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Ready or Not? The Real Scoop on Solids
Part One
By Ann Calandro, RNC, IBCLC
After a perfect start with nature's best food, there comes a time when your baby will be ready for other foods. Up until this time, your baby's gut has been soothed and coated, and his nutritional needs were perfectly met by breast milk. It is an ideal food – unsurpassed in quality and nutrition – and that makes it a hard act to follow!
It stands to reason that when it comes to starting solids mothers have many questions: Why? When? What?
Starting Solids & Diaper Changes
My son is ready for solids, but has diarrhea with each new food we try. Is this normal?









