Do all of you feel you are constantly having to tell people a zillion things on feeding your baby? Mainly parents, ILs, grandparents, etc - because older generations have such ridiculous "misconceptions" on feeding? I'm thinking beyond the typical "feed them solids to get them to sleep through the night" type things.
ILs were over for a visit today. We told them that the doc has now given us Nutramigen as DS is showing signs of reacting to the soy formula as well. FIL asks why we need to bother. He says that if DS is allergic to milk we should just skip the milk altogether, start feeding him real food and give him a bit of water for his fluid. My DS is 20 weeks old! I had to calmly explain. He then said, "Oh, so when he's 6 months you can just stop with feeding him baby milk and give him proper food."
I'm sure that across the generations and different cultures there are others. What have you encountered, and more importantly, how do you deal with it?
