Thank you Brad... My 11.5 month old nursling is walking (running and climbing) and is 23 lbs.! She just started munching food a few weeks ago, when she stole an asparagus spear from my plate and ate the whole thing! Conversely, her big sister didn't walk until 13 months, didn't climb much until starting paleo diet 2 months ago, and was never half as strong as her baby sister is, though she too was breastfed exclusively before starting rice cereal. I think grains, dairy, soy contaminated my milk. Then she ate the cereal for a few weeks beginning at age 4 months...got sick. I never gave her baby cereal again. I thought my first baby was unusually healthy, she only had a cold once and an intestinal virus once in her infancy. But my Paleo baby, she has never even had a sniffle! Today's clear runny nose is the first time. Seems obvious to me, paleo babies are healthier by far!!! Good for you for saying NO to cereal, I wish I'd known better then. I have to look into getting a food dehydrator. I need to be able to make jerky. Wanted to buy it but can't find any uncontaminated. Bah. Thanks again, Stacie I have a 4.5 month old girl who is breastfed and is doing very well. We don't plan to start her on solids until she is actually grabbing for food and trying to eat it. BTW, friends and family repeatedly recommend that we start giving her iron-fortified cereal to ensure that she is getting enough iron and enough food. She is in the 95th percentile for weight (17 lbs) and length (26 inches), so I don't think nutrition is a problem!