Giving pop to a baby?

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Is it funny?

I don’t think its funny.

How do you stop others from feeding an 8 month old things they shouldn’t have?

I’ve always imagined I would do this and that but it all goes down the drain when its actually happening.

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pop as in lollypop?

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I know a few people who let babies have fizzy drinks

and sugar in their weetabix etc and think its okay :eek:

I have a 14 month old boy and i dont give him any fizzy drinks or sugar in his food

i want my children not living off this stuff as it gets them hyper and is not good for them at all
If we do let them have some fizzy drink ( rarely ) we mix water into it :smiley:

my dad has dentures and everytime my elder ones ( 8 and 5 ) want some more drink i say
to them to have a look at nana’s teeth and they soon back down :slight_smile:

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Sorry forgot to answer you question :smack:

Just say to them they are not allowed any

and if that doesnt work say their allergic

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yes i have seen many ladies doing this n i m famous bc of pointing i always say that this not good 4 ur baby he l get ill but i have seen ladies making excuses n sirf bachay se jan churany k lye they give junk food 2 babies once v all frnds were having dinner n she gave pepsi 2 her 11 months old baby n i was like dont give him he l have sore throat n he l get used 2 it but she was like he cries wht should i do i have 2 give n i was like dont bring drinks 2 ur home n dont drink urself bc babies always ask for the thing their parents r having n of course u have 2 make scarifices for ur baby :)

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My biggest pet peeve is people giving stuff to my son to eat. I have to watch him like a hawk or people will give him tea or mithai etc. Their answer is that a little bit is good for the baby it builds their taste buds.

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when my son was 6months old i was at a family get together i left my son in the car seat and went to get food when i got back i saw an elderly lady and my aunts sitting around dipping their fingers into the coke and putting it in my sons mouth :smack: i was so upset firstly its so un hygenic like who does that :mad: i went and pulled the car seat away.. :hinna: i dont think kids should be given all that soda and sweet stuff for atleast the first year.. my little one is 2 years old and he cries for coke everytime he sees it.. i usually dont bring it home but when he sees it i mix it with water and he usually doesn’t drink it since it tastes so BLAH..

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I am guilty of doing this. Acutuallly my husband more than me. He feeds the baby a little (very little) bit of whatever he is having. It could be homemade desi food to something sweet. My baby does enjoy it. I don’t protest. I know its wrong but on the other hand homemade desi food.. I don’t think that’s wrong. We also don’t bring soda home, just whenever we have dawat but it’ll be wrong to say that we don’t give him a sip once or twice a week :bummer:

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oh spiral tht reminds me of my huby he recently did something like this he was eating gajar ka halwa (not home cooked got from restuarant) n when i saw he was giving 2 my baby as well i just start shouting n he was like bechari meri shakl dehk rahi thi mujhe tars a gaya i was like how could u not even home cooked y r giving her thank god he never repeated this but he has stopped eating in front of her lolz

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I don't know. I wouldn't stop my baby from eating gajar ka halwa.. see .. sodas and chips I can understand but gajar ka halwa ain't gonna hurt the little one. It has carrots in it. I am not too strict about all this.

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but gajar ka halwa contains so much ghee nuts and more over it was not home cooked so wht kind of milk is used in it n my baby's doctor has asked me not 2 give dairy items 2 baby till 1 year :)

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Yeah I agree. My baby’s doctor has also said try not to give any diary products but my husband is a doctor :bummer:

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lolz.........

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and now I want gajar ka halwa :smiley:

so whats the most practical approach to deal with this situation? We plan to take our baby to Pakistan within the first year and was wondering about this..my husband thinks he will just tell people that considering his mother(me) is way too nazak and allergic to so many things, we are not taking risks with the baby so stay away!!!

I can see that go wrong on sooo many levels :cb:

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oh lord I need some sleep! … I swear I read … giving poop to baby! and was well just so so scandalized :hayaa: :bummer: …
that’s it really … I got nothing constructive to add … except i agree with all … babies shouldn’t be getting sugary or highly processed foods.

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u know i just went 2 pakistan n my MIL was like give her fresh milk stop formula milk give her desi ghee churi egg n i clearly mentioned her that plz dont give her anything on ur own whatever she has 2 eat i l take care despite this i saw her giving paratha 2 my baby n literally i snatched from her hand call this misbehaviour or what but i m not ready2 take any risk for my baby bc the first time i visited pakistan my baby got urine infection n she was only 2 months old she suffered a lot so now i m bit more alert n no compromise on my baby :)

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When my son was 3 and we had just adopted him, we were in Lahore and the people we were staying with gave him some barfi. Then the husband of the house gave him a second piece – I said, “That’s too much!”:smack: and the man said, “But he likes it!” And I just gave him my mother’s baleful glance :naraz: and just then, my son puked up on their carpet! I didn’t leap up to clean it, I took my time.:wink:

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Let them say what they want. No means no.

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See here is the thing. We have this really good family friends and their son is now 3 yrs old and he eats everything.. everything homecooked. He prefers roti/chawal, kichri over nuggets pizza that kids nowadays are crazy about. So I asked my friend how they did it, they said ever since he was little, just about able to eat we used to put a little bit of whatever we ate in his mouth for taste. They said roti/parhata... they were all good. He loved rice. Now sodas, pizza and all that kinda stuff they didn't give him. So I always wonder when people say oh don't give your baby this that, this couple say do give your baby anything you eat for him to develop the taste. Don't know what's wrong what's right. I agree with junk food/sodas/sweet stuff but anything like egg and parhata.. I would be happy if my baby would eat that.

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^I have heard that you have to be careful with egg for a year!!! Back home though, I have seen my aunties and cousins giving eggs to the kids as young as six months, just when they start solids!

I believe that you have to be a lil bit more careful in teh US due to all these additives and perservaties they add in the food.. in Pakistan, however, it's different, most of the stuff that they consume is desi or organic as we will call it here!! I mean even the eggs there are from chickens that are raised in the house on grains that is not always the case with the organic eggs here!