I went to a discussion on Childhood Nutirician run by a nutricianist/dietician with tonnes of qualifications. She said that if the cord is left until it stops pulsating that the baby's iron stores last for longer. This means that if bub is slower to take to solids it won't matter so much as they won't get iron deficient in the meantime.

I will be interested to hear the other repsonses.

Melanie