I think these companies need to step up and do their part.

New mums are given new/updated information all the time. But we're bombarded with anecdotes of 'experienced' parents, be it our own parents or others just a few years ahead of us.

My MCHN's have dutifully handed out the leaflets that say to start solids after 6 months, but they never explain why.. and then you hear them giving their own opinion on introducing solids. to add to that, we are of the generation who say "well I turned out ok" and even parents with kids only a few years older say that they were told 4 months, and their kids are ok too.

I mentioned to the latest MCHN (I've gone through a few - don't like any of them LOL) that the paed said to wait until Kayla is corrected 6 months.. which makes her 7 1/2 months.. and she just rolled her eyes and said "ok, we'll talk about that when the time comes". No we wont.. coz I won't go back until well after that! LOL.

Just the fact that they've worked out that the actual gut of the baby is not mature enough to digest the food is enough for me.. but I never heard that from the nurses, if it weren't for BB and my own research, then I would be following recommendations from my mum, from older friends, and even food labels.. coz they wouldn't be allowed to put that on the label if it wasn't true.. would they???

Well done Chloe.

and wanting to drink too much milk more than ever recomended for such a young baby, the diatition actually said that the amount he wanted could affect his kidneys as they couldn't process so much,
Wow - I've never heard of that. Was that breastmilk? I've never heard of too much milk being detrimental to a baby.