Summer in Britain

I spent a month in England over the summer and was attacked by more traditional parents every day for the way I am choosing the raise my daughter. I had aunties offering the baby bread and telling me I was cruel for not feeding her the normal rubbish other babies are fed. My mother also made regular comments about me not feeding the baby enough. It was quite exhausting at times and it would have been sooo easy to just give in and follow the sheep in their child rearing ways, but I stood my ground. While we were there I still breastfed and stuck to 1 fresh fruit puree in the middle of the morning. Because of where we were I was able to give her fruits such as papaya and mango which I cannot get back home, Eleftheria loved it.

When we got home she was 8 months old and we decided to increase the food intake to 2 meals a day. I tried to give her some blended vegetables with a little flax oil but Eleftheria would take one mouthful and then purse her lips closed. So I then went back to fruit. Again I have been under attack by more traditional parents telling me that I have given my child a sweet tooth and I really have to start introducing vegetables into her diet otherwise her teeth will rot. I have learnt to take these comments with a pinch of sea salt, some of the advice I take on board and the rest I discard, otherwise I get confused and worry too much about it.