New infant feeding advice (re: allergies) from ASCIA

[The[cookie]Doctor]

AAARGH!

- When your child is ready, consider introducing a new food every 2-3 days according to what the family usually eats (regardless of whether the food is thought to be highly allergenic).

^^ Love how they say that and then contradict it with the smooth and pureed foods. I was so excited thinking BLS was going to get a run in there, but no

[butterfly_warrior]

All I can say... finally there's some advice that doesn't continue to compound the guilt for those like me who were forced to use formula.

Thanks for posting this, Epacris.

BW

[MantaRay]

Interestingly, I heard a presentation given by a leading US allergist the other day, and most of what he said correlates to the article. Particularly the part about not delaying the allergenic foods for so long. His opinion on soy formula was a little different though - he said that the Hydrolysed formula tastes awful, so often infants won't drink it, so he recommends trying soy formula first.