I was reading in the Parents Magazine yesterday about a change the American Association of Pediatrics made last spring that I hadn't heard about. Have you? I'm especially interested in Sunny's take...
In 2000, they issued a statement encouraging parents to avoid introducing their children to potentially allergenic foods such as nuts, eggs, etc until certain ages. Well, this spring, they reversed that recommendation. They now say there is no correlation as to WHEN to introduce foods to your babies and allergies. If your child is going to be allergic to peanuts, it doesn't matter if you introduce it at 6 months or 6 years. That's the same advice my doctor gave me when Keara turned one, even though Sierra is allergic. He then told me that because allergies run in our family (pets and food), our children are more likely to have allergies, but specific allergies do not run in families. So, just because Sierra is allergic to peanuts does not make our kids any more allergic to peanuts, just more likely to be allergic in general.
Anyway, they said the change was because in 2000, the recommendation was based off of expert opinion but no clinical evidence. Now, after 8 years of testing, they have found NO evidence to support that claim. In fact, they have found evidence dismissing their previous claim. What do you think?
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I actually read in an article in either Parenting or Baby Talk magazine that says if moms eat peanuts or other allergy related foods during pregnancy, it may lower the chance of the baby being allergic to it. I'm not sure if it's true or not, and it doesn't make that much of a difference to us since either Nate nor I are allergic to anything, and thus far, Makenzie isn't either.
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