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How to wean your baby from a mothers point of view
Stephanie wrote: "Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message . .. Still, when you look at it all together and ask yourself what's the *benefit* in introducing solids at 4 months versus 6 months, and for the most part, there just plain old *isn't* much of a benefit for most babies. My sister believed, though I don't know the basis, that waiting can cause a missed window of opportunity in which the child would be willing to try foods. I state this only as one possible reason. It never felt like a very compelling one to me. Oh, I do think this is true, and IIRC there is some evidence for it. That said, I don't think that window closes before 6 months ;-) It may also be a bit of a chicken/egg thing. Infants who have sensory issues with food may be more likely to resist solids for longer, creating an association between delayed introduction of solids and longer term issues getting infants to accept solids. Is this known, though - is there research on this? I do know that I ate everything through my childhood and was very open (except for shellfish and organ meats, although I loved bone marrow), and my mother was very proud of it, thinking that her having introduced me to any and all kinds of food was responsible for it. I don't think it's necessarily the case (see below), but she does deserve some credit as the thinking at the time was that children should be introduced slowly to new foods. My father deserves some credit also, as Mom's only reservation was about introducing spicy foods, and he gave me Mexican food from the get go, one of my great food loves. I did the same thing with my son, and he ate everything when he was little. But, at about 2 1/2, bam, his tastes went to the 'typical' kid foods, chicken nuggets, what have you, and he avoided vegetables. He's only slowly increased his repetoire of foods, now he's 15. Also, his favorite foods by far is bread and fish, which were two things he took to with gusto in infancy (those were even two of his first few words - "bwe" and "voish". Cinnamon, too, oh my gosh his first taste of cinnamon was like a rocket ship to heaven. He wasn't good at saying it for some time, though ;-) But I must have been feeding him everything through that 'window', even after 2 1/2 I surely tried. But he's a fairly picky eater still. So I think there is some kind of strong inborn taste preferences that can over-ride what a parent does. Banty |
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How to wean your baby from a mothers point of view
Banty wrote:
Stephanie wrote: "Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message . .. Still, when you look at it all together and ask yourself what's the *benefit* in introducing solids at 4 months versus 6 months, and for the most part, there just plain old *isn't* much of a benefit for most babies. My sister believed, though I don't know the basis, that waiting can cause a missed window of opportunity in which the child would be willing to try foods. I state this only as one possible reason. It never felt like a very compelling one to me. Oh, I do think this is true, and IIRC there is some evidence for it. That said, I don't think that window closes before 6 months ;-) It may also be a bit of a chicken/egg thing. Infants who have sensory issues with food may be more likely to resist solids for longer, creating an association between delayed introduction of solids and longer term issues getting infants to accept solids. Is this known, though - is there research on this? I recall looking into it several years ago and I remember finding studies that suggested late introduction of solids or lumpier foods was associated with more feeding difficulties down the line. (By late, they were generally talking about 8-12 months, not 6-7 months.) snip I did the same thing with my son, and he ate everything when he was little. But, at about 2 1/2, bam, his tastes went to the 'typical' kid foods, chicken nuggets, what have you, and he avoided vegetables. He's only slowly increased his repetoire of foods, now he's 15. Also, his favorite foods by far is bread and fish, which were two things he took to with gusto in infancy (those were even two of his first few words - "bwe" and "voish". Cinnamon, too, oh my gosh his first taste of cinnamon was like a rocket ship to heaven. He wasn't good at saying it for some time, though ;-) But I must have been feeding him everything through that 'window', even after 2 1/2 I surely tried. But he's a fairly picky eater still. Same happened with my first. He was a very adventurous eater until around 2.5 years. I think that's not uncommon. On the other hand, it's also the case that my first probably had more babyfood and had it for longer than any of my other kids, so that might be relevant as well. Some of the studies I saw related things more to texture (e.g., when lumpy foods were introduced) rather than taste (i.e., when purees or any foods other than breastmilk/formula were introduced). I don't remember when DS1 started having foods with more texture relative to when he started with solids. He does still have issues with texture, which seems more of an issue for him than taste. So I think there is some kind of strong inborn taste preferences that can over-ride what a parent does. That could certainly be as well. I doubt there's any single factor that determines all in this ;-) Best wishes, Ericka |
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How to wean your baby from a mothers point of view
Ericka Kammerer wrote:
[...] I recall looking into it several years ago and I remember finding studies that suggested late introduction of solids or lumpier foods was associated with more feeding difficulties down the line. (By late, they were generally talking about 8-12 months, not 6-7 months.) I haven't looked at the studies for myself, but recall being told by our health visitor that these studies were on children who had some kind of developmental delay anyway, and it's therefore now considered dubious whether they're generally applicable. All the best, Sarah -- http://www.goodenoughmummy.typepad.com "That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be" - P. C. Hodgell |
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