Even a non breastfed baby could get cow's milk at 6 months, maybe earlier,
as long as he is getting a variety of other foods, in decent amounts. The
solute load stuff is a bunch of nonsense except in the very young baby.
Also the stuff about young babies not being able to concentrate their urine.
I have seen dehydrated babies of 6 days old with urine specific gravities of
1030. If that's not concentrated, what is?
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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