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6th July 2021
12:11pm BST

"Never heard of the ice cubes thing but it was a reputable company so we just went with it and started feeding our son fruit and veg with a side of ice cubes," they wrote.
The hilarious mix-up came to a halt when their little one got older.
"By seven months it said 'fruit, veg, dairy, eggs, grains and pulses, three to four ice cubes three times a day'.
"I thought, wow, he’s hardly eating the three ice cubes we’re currently giving him, he just pushes them around his high chair a bit and licks them, but whatever, we upped the ice cube portion," the dad added.
It wasn't until his mother-in-law visited and questioned why they were feeding him ice cubes.
"Won’t he get brain freeze?' But we said, 'no, no, it’s a thing now, you have to give them ice cubes'."
"It was only later that night, when I really thought about it, that I realised it meant portion size. All this time in our sleep-deprived stupor we have been serving our baby son ice cubes every day."
It's safe to say every sleep-deprived parent has been there!