Good idea!! I read it in a hospital waiting room so can't remember name - the situation sounded quite simlar to ours but I'm not worrying (now!). Hmmm will keep that in mind for future reference - don't believe everything you read in print!!
Anaemia (low iron) can cause a decrease in appetite but I would not expect this to be a problem in your 8 month old. My niece was over 1 (about 18 months) when she was found to have low iron and a supplement helped with her eating (she was underweight and being seen by a paediatrician though). At 8 months I would not be worried about her eating. Offer different foods regularly but keep reminding yourself that milk is still her most important food.
As far as I know these things have some truth behind them, but are a possibility. My 3 year old started solids at about 5 months, & needs to go to a speech therapist. I think it's just the chewing that develops their jaw, but they don't really chew on things til they are 9 - 12 months anyway.
I think the low iron levels are after they are on cows milk. Formula has what they need in it. Once they are on cows milk though they need other foods to give them what they need.
im not saying this is necessarily a reputable show, but i've seen on 'the house of tiny tearaways' (which is a show on foxtel where families stay at a house with a pyschologist etc to help them with issues affecting the parents and kids), anyways i've seen 3 and 4 year olds with speech issues because they have purely been eating mashed foods, and things like yoghurts, no actual solids... the psychologist says kids need solid food to chew on to help develop their muscles in their face, which helps with pronounication and talking etc...
it kinda makes sense to me that it might be valid, but im talking about CHILDREN (2-3+) not eating real foods, not lil babies...
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