"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) *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome