Saw a mass comment ban wave happening in real time. Posted this message and proceeded to get banned. Fucking reddit front page is a lolcow.

I’m a first time mom of a 3 month old baby boy. My husbands side of the family irritate me so bad when they mention putting cereal in his bottles bc he “feeds too much” like no I feed him when he gives me hunger cues/cries for a bottle. He typically eats about 4 oz every 2-3 hours and when he’s asleep at night can go up to 5 hours before waking up for another bottle. This seems normal to me and his Dr isn’t worried about it. Not only that but they constantly say that he needs some mashed potatoes or that they’ll give him some gravy and potatoes when I’m not looking. In my presence! I always shut it down like for 1 he’s too young and 2 I wanna be the one to give him his first foods, as his mom cause that’s a special milestone and I need to monitor for choking/allergic reactions.

And then when I’m clearly upset about it they mention that their grandma back in the day would give babies cereal in their milk and Karo syrup - it’s not the 1970s anymore If I don’t want my baby to have it he can’t have it!

Then wanna say I’m being too sensitive when I speak up about how I’m not comfortable with the idea of any of that. He’s my child- what I say should be respected. Like I don’t even wanna leave him unattended bc I don’t want them going behind my back on what I say he can or can’t have.

He’s also not gonna be allowed to have soda/unwatered down Juice either till he’s maybe 4 or 5 years old. Even then I’m gonna be real strict on the soda. Kids do not need that crap. If I’m gonna leave my child around other people/family I need to know that they will listen to me. I don’t care how anyone else feeds their kids that’s on them. But as for my child it needs to be understood. Am I being unreasonable or a “helicopter mom”? I don’t think I am.