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Date: | Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:46:18 -0400 |
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About when you *need* to start solids, someone wrote:
>I posed this question to my dietitians' listserv and there was some >info
>provided about a 'small window of opportunity' to introducing >solids,
>somewhere in the 6-12 month range. I know each child is >different and we
>should watch the child, not the calendar to know when >the child is ready,
>but I was wondering when it's "too late".
This is a very persistent MYTH. It has been covered at length in the
archives. There was ONE STUDY, done years ago, on MENTALLY RETARDED
children, with a sample size of NINE. There is NO RESEARCH that suggests a
"window of opportunity" exists for introducing solids to children. Around
the world, there is a huge range of variation in when children start solids,
both within and between cultures. In some places, they start solids as
early as a few weeks, in others, children are not routinely given solids til
8-10 months.
Kathy Dettwyler
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