In conclusion, breast milk consumption through exclusive breastfeeding meets all nutrition and fluid requirements in an infant’s diet up until around six months of age and continues to be an important nutritional source up to one year of age when coupled with the gradual introduction of complementary solid foods. This gradual introduction of complementary foods is essential in order to meet the infant’s high energy needs and increased nutritional requirements for normal growth and development to occur. However, this gradual required introduction of food into an infant’s diet can be quite troublesome due to the food neophobia occasionally experienced during this stage of the lifespan. Essentially, food neophobia is the “reluctance or avoidance
