"his thinking was that he had not received the added nutrients he would
have gotten if he'd gone full term so he needed solids earlier."

Hi Theresa and all
The implication in the above statement is that human milk is nutritionally
inferior to 'real food'.  This is a false assumption that leads to faulty
thinking.  Human milk is far more nutrient dense than any family food that
could be offered to an infant.  Other foods introduced into an infant's diet
will generally replace human milk. This means that we are replacing a high
quality complete food with ... well less dense, incomplete foods.  Makes no
sense at all.  If anything, what we know about human milk tells us that
premmies probably need to be exclusively breastfed for longer - perhaps with
the addition of an iron supplement if they show signs of IDA.
Cheers
Nina Berry 
(Hot and cranky Downunder)

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