How the Prenatal and Early Infancy Environment Influence ...

Prenatal Influences as Information for the Fetus > Additional Support/Evidence > The Importance of Smell and Taste in Infant Development
Tastes and smells transferred to the fetus through the mother's diet are messages about the environment to which it will be born. The infant's tastes can be influenced, therefore, by what the mother eats and transfers through amniotic fluid and breast milk.