BBC News - Weaning before six months 'may help breastfed babies'

13 January 2011 Last updated at 19:03 ET

Breastfeeding is known to benefit babies

Relying purely on breastfeeding for the first six months might not be best for babies, experts in the UK have warned.

In the British Medical Journal, the team said breastfed babies may benefit from being given solid food earlier.

Current advice suggests weaning should occur at six months, but the UCL team say it could happen as early as four.

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Full article at bbc.co.uk

Little Dude expressed interest in gumming and sometimes swallowing food at five months and we let him try whatever he wanted of what we had though he continued breast-feeding for quite a while. So far it's worked for us to give him the best information we have about nutrition and let him make his choices regarding food. The guideline makes sense if it's not presented as a hard and fast rule. Around six months (which could mean as little as four or as much as eight months), most babies are ready to and should probably start eating solid foods. If they don't show an interest by then the it might be worth pushing the issue a bit.

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