[dgfitz]

Sometimes when they have a temper tantrum (at home) it’s ok to let them scream for 5 minutes. Usually when they realize you don’t care they start to calm down.

Letting a baby fuss in their crib for 5-10 minutes won’t kill them if you need to take a shit.

Start feeding them more than just milk/formula at 6-8 months.

They’re going to fall and hurt themselves a lot, kids bounce.

Kids feel your energy and reflect it like a mirror, and they hear fucking EVERYTHING you say when when you don’t see them.

Saying “no” is a good thing, kids actually crave structure, and rules create structure. And tantrums, see first point.

Always, always, always follow through. If you say “throw that again and I’m taking it” and you don’t take it, you’re setting yourself up for more testing of boundaries. Also, don’t make a threat you don’t mean.

I could probably write a book, if this was helpful I can keep going.

[pedrosorio]

> Start feeding them more than just milk/formula at 6-8 months.

This feels out of place. What did you do the first time?

[aweb]

We actually start what we call "diversification" (=eating solid food) even earlier in France: we were advised by our paediatrician to do it when the baby was 4 months old.

Apparently if you start early and have him try a lot of different stuff (especially potentially allergenic things like nuts), it causes less allergy problems later on.

It's worked very well for us, the kid loves it and feeding him is quite fun (although certainly messy!)

It's interesting to see how different it is depending on the country though!

[papa-whisky]

My wife and I found this super helpful for introducing foods: https://solidstarts.com/ (no affiliation)

[dgfitz]

Like, baby oatmeal mixed with breast milk. Then scrambled eggs, soft foods.