Re: not satisfied
It sounds like one of the issues is that you and DH aren't on the same wavelength. I've had a few of these conflicts, esp since i do most of the research, but we both do childcare. If you guys are like us, you might find that insisting your husband research his feeding idea will help. I would also have a serious talk with the caregiver! perhaps it would also be helpful to have a general plan of no food introductions until everyone is in agreement (& it's after 6 months). Funny how couple communication has to reach a whole new level of efficency, post baby, no matter how in tune you were before. Hope you resolve it peacefully!
Oh, also, i found it really helpful to leave the Sears baby book in places like the bathroom, casually open to the relevant section
, so that he could find it and get his own ideas. Sears is great bc he writes a lot about father parenting styles too, which I really think are as challenging if not more: parenting without nursing sounds way harder to me (pumping moms get credit for that, too).
Kate
Mother to a sweet boy, born at 34 weeks on 2/11/11.
Proud that I grew 26 lbs of baby before solids, and still counting...
We received banked milk in the NICU. Thank you, donors!!!