DH, 4.5 month old LO and I went to my cow-workers BBQ this afternoon. DH was showing off all his daddy moves when he decides our EBF baby should try a lemon square. WTH? He didn't ask me, just announced to my co-workers he was going to do it. I know he was nervous about being there with a bunch of people he doesn't know but seriously, WTH? I tried to politely discourage him by pointing out that we don't know the ingredients. But obviously it's NOT breast milk! Luckily LO had no interest. I didn't want to have to make a scene in front of my coworkers. I wouldn't even eat it because I thought it might have dairy (makes LO break out/spit up - no mspi diagnosis) and he was going to just give it to her????
DH is a good dad and I try to let him parent in his own way. However, he must not know anything about feeding a baby. I'm just so shocked I don't know how to broach the subject with him. How do I get my point across without destroying his daddy self esteem?
But seriously? It's still alcohol - lol
I would bring it up some other time when you're not so upset. I was the same way about people trying to give my daughter food. It's taken me until now (18 months) for me to realize that it's really not the end of the world, and it's definitely not worth the fight if it only happens one time. Just make sure to communicate (calmly, almost to the point of being nonchalant) to him at some point so he understands that giving an EBF baby something entirely new will most likely mean bad diarrhea.
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