Over the years I have noticed that babies introduced to a wide range of non-allergy-forming foods between the ages of four and four and a half months accepted a wider range of foods at one year than babies introduced to solids after four and a half months. Starting solids later than four and a half months can be linked to problems such as fussy eaters, food and texture refusal, catnapping and repeated night waking. I also believe that after six months a baby needs nutrition from other sources, but if at six months he has only just been introduced to solids, your baby will still only be having
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