Morning ladies,
Just double checked my books (the 600 different ones from the CHN about starting solids) and it doesn't have strawberries anywhere, but it doesn't mention citrus fruits, mangoes or kiwis either. Maybe they have different recomendations in different states? I know the NZ books say you can start smooth peanut butter at 9 months, so maybe everywhere's different. Oh well, no harm, no foul, as they say. I'm not hugely worried about about allergies as he's fully breastfed and we have no family history of any sort of allergies or exzma (sp?). Also, CHN reckons if you are having bubs immunised you should try eggs at least once, the white and yolk seperately, before they get their MMR cause that needle has an egg base (I can't remember if it's whites or yolks but). There's also some research (i'll have a look and see if I can find it to post it) that reckons that delaying the introduction of certain foods can actually increase the risk of allergies, not decrease them. But Nic, I'm with you- peanuts and fish are a bit iffy for my liking- and I'm scared of fishy smelling poos

Hope you all had a good night and hope your older ones didn't play up too much Morgan and Nic. Ty has a new game- rolling over in his cot till he hits the side with his head then giggling hysterically. I wince every time he does it- it makes such a bang- but he thinks it's hilarious. I don't think we're far from crawling- he was caterpillar shuffling himself backwards across the floor last night and managed to go from one side of the room to the other
Well Ty's cough is still really bad so I'm going to take him to the GP today- no appointment so we might be in for quite a wait. Wish me luck...

ETA- Does anyone know the rules with essential oils and bfing? Are you supposed to avoid lavender and ecualyptus?