From 6 months it’s safe to give allergen foods, that’s what all the research and healthcare professionals told us. We went with the nourishing bubs sachets, they make it so easy to give your bub each common allergen and then mix them all together and add to foods (other than the seafood allergens)

Not sure where you go the info about bf not having any benefits!

These guidelines seem to be changing all the time and i cant help but think it just adds more confusion for new parents. I think every mum knows their bub and when theyre ready for solids. Luckily none of my kids have allergies but through circumstance and them all being so different – over 3 kids solids were introduced at about 5 months, 7 months and my eldest was 10 months old as she just wasnt interested and was healthy on breastmilk/formula. I believe mums know their bubs and when they are ready for starting solids. Everyone is different.

My Grandma was unable to breastfeed my Mum and she was put on cow’s milk. Apparently she couldn’t digest it properly and often vomitted a whole feed up. They eventually found out she was lactose intolerant. She never told me what they gave her instead.

I started feeding when 6 months the recommended age by some official organisation but our nurses and nutrition advisors at mothers group said from 4 months is fine if bub seems ready. I’m glad they gave us a recommendation that included our intuition, because my bub was ready!

I started giving my kids tastes of solid food around the 6mth mark.
Im lucky that none of my kids have allergies.

I have always said that it totally depends on the baby but I have found that most are “asking” for solids around 4-5 months. Every bub is different and mums need to be aware of the signs of readyness. Introducing allergy type foods earlier (with extra supervision if from an allergy family) just makes sense.

Urgh. So this is from a doctor not advice from the world Health Organisation who have set the guidelines in the past?? I happily feed my bubs milk only until they hit 6 months and we haven’t had a single known allergy or skin issue.

Seriously unless you’re an idiot do what’s right for your kids. Some are ready at 4 months, some arent

I am so glad we’re past this stage – the advice has always been confusingly conflicting.

This is the 3 rd time it’s changed in 3 years.
My daughter was 5 and a half months

Couldn’t agree more. I have four kids and started between 4-6 months with each. i think using your own discretion is the best advise.

I gave my daughter solids at 5 months and always felt a little guilty because I was told to wait till 6 months.

I ate “allergy” foods like nuts and eggs while pregnant and breastfeeding. I figured (maybe wrongly) that by ingesting these and having my son having them via breastmilk wpuld contribute to beating any possible allergies.
I dont think you can give a definite age to introduce solids,all children are different so it should be done on a child by child basis

My kids are in their 20s now. When they were babies, introducing solids was recommended after 4 months of age. I have a 7 week old grandson now and they been told the same start date. So I can’t see the confusion when the information doesn’t seem to have changed in the last 20 or so years

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  • • mom69050 replied
    • 17 May 2016 , 7:16 am

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  It did change…when I fed my girls it was recommended at 6 months. They said their tummies were too immature

I started introducing the first solids when my daughter was 5 and a half months old. If it’s now considered safe and even desirable to introduce solids earlier, I’d probably do that too.