2010/2/16 Sonya Myles <[log in to unmask]>:
> I keep reminding the parents I work with that we used to live in caves, and parent our children and what we did instinctively worked, because here we are, the dominant species on earth.

(un)fortunately we do not live in caves anymore and we have done a
great deal of work to seperate us from our instincts. this is why
people give birth in hospitals, eat stuff that isn't food at all and
sit in front of their computers instead of going out hunting for some
real food.
most people in our "civilised" western societies do not even know how
to prepare proper food from fresh ingredients, so i think you're
expecting a bit to much from them when your asking them to use their
instinct on the question of when to start solids.
most people do what the doctor tells them or what is written on the
boxes with highly processed so-called baby food.

nina
-- 
Because the Medieval Church, with the support of kings, princes and
secular authorities, controlled medical education and practice, the
Inquisition constitutes, among other things, an early instance of the
"professional" repudiating the skills and interfering with the rights
of the "nonprofessional" to minister to the poor. -Thomas Szasz, The
Manufacture of Madness-

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