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Does your baby have teeth yet??

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People seem to come up with different ways to irk you even before you recover from their last attempt. No sooner had we finished on the feeding drama than people started with questions about teething.  I would go for clinic and soon as the mother sitting  next to me sees my child has no teeth but is walking,she would ask how old he is and once I  respond,she would proceed to remark how late my baby is to teeth.  Gracefully I would say "he will  get them when he's ready".   I wasn't bothered about my baby boy not having teeth despite seeing that his age mates had two or more.  My mind was occupied with other issues like a cute outfit for him that I saw at the mall. The teeth police were allover!!!  Some saying I  need to take him to see a dentist cos something is definitely wrong.  Others remarking how their children got teeth at 4months and so on and so on. ... My baby had hit all other important milestones just fine.  He was clapping, pointing, laughing, call

Feeding drama 😰

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When I started weaning my baby I was anxious like most first time mums.  I was excited and scared all at once.  Well, I got to know that my fears were not irrational on our third day of weaning.  I had tried a single grain porridge to start with and he was receptive to the new food.  You should have seen how happy I was.  On day three I decided to try a fruit, a papaya to be precise.  My baby vomited all over.  I was in shock. On asking my elder sister about it she said not to worry and to go ahead and try another fruit the next day.  Very cautiously I tried a small piece of watermelon and he projectile vomited on me again. This went on for three days of attempting different fruits.  I decided to shelf fruits and try other foods.   I had already established that my baby was having a dairy, wheat and nuts allergy so as I introduced new foods I steered clear of those. I went into depression as I realized that our son was feeding poorly and vomiting most of his foods.  It was frustrati