Starting Solids: 4 months vs 6 months

Whether you heard it from your mum friends or from your GP-  there is a lot of guidance that babies are typically good to start solids once they turn 4 months. The confusion comes in because there is also an alternate suggestion, including from the World Health Organisation, that you should wait until 6 months. Two months might not seem like a big deal but when it comes to children that young, two months is a significant amount of time.

Episode 1 of the Evidence Based Parenting Podcast explores the confusion on starting solids and evidence for the two sides of the argument to help guide your decision making.

Listen to the episode here