We all unfortunately hear this all too often... much of the problem stems from health care professionals who do not keep current with research... a reason why it is imperative that we do so. When I work with a family I ask them when they sit down to eat who finished first ( ususally one of the other does) I then ask if I can take the plate from the person not finished... the answer is overwhelingly NO... well as these two adults eat at different paces, does it make sense to "time" an infant? We often come to the consensus that the child eats like one or other of the parents, have a good laugh about it especially if the fast eating parent is the mom and the baby easts slowly like dad! Patricia