2 month old and trying food!? REALLY upset!?

Question

So I live with my parents, and my brother with my baby girl and my brothers girlfriend is always at the house. My parents love letting my baby girl try solid foods by letting her l**k it, (obv not letting her eat it) but it really bothers me. It started off as a l**k of a watermelon which she hated, then they let her try vanilla ice cream which she loved and kept l*****g it. Now my mom put a pretzel in her mouth to let her l**k it, and my brothers girlfriend had her try tomato sauce. I never liked this from the start and now its really starting to bother me and make me nervous. I have tired hard to talk to my family about this, including my parents but they dont listen and tell me I am over reacting. Am I over-reacting? And any suggestions I can get them all to stop.

everyone teases me because I am over protected, I call the doctor often, and I wont make a move until I am 100% sure, so they arent taking me seriously when I tell them to stop my parents say they raised two kids and turned out find but I am raising her my parents are letting me stay in the house to help me save money, and to help out when I need it but they dont get the fact that its my child and I am donig what I feel is best for her. I say unless I am abusing her dont step in. Any suggestions, I am getting upset just thinking about them doing it.

Answer 1

It's not going to hurt her. I give my daughter a little l**k of almost everything I eat, and I don't care if anyone else thinks that is wrong. She is just fine and she loooooves it. I have been doing it and she is just perfect. I guess you just need to tell them it is your kid and you will raise her the way you see fit and you want them to stop doing that now. And just tell them sternly that you don't want them to do it anymore and it needs to be stopped.  

Answer 2

You have every right to be upset. Since you are living in their house I would suggest that when it comes to your baby, you ask them for as little help as possible. That way there is no confusion as to who is doing the raising. You have to be as assertive as possible or people as just going to walk all over you. I am not saying this to be rude. I live with family as well and I am careful about what kind of advice/ assistance I ask them for. The situation is difficult at times, but if you want to be the one raising your daughter, you have to take control of the situation. Limit the amount of time you spend away from her, so they won't have the opportunity to give her "taste tests" Keep at it. It may take time before they truly respect you as a parent. You have to show them you are fully capable of deciding what is best for your daughter. You are not overreacting. Good Luck.

Answer 3

thanks 4 answering my question, i'll try to help w/yours.  tell them ur worried about allergies and even more so u r worried she might really like the tasty treats they r giving and stop liking breast milk or formula.  i dont know if thats true or not but u could try it, lol.  good luck!!!!

Answer 4

it's not going to hurt her but, she is your child, tell them to stop it.  Who cares if you live intheir house (if they say that), that doesn't give them the right to do what ever they please to your baby.

Answer 5

It's sounds to me like you're parents are treating you're baby like a dog that you would feed titbits to under the table at dinner time.

You need to tell them that you are not being an overprotective parent and that you simply do not want you're baby "eating" all this junk at such an early age as there will be plenty of time for this later. If you really feel that you can't push the subject perhaps you could suggest to them that they might let her try something a little healthier or she may become used to treats and it will become harder to introduce different foods when you're ready to start feeding her properly as she will have already decided her taste preferences.

Answer 6

Well, I personally think that they're being rude; babies that age don't need to taste anything, and I think they should, at that age, only eat what they NEED to.

That said, you ARE living in their house and there will definitely have to be some compromises made on your part, I'm afraid. However, how you raise your child shouldn't be one of the. All you can do is tell them the pediatrician said they need to stop. Say it as often as you need to.

I'd definitely tell your brother's girlfriend to back off, though, in no uncertain terms. And I mean no uncertain terms.

EDIT: I have to say, the girlfriend thing has me more upset than the parents. I can't even repeat here what I would say to her if she didn't stop.