Early exposure to allergens reduces incidences of food allergies. Kids take time to get used to new flavors, so it is valuable to keep trying a food even if they reject it at first, and early exposure to varying flavors increases acceptance. There is not much evidence behind the traditional food-introduction recommendations; no need to do rice cereal first if you do not want to. Baby-led weaning doesn’t have magical properties (at least not based on what we know now), but there is also no reason not to do it if you want to. Vitamin D supplementation is reasonable, but don’t freak out about
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