Suffering From MIL-nutrition
CONTENT WARNING: Child endangerment
My mother-in-law is visiting after the birth of my first baby. Against our wishes and against the doctor’s instructions, she decides to give him a bottle filled with whole milk and banana cereal.
This is old-school stuff. Something our parents did decades ago, but not recommended until a baby is at least four to six months old.
Since we told her not to do it, she hides the bottle under the couch, so I won’t find it… and keeps feeding him with this dirty bottle.
About a week later, I noticed white patches all over the inside of my baby’s mouth and cheeks. I take him to the doctor.
Doctor: “It’s thrush; bacterial infection from a dirty bottle.”
I go home and absolutely freak out. I confront her.
Me: “He has thrush from the bottle. The doctor said it’s from bacteria.”
She waves it off like it’s nothing.
Mother-In-Law: “Oh, all my kids had thrush. Just scrape it off the inside of his cheeks with a Brillo pad.”
WHAT?!
Note to self: never leave my children alone with her. NEVER.
