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Hi, everyone! I need some advice and suggestions from you all. ❤️

My baby turned 6 months old two weeks ago. On our doctor’s advice, I started introducing solids when she was around 5.5 months old. However, she hasn’t been eating anything so far. Whenever I offer her a spoonful, she tastes it, makes a funny face, and spits it right out!

This has become a regular thing, and I’m starting to worry about whether she’s getting enough nutrition. 🥺
Experienced moms, please share any tips, tricks, or things you tried that helped your babies accept solids. I’d love to hear what worked for you!
So far, I’ve tried apple, banana, sweet potato, egg, and ragi porridge, but she still refuses to eat.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ❤️

I started out just looking for a basic multivitamin for my kid and then somehow ended up seeing probiotics, fiber, greens, immune support and a million other things. Now I’m wondering what people actually keep in their kids’ routine long term and what is more of a “we only use this when there’s a reason” thing. Do you just do a multivitamin or do you regularly give probiotics, fiber, greens or anything else too?

I’m so overprotective of my baby that I’m already overthinking his baptism. I keep imagining everyone wanting to hold him, kiss him, pass him around, etc., and honestly, it gives me the creeps.

People tell me this is normal because “he’s a baby and he’s cute,” but like… wtf? I genuinely don’t see it as normal. I don’t do this with other people’s babies. If anything, I’m very respectful of the baby and their parents and would never assume I can pick up a baby, kiss them, or pass them around without asking.

I personally don’t feel comfortable with people kissing my baby or constantly passing him around. I know some families see this as completely normal, so I’m wondering if I’m being unreasonable or overly protective.

The tricky part is that I’m co-parenting, so I’m not sure how to set these boundaries with his dad’s side of the family. I don’t want to control their relationship with him, but I also don’t want to spend the entire baptism feeling anxious and uncomfortable because everyone wants to hold or kiss my baby.

How would you handle this? Am I being unreasonable for wanting to set these boundaries?