Breast milk-only diet ‘not best for babies’

BREASTFEEDING exclusively for six months is not necessarily best and may put babies off some foods, a new study has found.

International guidelines are for women to breastfeed for the first six months of a baby’s life before introducing solids.

But now experts, led by a paediatrician from University College London’s Institute of Child Health, say babies could suffer iron deficiency and may be more prone to allergies if they only receive breast milk.