Dear Barbara & Lactnetters,

Barbara, you said,  <I always have to explain to mothers
that American weaning foods are low fat, high fiber (fruits and veges and
processed cereals) and that babies need cont. high fat/protein diets with
egg yolk, meat, avacado, potato mashed with hind milk, etc.  Placed on
typical weaning foods it's no wonder these babies don't gain -- esp. when
not much breastfeeding may be taking place.>

As an LLLL, I often recommend to mothers starting solids that they start with
the fuits and veggies (ex. citrus and corn) and move on to meats, then
grains, then dairy, as a way of introducing the least (generally known)
allergy prone foods first.  With your protocol, I could see adding how the
baby wouldn't be ready to begin demoting breastmilk as the mainstay of his
diet until well into the more high-fat/protein food, a good reason to not
even consider beginning 'weaning' until well past one year!  Sounds good to
me!  I like to stress how the first 6 months of eating solids are really a
time of experimentation, and it shouldn't be expected that baby suddenly
begins to eat like an older child or reducing nursing frequency/durations
until past 1 year.

As always, thanks for helping me improve my routine!

Ann Davis, LLLL, Dayton, Ohio
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