Post by Michele Zipp
How cute is it when baby starts eating solids? They make those crazy faces from tasting something completely new and then spit it out all over themselves. It's one of those photograph moments. But a moment we shouldn't rush. There are many reasons to delay solids until baby is 6 months old -- it's recommended by the World Health Organization and you want to wait until baby's gut is ready are just two. A new study has also given further evidence that giving your child solids too soon could lead to a predisposition to obesity. It's fascinating actually. Researchers point out that when we eat those first foods can change the way certain organs in our body develop. Eating solids too soon can program our bodies differently and it could end up causing the propensity to gain weight later on in life.![]()
How cute is it when baby starts eating solids? They make those crazy faces from tasting something completely new and then spit it out all over themselves. It's one of those photograph moments. But a moment we shouldn't rush. There are many reasons to delay solids until baby is 6 months old -- it's recommended by the World Health Organization and you want to wait until baby's gut is ready are just two. A new study has also given further evidence that giving your child solids too soon could lead to a predisposition to obesity. It's fascinating actually. Researchers point out that when we eat those first foods can change the way certain organs in our body develop. Eating solids too soon can program our bodies differently and it could end up causing the propensity to gain weight later on in life.