Ok, so I took missy to our MCHN to be weighed today. And she "only" gained 90g in 2 weeks. I don't usually take her fortnightly, usually monthly but she's 6 months old tomorrow and I wanted the numbers for her baby book and memory box.

Anyway...... she says "that's not a good amount of weight" and then asked me if she was on 3 solid meals a day. I got a bit snippy with her and said "you mean 3 pureed meals a day" and she said yes (just as snippily as me might I add).

I told her that we were doing baby led weaning and she gave me a "ppfftt" and raised her eyebrows. It was around about now that my hackles were rising.

She told me that she should be on 3 meals a day and gaining more weight.

Um, my baby is exclusively breastfed at the moment and I am happy to take her lead. She's not hungry or starved, she's really chubby actually and long!!! AARRRGGHHH!
This whole pureed foods thing doesn't make sense to me any more - there are a whole lot more calories in my breast milk than in a couple of mashed up carrots!!!!!!!!!

Please give me permission never to go back there. She's a nice nurse but I just disagree with this "one size fits all" attitude that baby professionals seem to have.

Thanks for the rant.
Sue xxxx