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Beth Kevles wrote:

*It's your first parenting test: do you do what your child wants, or do
*you do what's healthiest for their physical well-being?

Well, I think everyone agrees you do what's best for your kid - the
problem is (IMO) knowing exactly what that is.

I do not think there is a magic timer going off in each baby's intestinal
tract causing some kind of change in the gut at exactly six months old! I
think some babies are likely to be ready sooner than six months and some
probably a bit later. I HOPE that the other readiness cues are in some way
temporally associated with the readiness of the gut to accept solids while
minimizing risk of allergies, but I don't know.

-h (started one baby on solids at 4 mos, inadvertently [he just kept
stealing food off our plates!!], started other baby at 6 mos but she
rejected them til 8 mos!)

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