The thing that blew me away was:
Fair dinkum hey? All that worrying that's been going onThere are no particular allergenic foods that need to be avoided
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The thing that blew me away was:
Fair dinkum hey? All that worrying that's been going onThere are no particular allergenic foods that need to be avoided
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yeah... all the delaying off stuff.. when to do this, when to do that... I guess rule of thumb is introduce things individually to see if there's any reaction, and it doesn't matter when!
I guess with breastfeeding, they're getting whatever we eat anyway.. so no difference!
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The thing that blew me away was:
Fair dinkum hey? All that worrying that's been going on
chocolate?
honey not until theyr'e one (cos of botchulism)
eggs?
strawberries?
this is all out of the window now????
argh!!!
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Gigi, yep because:
And re: breastfeeding:The change from previous guidelines is based on some recent studies suggesting that avoiding allergenic foods does not appear to reduce allergies, and may even be associated with an increased risk
So the latest recommendations are effectively the opposite to the previous recommendations. What an enormous change! It will take aaaages for it to filter through and sink in (by which time they will probably do more research and change them back againExclusion of allergenic foods from the maternal diet has not been shown to prevent allergies)
Dunno about honey though, 'cos that's not an allergy issue is it?
ok .. well dd has ezcema and potential" intolerances" so this article caught my eye ..
correct me if im wrong but , its saying to give the "highly allergic" foods ?? what about the potential of the "peanut allergy " wich can be fatal ... so if i give her food and her ezcema flares up , i should keep giving it to her ???
... there is a "PEANUT ALLERGY" not a "NUT ALLERGY" a peanut is a legume , not a nut ... but then it says nut allergy too .... so confusing ...
same goes with a SEA FOOD allergy , its SHELL FISH allergy ... it can be near fatal too ..
all formula tastes bad . the poor babies who have to taste it ( NOT implying negative comments on mums who FF i was one myslef.., rather commenting on the tastes of Formula)
im also confused as to why they arent pro BLS ?? i thought i was doing a good thing too lol ..
the pead is on my back about dd weight atm and he said just feed her
Mis_tree - my dd sounds like your ds ... have you had a rast test done ...??
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I think what the article is saying is if you give potentially allergenic food and nothing happens, then you will be able to keep giving that food...but if you give something and it makes her excema flare up, then you should stop giving that food and seek medical advice. So basically, don't avoid giving any food and just use trial and error.
Re the formula - I actually read somewhere that even though adults find the taste of formula disgusting, babies like it because it is sweet, and they are genetically programmed to love sweet things because sweet = kilojoules = nourishment and putting on weight. That's why BM is naturally sweet as well. Babies have a lot more tastebuds than adults and so they taste things differently to the way that adults do. If babies really did find that taste off-putting they would refuse to drink it.
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I am still avoiding honey for DS till he is st least 1, cause that is not an allergy risk... that one is a "food poisoning" risk...
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Just went on the hunt for a link I posted once before.
This document: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications..._files/n34.pdf admittedly is from 2003. But it's where I read that honey should be avoided until 2yrs old. (page 405) I'm pretty sure this is the document that listed some ingredients of breastmilk which was interesting too... will have a flick through. It's got a great section on breastfeeding management.. which isn't related to this thread I know
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