How can I say it in a nice way to my dad ?
By cmofi123
@cmofi123 (344)
United States
April 25, 2008 2:31pm CST
My dad take care of my baby, I provide the food that he eats.
Now, my baby is 6 months old and my dad wants to give him cow milk
But I don't want that, I can still afford his regular formula
he is already feeding him beans and some other stuff.
When I told him not to, he said that in his country women didn't have enough money to buy formula for the baby and they will feed them cow milk at 1 or 2 months.
That, the baby needs to be prepare for any type of inconvenience as: Id there is no money to buy him food he should already be use to eating food that we can can do at home.
I agree with him a little bit, but I'm very pickie. I only feed my baby organic food and even his formula is organic, I keep on telling him to feed him wherever I take him only, that as longest (God) gives me the opportunity to work I will buy him healthy food. It's really hard for him to understand, he just keeps on bringing "In my country we raised kids as we can and we feed them, rice water, or sometimes we just add sugar to the water so they will eat when there is no milk available"
I don't even know how to explain it to him anymore, I'm not in his country (my country also) and thanks to God I can afford good food so baby can be a strong healthy boy.
Did any of you had any problems similar with your parents?
4 responses
@sharay (2769)
• India
25 Apr 08
Yeah, i did face some problems like this...but there is nothing wrong in giving cow milk to a six-month old baby, i started with mashed potatoes and ghee rice and cow's milk along with my milk, it is healthy..listen to what ur father says once in a while atleast, dont completely ignore whatever he says, he is the one who has raised you and i hope he very well knows which is gud and bad for the babies...in my case, my father does not even let me take my baby to the doctor for a cold saying its just a cold that every baby has once in a while, nothing to worry and need not take to the hospital for this simple reason..but i object things like this
@cmofi123 (344)
• United States
25 Apr 08
I know, on somethings I do agree with him, but if you were to see how they grab the kids when they get a stomachache from not eating healthy.
they turn them, and they are placed on their tummy's on their lower back they grab their skin and pull it (as if they have elastic skin)poor babies they star crying, i don't want my son going through this. That's why i been really careful on what kind of food he eats.
@chestyna (113)
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25 Apr 08
I had the similar problem with my mum. I come from Slovakia and i married my husband who is from New Zealand. The way they bring up kids in New Zealand is completely different, so if you live there you will get used to it. I have 20months old baby and when i went first time home to my country with him (he was 11months old then) i had problems with my mum and my family about feeding my son. I didn`t used to give him sweet stuff like biscuits and lollipops and sweets and he was used to drink just plain water. But my mum was always buying him sweets and telling me give him some and she would give him juice and so...at the end i got so frustrated i had to step up and tell her that he is "my" son and thats the way i am bringing him up and that i live now in different country not at home anymore. She wasn`t very happy, but she did get used to it. At the end of the day, i am sure when my mum had me sure she didn`t like anyone telling her what to give me to eat. Good luck to you, hope you will find the way how to talk to your dad. blessings
@dmillman (2273)
• United States
25 Apr 08
I am sorry that you are having this problem. Maybe you could convince him to go to a workshop for parents of babies about nutrition and see if that helps. You can always ask your questions if it doesn't get answered during the workshop. Or if you get there early, maybe you could ask someone running the event if they could bring that up. If he won't listen to you, maybe he'll listen to the experts.
@SweetVanillaKisses (173)
• Canada
25 Apr 08
if he won't listen to you i would take him to your babies next doctors appointment and have the doctor tell him.
