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Originally Posted by poster  ...or maybe the makers of Similac, Enfamil, Carnation, etc. - I'm sure they do their own "testing" and contribute to those findings.
I could never understand why my doctor said babies get enough water from formula, don't give it to'em in a bottle. Blew my mind - I did it anyway! |
Actually, the La Leche folks tell you that too. The point is to get plenty of formula or breast milk into the young'un because they need the nutrients from it. Rule of thumb I was told was don't give solids until the baby is taking 40 oz of formula a day, then start with rice cereal.
The food allergy thing, well, you just don't feed certain things to babies under a certain age because their systems aren't mature enough to handle them yet (wheat before 1, nuts before 2, etc). I developed food allergies as an adult and they are a major PITA.