As a child, I was breastfed, like each of my siblings. My mother saw this as the natural way to raise me, and as a stay-at-home mom, she could do so comfortably for about a year before weaning me onto a bottle and baby food. Berger notes that during the 1970s, bottle-feeding was promoted, but recently the new understanding is that breastfeeding is best because the composition of breast milk can fluctuate depending on the baby's specific signals and needs. . (Pages 146-147) Also, I started eating baby rice cereal with fruit around five or six months. And new foods were slowly added as I got used to it. My mother said I followed normal growth patterns in terms of nutrition and diet, nothing out of the ordinary