Debi VanderMey wrote: I have often heard that because breastmilk's flavor changes with the mom's diet, that breastfed kids are more accepting of a wide variety of solids (at whatever age they begin eating them). Does anyone know of any *research studies* to support this claim? The following study found this result: Sullivan SA & Birch LL 1994 "Infant dietary experience and acceptance of solid foods" Pediatrics 93(2): 271-277 Another article said that breastfed infants liked the taste of garlic in their mothers' milk, so tastes obviously get through - Mennella JA & Beauchamp GK "Maternal Diet Alters the Sensory Qualities of Human Milk and the Nursling's Behaviour" Pediatrics 88(4): 737-744 (1991) Joy Anderson IBCLC Perth, Western Australia [log in to unmask]