"The mum attending the
 group now has a 15 month old boy who has no interest in solids
 whatsoever and seems to gag and not care for anything with texture."

But which is the chicken and which is the egg, if there even is causation? Maybe babies resist solids longer b/c they have an aversion to texture, or maybe they have an aversion to texture once they have waited so long or maybe there is no connection. (Have I covered all of the possibilities?) Personally, I do believe food allergies play a role. It makes me curious though--it does seem that the babies are often allergic to foods the mothers do not detect as allergens until solids are begun. I wonder what the (perhaps) constant exposure to the allergen in the mother's milk might be doing to the baby. I wonder if there is a difference between babies whose mothers remove allergens in early infancy and those who don't until toddlerhood.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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