Anyone get emotional/anxious over baby starting solids

Just last night (after someone tried to offer my bub a biscuit:wall:) i started thinking what a daunting thing beginning solids is. Until now, i have been the primary provider of all my baby's nutrition. She is exclusively breastfed and although i have tried EBM in a cup she hasn't been too keen, so pretty much everything she has had has come directly from me. I know how much she has had, what she has had and when.

We are going down the BLS route, and i have been sharing the guidelines with DH and my Mum (and anyone else who will listen :lol:) and my little one is showing all the signs of being ready to give it a go.

However it has just dawned on me that by starting down this path, it is giving up some of the control that i have had and opens up the possibility of other people giving bub things that i wouldn't give her. I know that it is my right to veto what baby is given, but sometimes it can happen before you know it. I don't want to be a food commander, but i have put a lot of thought into what will be her first foods and the type of foods i want her to try.

Last night we were out with mates, and one of the Dads gave all the kids chuppa chups. (thankfully not my little one but it wouldn't have surprised me if they thought it would have been ok). It made me realise how hard it would have been to say no (if my kid was of a similar age) when all the other kids were having them, especially if it was offered to the child before they checked with me.

So am i the only one, or is anyone else getting a bit antsy too?

I felt emotional- it marked the end of pregnancy & exclusive breastfeeding and I felt a bit redundant (even though I was still BFing heaps). The idea that I was no longer the sole provider of this little person's growth was sadder than I expected. I remember looking at him just before he ate food, sitting up, happy and big and thinking "Wow- I made that!". Still makes me teary to think of it.

With regards to food choices I guess it was never a concern for me as we don't have much family around so I never thought anyone but me (and my H, but really mainly me) would be making his food choices. Now he's so fussy Icouldn't care less if someone offered him a lollipop- I'm always curious to see if he'll try something new :lol:

Good luck- parenting is such a journey.

Hell yeah Kate!!!

I hear you totally on all of the issues you've raised. It's a scary and exciting time - another milestone for our little babies!

I can't believe that someone tried to give your baby a biscuit! OMG!!!!

I know that I'll be clear if we are out and about where DD will be exposed to potential offerings of food and I'll be telling people that I either have food for her or she'll have what I am having. We are doing the BLS too so I guess it will be much easier for us to just say "no, thanks, I'll give her some of mine" - does that make sense?

In the first year or so I'm not caring much if people see me as a food nazi with her! They are our babies and we know what's best for them hey?

Wow, I'm getting strict in my old age :ROFL:

It's so exciting, we bought a high chair for her today! She looks tiny in it which is so cool, as there isn't much these days that she looks tiny in!! (sorry for the digression).

Sue xxx