Early additional food and fluids for healthy breastfed full-term infants
“This Cochrane review exploring the impact of introducing foods and fluids in addition to breastmilk before the recommended age of 6 months supported the current recommendation of the World Health Organization that, as a general policy, exclusive breastfeeding, without additional foods or fluids, should be recommended for the first 6 months after birth. Care should be taken to provide skilled support from birth to establish milk production and effective milk transfer and to protect infants from additional fluids or foods if these are not clinically indicated.”