Feeding your baby BLW style

but i also see your point about respecting the method if you havent tried it and again on feb mommies tread it was said ok then lets agree to disagree.


But yes i supose every woman here can feel intimidated if somebody else dont agree. But i was part of the discussion on FEb mommies and also feel we freely spoke we never acused anybody of hurting their baby or not caring I believe every mother on moomies wouldnt be here if they didnt strive to be a better mom each day.

Also why i responded was to the fact that i havent seen a "fight" on moomies and really didnt like it as on pampers the mommies on baby development side i used to hate it.

Okay... I've been "rehearsing" my post in my head for a while - I tend to err on the side of caution when posting. I believe in rather saying less than more, and usually type and re-type a post a couple of times and then end up deleting it anyway.

People have different personalities, some are more sensitive than others, etc - and you tend to read posts with a certain voice in your head and imagine facial expressions. More times than not this is not what the writer meant...

I don't think Z was gossiping and M certainly didn't encourage gossiping. Z also wasn't looking to pick a fight - if she was she could've started it over on Feb'10. She was merely looking for support and came to the place where she was guaranteed to find it.

I also don't think the other ladies on Feb'10 were judging Z (although unfortunately she experienced it that way) and were merely discussing their way of feeding their children. And as Feb'10 is a place for mothers with babies at the same age - it's an appropriate place to do just that. All of us have just started/will start soon to feed our babies solids - in which ever form we see as best.

No-one on this site agrees 100% with everything another mother does (which is why we're called UNIQUE) - hence the different topics and places that we all chat. Sometimes this overlaps and sometimes we come across someone with a "post count" close to a 1000 and think "Who IS this???? I've never come across her..." - obviously someone who chats on different posts than you do.

So if I may make a suggestion? Let's just drop this - agree to disagree, acknowledge that certain things were said that were misinterpreted and go back to "our" topics (although for some of us this overlaps...)

Moomie is my happy place and I would love to keep it that way...

marijke i do not bad mouth BLW we never did we just clearly stated its not for us. And yes it is zodwa's safe place so is the Feb mommies for EP and myself were we discuss our feelings...

You have every right to believe in BLW and so do we have every right to believe in Purees and spoon feeding....


And yes i do feel this whole debate got out of control about gossip and i felt when EP said sorry if i am stepping on toes she should have been honest and said yes please i need support and i supose it would have stopped there. Marike i am not blaming you as you defended your topic because you are very passionate about it and the whole thing is that we kept on saying its not for us, but we never told Zodwa what she is doing is wrong...


so yes this is not my thread to be replying on i just wanted to Back EP up as she is a straight forward person but didnt attack anybody just dissagrees with your method of feeding

I have coffee in hand and feel a bit better now.

Here's how I see it. Like every other thread about controversial topics around I feel you can't put down anyone elses choice or have an opinion about their choice if you haven't tried it. For example *(and please don't make this into a new fight to start in this thread)* I feel no one can comment on the natural vs c-sec debate if they haven't had experience with both (or all three since emergency c-sec is different to scheduled c-sec)

I have tried spoon feeding. It got me no where, my LG wanted her independence and I didn't want to stand in her way. I am OCD, type A call it what you want, I would feel better if every spoon of food was weighed and calories calculated but I guess in this instance mother nature found a way to teach me to let go. To trust my child. As small as she seemed at the time she knew better than I had ever imagined. And after reading the book it just dawned on me how natural a process this was.

At some point I had a discussion with RM and she said she couldn't do it because her baby has an over active gag reflex (even went to the doctor with it) and pukes for anything not smooth. And I agree with her that in that instance purees would be a better option.

Again, BLW isn't something I sucked out of my thumb and has been around longer than blenders. And Yes, I am proud, perhaps of myself because I saw that the other way wasn't going to work and tried something different and I share my experience here (for those who are interested)

Excuse me I guess 'main members of this site" is referring to me, but 'allowed gossip'?

Here's how I see it. This thread is for BLW, not to fight about it being wrong or right. Here BLW mommies have the freedom to express themselves and to say when they are hurt or unsure as I believe we (BLW mommies for this thread) are here to support each other.

The name of the thread isn't "BLW your opinion please"

What is it with everyone and the brave story. I tried to encourage Zodwa, perhaps the wrong words to use at the time but this is her safe place to discuss how she feels. I never got mad but I'm slowly starting to lose my cool now. This has nothing to do with me being admin. I'm not forcing my opinion on anyone (if I have in the past then please excuse me, I just thought I was sharing info for those who have never heard of it or wanted to try something else)

I don't go around reading every post and tapping people over the fingers who doesn't see things the way I do. If I did then I would have fighted over at your thread. Zodwa was feeling down and I went over to read why she was feeling down, then I stated the facts for her to feel better. It then became a huge mess with EP coming here to 'defend' herself.

I generally keep my opinions to myself but since this is a BLW thread I feel free to say here how I feel. If you (or anyone else) doesn't like it then just don't even read it

i might be a bit late but feel i need to give my 10 cents

Sjoe i am also on the feb mommies and i also said that i do not feel comfy about BLW. We have our opinion and dont think people should get mad if we dont agree, as they dont agree with our feeding plan and we are not mad at you?

I also have never seen a "fight" on Moomies and would never try to enchance a fight... but yes i feel a lot that was said was self opiniated and thats how the mother felt. never did we say we are agains BLW its just not for us, and i dont think that has any thing to do about being brave or not or being the best. But what i really didnt like is one of the main members of this site allowed gossip as this is how it all started.... i always felt this is our save Haven and the place we could express our feelings as i express close to my heart storries frequently


But thats just my 10 cents...

Justine, I don't really know but think it would be okay to freeze it. Perhaps first test it and see. I would not however keep it in the fridge for very long. For me 24 hours is the max.

I want to make B some chicken & rice to freeze because she LOVES it so I thought that would be great to keep around for when I'm lazy or something