Marie Crawford

Starting babies on solids is an individual thing. Every baby is different and every baby will develop at a different rate. The general consensus is that we shouldn't start our children on solid food before the age of 6 months.

Starting your baby on solids can see like a daunting task at first and quite a hassle. Many parents are daunted about it they try to get it out of the way as soon as possible, introducing solids before 6 months old - despite the fact that it isn't recommended to do so. Sometimes we are even given advice to start sooner than 6 months for various obscure reasons. Below are 2 myths when it comes to introducing solids.

Babywearing is a great way to bond with your child and has many benefits to it. It allows you to communicate and keep your child safe without restricting you from getting on with the day's tasks. Below are 3 benefits to using a sling but there are many more.

Babywearing and using a sling to carry a child around in have become popular practises in the Western world in recent years. As a form of transporting children about, it isn't something new, but something that has been used for a very long time. It has become popular because it has so many benefits. Below are just 4 of these.

Baby led weaning can be a rewarding and easy way to help your child establish solids on their own. Baby led weaning is all about taking cues fro your baby and letting them go at their own pace in regards to moving on to solids from breast milk.

Babywearing ties into the type of parenting style referred to as attachment parenting. Babywearing involves holding baby close to you in a sling or wrap for the majority of the day, instead of laying baby down in a cot while one gets on doing things.

When it comes to starting solids with a baby, it can be quite a daunting task for a new mother. What we do know is that the World Health Organisation, as with many other national organisations, states that it is best that babies are exclusively breastfed until 6 months old (not 4-6 months) and then started on solid from this point.

Fasting to lose weight is something many people consider when they are desperate to shed the pounds and aren't seeing results from their diet changes and exercise regimes. However fasting is probably the worse way to try and lose weight.

Starting baby on solids seems to be something that people rush into, as the age in which solids are introduced gets younger and younger. These days many people introduce solids to their child at 4 months and some even as young as 3 months. This however is not what the World Healthy Organisation recommends.

It seems these days people are in a rush to move their children along the developmental milestone chart. It seems as though parents don't want to hang about getting their babies onto solids and potty trained. This obsessive desire to get their kids as young as possible to move on doesn't sit right but is there. Regardless of the reasoning behind it, there are many reasons why starting solids too early is a bad idea.