His Family Doesn’t Get It

Anne

So my husband and his family don’t understand breastfeeding at all. They are constantly pushing me to force her to replace her breast milk feedings with solids even though I’m trying and she doesn’t want to eat them. She is almost 10 months and the pediatrician said it’s fine keep giving her solids and don’t worry if she refuses just stop she isn’t ready and doesn’t need them. She has always only wanted to eat 2 to 4 bites with the very rare exceptions, started at 5 months as per pediatrician recommendation. She refuses solids in any form except snacks 🤷‍♀️ My husbands whole family makes comments about me needing to get her off the boob because (insert other kid) ate mostly solids by now and she shouldn’t still be nursing. I’m not going to force feed her and the doctor said what I’m doing is what is best for her. His family just can’t get it through their heads and they keep harassing me about it. Even my husband has started telling them what the doctor said. She is in the mid 90th percentiles so she isn’t having growth issues. The pediatrician also said just to give her a little taste of water until she starts to eat solids more regularly but now my husband is pushing for me to give her a full bottle of water to drink throughout the day (because that’s what our friend is doing with her baby). I’m struggling because the doctor said even when she start solids not to give her more than 2 to 4 ounces per day at this age but my husband is getting really really pushy I am afraid that someone is just going to give her a full bottle of water when I’m out.