There's a new way to do it - or is it an old way? Here's some links to get you started, and we'll add more disscussion later, send your thoughts to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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also search for "Gill Rapley" who seems to be all over the place promoting "baby-led weaning", but as there are copyright notices, I won't reproduce anything here without further investigation, and if we decide we'd like to print it here, contact with the author. She is employed by UNICEF, who do not officially support her view, but are pleased research is being undertaken.  (see this: http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/weaning.asp)