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Default Food for a very young baby

Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> The digestive system is immature..and if you give it what
> it cannot digest..it can make a baby very sick, or malnourished.
> Things like Jello will supply sugar, yes. But no protein, and no fat,
> which babies need in abundance.


I thought Jello had significant protein, though no fat. It's name comes
from gelatin which is gelled protein. I have not read the nutitional
information on the label in years and never thought about digestion
issues.