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Absolutely not! Grandparents are there to provide another loving adult that children can bond with and learn from. Grandparents are NOT there to undermine the parents. [/quote]

I did not say undermine.  grandparents are there to be loving adults,  which can include the occasional spoiling...

F me....mashed potatoes are now solid foods... for the love of god....

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Hey genius...mashed potatoes usually contain butter, milk and/or cream. Babies that age may well have an allergy to cows milk. They are only supposed to have breast milk or formula until a doctor says otherwise at a 9 month checkup.

Idiot.[/quote]

Okay.  I'm of the "respect the parents' wishes,"  but you're going a bit overboard here. Avoidance of cow's milk in the first year is one of those "abundance of caution" things.  A steady diet might be harmful (though there were kids fed this way not so long ago), but an occasional taste is very unlikely to do harm - kind of equivalent to the occasional car ride.

Some parents use rules like these as a means to control their children, other people, etc. It can get pretty crazy.

--PP grandma who has to turn off the wifi.

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NP - Actually, is the most common food allergy/intolerance in infants. The proteins pass through to breastmilk, hence why I'm now on a milk free diet for my son who is 3 months old.  It also is one of the things that takes the longest to get out of your systems. Most outgrow it by 1 year old. I can assure you I would be pissed at anyone feeding him food without my ok. I don't need a return of his raw, weeping diaper rash and reflux - and he only has a fairly mild intolerance in the range of reactions. [/quote]

This. What do you say now, Grammy? OK to make baby suffer because you know better than a doctor?[/quote]

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