IT!!!!!!

[Love_My_Bubba]

Ok, so before I disovered MDC I was a regular on a popular mainstream board, yup, you know the one. I now spend almost all of my time here but I lurked on the other because I had made some friends there. NEVER AGAIN will I go there .

I was just on my birth club board and there was a thread asking which stage foods our babies are on, babies born in February that are just now 6 months old and some aren't even 6 months yet, like my Andrew. I'm just struggling with starting Andrew on solids and considering waiting another month. MANY women are telling people that they have not only started solids but they are on stage 2 foods, a jar at a sitting 3 times a day, and have been for weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!

I just can't stomach that place any more, it's just too hard to bite my tongue. I know that there are differen reasons to start solids but they're saying they just thought the little spoons, bowls and bibs were just too cute so they had to do it so they could take adorable pictures : . You've officially converted me, I'm an MDC mommy now. Thanks for opening my eyes!

Julie

[iamama]

welcome home!

[kozmickreations05]

Calm down girl: no one understands better than we do! Your home now, have a hug

[firstkid4me]

Originally Posted by BabyBoobieAddict

I know that there are differen reasons to start solids but they're saying they just thought the little spoons, bowls and bibs were just too cute so they had to do it so they could take adorable pictures

Here I thought it was just more to wash

[naupakamama]

I am a similar convert! Welcome! I got annoyed on the "other" boards when people would make excuses for bf up to a year. The entire tone is just hard to stomach.

Yay for mothering!

Di

[firstkid4me]

I went to one that I thought you might have been a member on, and I can't believe the amount of BAD advice they're being given (or giving, one woman gave out the Gerber guidelines... no hidden agenda there!)

[2Sweeties1Angel]

I'm still a regular over there if it's the place I think you're talking about. I'll be avoiding the birth boards completely after the baby's born. For now, I just try to encourage BF and drug free births. I'm probably not getting through, though, since anything against the mainstream is "judgemental"

[elanorh]

I still post there - two boards - the one for BF reflux babies, and the Feeding Choices Debate board (because there are some very intelligent, informed women on that board and it's fun) .... but have been aghast at the birth boards from the beginning (to the extent that I've not posted at the clubs here either ) .... They're so mainstream, they're almost OFF mainstream KWIM? Yikes. Lots of "Well my Ped says," and "Well, it worked for MY baby," etc. types of advice, and deviation from the norm is pretty viciously punished. Very catty.

The only reason I still post there, is that the BF Reflux board was a wasteland when I arrived, and even I as a committed bfer wondered if there was a "reason" that it seemed all the reflux parents were ffing ... I want the moms posting there to have my support, it can make a world of difference for their babies. That said - it's always disappointing to see a mom who posted at our board switch over to the ff board with all sorts of questions about how to make the ff work now .... But I know I've helped save some bf relationships too.

This is much more a home than the Other Place for me, too. If I didn't feel like I had obligations to the one board in particular, I'd probably move here whole hawg. But I don't want to leave those moms in the lurch.

[Ruthla]

Wow- as if a baby couldn't wear a bib and play with adorable cups, bowls and spoons without being fed solids their little tummies aren't ready for yet. Ever hear of filling the cup with water and giving the child an empty bowl and spoon to play with?

Anyway, welcome to MDC!

[Clarinet]

There's a feeding choices debate board? WHAT?! Like, I feed my children cookies and ice cream all day or formula vs. breast?

[ExuberantDaffodil]

I took a peek over there... and I should not have! Man, it hurt. I feel kind of icky now... :

[hawkfeather]

I made my friends that i love dearly there but the actual boards break my head...If yer gettign out now you migth saving yourself soem heartache.. most groups seem to go from.. yay he/she held theri own bottle.. to YAY i successfully weaned..and when you fnally think you can tolerate it than comes the YAY baby successfully cried it out!!!.. My baby screamed for 5 hours but she slept thru the nigth! follwed by all the "way to go" cmoments.

My old EC has hundreds of women.. our babies are only 15-16 months and i posted last months askign how many are nursing and i think there are three.

[sharon71]

my DD didn't start solids until 6 mths and then maybe 2-3 times a week.. however we did skip the stage 1 foods and went straight to the stage 2's. there isn't any difference in stage 1's and 2's as far as consistency. yes some have flavor combinations but as long as you buy the single ingredient ones it's fine.Since there is a bit more in a stage 2 jar she'd eat half at one sitting and the other half the next.

[elanorh]

Originally Posted by sjkmaurice

There's a feeding choices debate board? WHAT?! Like, I feed my children cookies and ice cream all day or formula vs. breast?

Well, ff vs. bf gets debated there periodically (but it's old hat to the regulars there, *everyone* knows that breastmilk is best, even the women who've ended up ffing for whatever reason (among the regulars)).... Sometimes someone will come wanting to debate "how long" bf is OK (and they tend to get slapped down too ) .... A lot of the debate issues are more along the lines of, "Natural or Organic, what's the difference?" or "Food Allergy vs. Food Sensitivity," or "Food dyes/additives and their true impacts," "Solid introduction and the impacts of early solids," .... things about trans-fats, nutrition in general ... and then probably about half the posts are absolutely OT and about things like wedding etiquette, or politics, or etc. since it's a pretty large/strong community. It's a very, very pro-bf, pro-extended bf board.

People who post there based on opinion get put in their place pretty fast - there are lots of references to studies, articles, etc. The women are quite well-informed about study formats, cohorts, etc. etc. It's a good board. I don't agree with everything everyONE there says (there is a sleep scheduler there, there are some whose choices to ff instead of bf I personally wouldn't have made, etc.) -- but it's a respectful educated board most of the time. I suspect there are several LLL Leaders posting there as the lactation information is good, and lots of moms will post there with bf problems/questions.

[jeanine123]

Originally Posted by firstkid4me

Here I thought it was just more to wash

You mean it isn't for the stinkier diapers???

[firstkid4me]

Originally Posted by jeanine123

You mean it isn't for the stinkier diapers???

If I could do it over again and start Emily on solids later, I probably would, now that you mention the stinky poops.

[PatchyMama]

The cry it out support forum there is what made me stop going there... made my skin crawl (if its the board i think you are talking about that is).

[ndunn]

I didn't know these boards existed...I've just been on MDC and other likeminded boards. I'll have to take your word for it.

[frontierpsych]

Originally Posted by firstkid4me

Here I thought it was just more to wash

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[frontierpsych]

and shhh... I hope this doesn't get shut down just because everyone knows what board we're talking about! ::insert sneaky tip-toe icon here::