Are you fine with other people feeding your child?

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Baby is 1 now, and has been slow to eating & his uncle is constantly trying to feed him and I don’t feel comfortable with it, he doesn’t really know what all baby can handle, and not only that, but he feeds him from his same cup or spoon that he’s been eating off already. I don’t know how to tell him not to feed baby. He is not one for subtle polite hints either. What should I do?

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I think you’re going to have to be very direct with your uncle if you’re uncomfortable with what he’s doing. Tell him what he can and can’t do and what is age appropriate. Tell him that he if he can’t follow your rules he can’t feed the child.

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Just tell him no, that’s really all you can do

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Im fine with people feeding my son but with his own utensils as germs freak me out. I dont share utensils so i wont make my kid share them either.

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Personally for me it gives me a break when someone else feed him for me to eat or go to the bathroom. But if you dont feel comfortable with someone feeding your kid then tell them

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Whatever you’re comfortable with, you should stick to.
Personally, my first daughter would repeatedly crawl/walk over to the dog dishes and grab a few nuggets to eat/drink out of their bowl the SECOND we looked away. And I’m positive the kids all shared utensils and had toys in all their mouths at daycare. 🤷🏻‍♀️ what are you gonna do? My kiddo was always very clear on what she wanted and didn’t, so at that age I was fine.
When she was tiny, she had bad reflux and had to take a certain formula/be fed a certain way or she’d be miserable, so I was very protective then.

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I love it, it gives me a little break. But he shouldn’t be feeding him off of the same spoon or giving him difficult things to eat

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Yes I’m fine with it my son loves food and always wants whatever anyone is eating so my family is always feeding him all kinda of things he’s also one and his pediatrician said at 1 they can eat anything really just still small bites or what your child can handle but if your not okay with it just speak up and say so or else nothing will probably change

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I hit poll because I’m still pregnant with my first lol. I’d like to say yes, I’d probably be ok with it, but in reality I’m probably too nervous of a person to let it happen until they get much older.

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I used to hate people feeding my son when he was smaller but he’s nearly 11 months and I got into the habit of letting them ‘feed’ him some finger foods. They basically just hand them to him. But every now and then they will give him something. They used to be quite forceful with making him eat which I hated, and it took a couple of times of me telling them that we don’t feed babies like that anymore and if he’s not hungry it’s okay, and eventually they got the message 😩

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I wouldn’t really be fine with that. Men can be so weird and dirty with dishes. Even when they wash them they aren’t... washed washeddddd... blegh weirdos.

Are you fine with other people feeding your child?

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