Hi,

It must be very worrying for you. I was wondering if you had started giving your baby meat. Meat should be an important part of a baby's diet at this age. It provides the most easily accessible form of iron - and babies love it. Mince (ie spag bol) mixed through their vegies. Fingers of steak to suck and chew on and chop bones - they love it. Most of a baby's iron supplies are laid down during pregnancy. Breastmilk is low in iron (that's the design) but what there is in breastmilk is very easily digestable. Often formula is recommended - bad idea! It's high in iron - but almost entirely indigestable for your baby.