"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> All of these foods should not be given too early though. He mentioned
> a baby that is only a few months old..and to me that says the baby
> might be too young for anything but formula or milk. And even when
> other foods are started, they should only be supplemental for a bit.
>
> If babies are fed anything but milk or a formula, they miss essential
> nutrients which they need at that age. Dora mentioned third world
> countries, and one can see the problems when children and especially
> babies don't get the nutrients they need. They are malnourished, and
> will not thrive. Not to mention that at a very early age, their
> bodies are not ready for anything more solid than milk of some sort.
>
> Jello is a really, really poor choice. The baby would not get
> anything like the fat they need for growing brains, and the proteins
> and carbohydrates they need. They might survive for a bit, but they
> would look like the babies in third world countries with the big
> bellies and stick arms.
>
> Christine


The cousin that was fed jello the longest did very well. She lived on jello
and rice water for almost 6 months. Then her mother found the soy formula
and had to nearly starve the baby to get her to even take the soy formula.
The baby had started to refuse any type of formula or milk when she was just
weeks old because it made her violently ill. She did not look like a third
world baby either.

Ms P