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What will happen to all the children whose..

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Beetrootccio · 03/03/2007 14:54

Parents were told

3 months is the age to start weaning

or in my case 4 months for ds's and 5 months for dd?

Are they all doomed????

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hunkermunker · 03/03/2007 14:57

Some will develop things like IBS, coeliac, allergies, etc. Lots won't.

But since you don't know which ones are at more risk of it, I figure it's sensible to wait for them all.

Rhubarb · 03/03/2007 14:59

I weaned my dd at 3 months, she is now 6.5, very healthy, no allergies no asthma just a bit of excema.

I was weaned very early too and I am fine, I have hayfever but that started when I was 25 bizarrely enough.

Rhubarb · 03/03/2007 15:00

dd's cousin however, b/f right through to goodness knows how long, weaned late etc, only organic food for him, he has chronic asthma and is a really really fussy eater.

zippitippitoes · 03/03/2007 15:05

well in most cases life and it's imponderables intervenes so no they aren't ever going to be knowingly blaming early weaning for anything

effectively they are still better off than previous generations in terms of life expectancy

Tamum · 03/03/2007 15:14

I've got to say, I have tried several times to find good publishd primary research papers on this and failed completely. I know it's the WHO and I'm sure they are basing in on decent research but I'm buggered if I can find it.

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Beetrootccio · 03/03/2007 15:14

yes - my kds are all really healthy, never get ill - but I guess it is when they are 40 or so tht things develop?

I was so proud when I 4 1/2 months with ds1 - it was unusual

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princesscc · 03/03/2007 15:15

well I'll tell you what happened to mine - my dd is 11 and was weaned at 3 months. She is in perfect health, no itches, scratches or allergies.

Pruni · 03/03/2007 15:19

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Tamum · 03/03/2007 15:20

It probably just means I'm crap though Pruni....

CAMy · 03/03/2007 15:27

I've only found guidelines that say the optimum weaning time is between 4 and 6 months depending on the individual baby.

colditz · 03/03/2007 15:31

See? I was right...

LucyJones · 03/03/2007 15:33

oh good, another thread on this
I give it until tonight before it starts to get nasty....

JanH · 03/03/2007 15:35

I don't remember when mine were weaned but 2 have allergic tendencies, 2 don't, and all 4 have cast-iron constitutions.

CAMy · 03/03/2007 15:36

However Beetroot, your children are not doomed as most of the planet's population can testify

I wouldn't give it another moments thought.

FrannyandZooey · 03/03/2007 15:36

Do we really think that anecdotal evidence as posted here is of a great deal of use where children's health is concerned?

JanH · 03/03/2007 15:37

Yep.

CAMy · 03/03/2007 15:38

yawn

LucyJones · 03/03/2007 15:38

why not

WanderingTrolley · 03/03/2007 15:39

There are plenty of us who were weaned in the birth canal and have never so much as sneezed etc.

What I've noticed is that there doesn't seem to be much said against late weaning, in terms of allergies, bowel disorders etc.

becklespeckle · 03/03/2007 15:40

my DSs are 6.7 & 4 and were weaned at 3 and 4.5 months respectively (with the HV's blessing) - started when I felt they were ready and neither have any allergies or such... the guidelines always seem to be changed every few years so it is hard to know what's best.

geekgrrl · 03/03/2007 15:41

mine were handed a box of chicken mcnuggets by the midwife and have never even had wind.

so ner.

parp

CAMy · 03/03/2007 15:42
Grin
mollymawk · 03/03/2007 15:45

They'll be like lots of us I expect. When I was a baby my mother gave me baby rice at about 6 weeks!!! Quite normal then apparently and dh was on baby food at about 4 weeks acc to MIL. It's interesting how things move on.

fannyannie · 03/03/2007 15:51

what I don't get it how come it's only really developed countries where most of these 'problems from early weaning' are evident?? Lots of developing countries (who on the whole actually eat healthier than us lot as they don't eat all the processed cr*p and live in perfect (over?) sterilised world like we do) have much lower rates of these problems.

And - as I've said many times before they are guidelines - not laws

mollymawk · 03/03/2007 15:56

The over sterilisation might be the key. My ds's allergy doctor directed me to a paper on the Hygiene Hypothesis (sorry have no idea now of details...) postulating that in environments where babies grow up (literally) surrounded by animals - by which I mean in the same building - they have far fewer allergies.