Do you feed your baby milk products and/or gluten? - Page 2

[peacelove&camping]

yes, peanut butter and peanuts are both choking hazards, but you're sposed to get it in them as early as possible.... so how the heck? :D my doctor laughed when i asked. so i started with some very thinly spread on celery--i put a glob on, then ran a sharp knife down the length of it in the 'tunnel', to scoop out all but what would stick to the sides. that way she would just suck off a little.

the reason you're supposed to wait on the citrus is some babies have a hard time digesting all the acid. but i think it's try-able at least :)

[skfmama]

We held off on grains until 9.5 mo (he's 11 mo now) when we introduced soaked oats and soaked brown rice. DS hasn't had them too often yet. We're holding off on wheat until after a year, but we aren't super hardcore about it - he's had veggies and chicken out of our potpie, for example.

He likes cheese a lot. And yogurt. And frozen blueberries and cream. And frozen peas - at least twice a day. :)

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

Like others, the only things we've held off on are peanut butter and honey (and maple syrup for the same reason as honey). DS turns 1 this weekend, and we're going to celebrate with some of our homemade maple syrup, and will introduce peanut butter pretty soon too - I probably didn't need to wait but I figure I pretty much flout every other "baby rule" ever written - I should toe the line somewhere ;)

[Terrilein]

Originally Posted by SeattleRain 

My issue with peanuts is that it can present in anaphalctic shock with severe allergies, which many allergens do not. I have an anaphalactic reaction to shellfish and that can be scary. Most milk allergies do not present in such a life threatening manner that requires immediate, life saving intervention. I'm not comfortable giving peanuts without being close to a doctor so I'm going to give it to him at the pediatrician's office at his 9 month WBV.

This is me, too, with shellfish. I'm like, what am I supposed to do if he has an anaphalactic shock like I've had??? He wouldn't stand a chance. It's almost too scary to even consider!
 

[peacelove&camping]

Originally Posted by Terrilein 

Originally Posted by SeattleRain 

My issue with peanuts is that it can present in anaphalctic shock with severe allergies, which many allergens do not. I have an anaphalactic reaction to shellfish and that can be scary. Most milk allergies do not present in such a life threatening manner that requires immediate, life saving intervention. I'm not comfortable giving peanuts without being close to a doctor so I'm going to give it to him at the pediatrician's office at his 9 month WBV.

This is me, too, with shellfish. I'm like, what am I supposed to do if he has an anaphalactic shock like I've had??? He wouldn't stand a chance. It's almost too scary to even consider!
 

totally true, and totally understandable, and it's what was running through my head when we introduced peanuts. however, if they really think that introducing earlier can *reduce* the chances they'll have that kind of reaction to deal with, now or later in life.... i had to do it.

fwiw, her nutritionist offered to have my dd tested for shellfish before i introduced it, since i am allergic; you could ask your pedi :)

[Terrilein]

Originally Posted by peacelove&camping 

Originally Posted by Terrilein 

Originally Posted by SeattleRain 

My issue with peanuts is that it can present in anaphalctic shock with severe allergies, which many allergens do not. I have an anaphalactic reaction to shellfish and that can be scary. Most milk allergies do not present in such a life threatening manner that requires immediate, life saving intervention. I'm not comfortable giving peanuts without being close to a doctor so I'm going to give it to him at the pediatrician's office at his 9 month WBV.

This is me, too, with shellfish. I'm like, what am I supposed to do if he has an anaphalactic shock like I've had??? He wouldn't stand a chance. It's almost too scary to even consider!
 

totally true, and totally understandable, and it's what was running through my head when we introduced peanuts. however, if they really think that introducing earlier can *reduce* the chances they'll have that kind of reaction to deal with, now or later in life.... i had to do it.

fwiw, her nutritionist offered to have my dd tested for shellfish before i introduced it, since i am allergic; you could ask your pedi :)

Well, I figure it's enough that I'm eating peanut butter myself. He gets in touch with traces of the allergens that way. But as for testing . . . that don't do that here really. Over the years I have outgrown allergies only to pick up new ones. The last time I saw my allergist like 3 years ago, he said they wouldn't test to see if I was still allergic to shellfish. You have to go to the hospital for it. But he suspected that I had a true allergy to shellfish and not a cross-sensitivity due to my other allergies. his rec is to continue avoiding shellfish.
 

[MJB]

My newest babe is 6.5 mos. and eats wheat, dairy, soy, corn, eggs, tomatoes, berries, etc. She has not had shellfish or nuts yet and I don't think she's had citrus. She ate a whole scrambled egg and half a slice of whole wheat toast for breakfast the other day and she eats yogurt several times a week. The only food she's had a reaction to was coconut milk. 

[babygirlie]

In my opinion only, a 2 year old is better apt to tell you if they are in pain or to survive an allergy attack and I would not subject my child to that sort of torture as a wee baby. I guess if you've never had a food intolerance you don't realize it can not only cause intense pain and bathroom issues but developmental issues also. Ignorance is bliss but not to the poor kid who's getting the raw end of the deal. My dd is getting near two and JUST had her first piece of fish and it was very small and I watched very closely. I will not give her peanut butter or strawberries or gluten of any kind until she is 2 and then it will be very carefully. I lost my entire childhood and young adult years to food allergies in screaming pain where every doctor shrugged and said I must not want to go to school. I will not do that to my child!

[peacelove&camping]

Originally Posted by Terrilein 

Originally Posted by peacelove&camping 

Originally Posted by Terrilein 

Originally Posted by SeattleRain 

My issue with peanuts is that it can present in anaphalctic shock with severe allergies, which many allergens do not. I have an anaphalactic reaction to shellfish and that can be scary. Most milk allergies do not present in such a life threatening manner that requires immediate, life saving intervention. I'm not comfortable giving peanuts without being close to a doctor so I'm going to give it to him at the pediatrician's office at his 9 month WBV.

This is me, too, with shellfish. I'm like, what am I supposed to do if he has an anaphalactic shock like I've had??? He wouldn't stand a chance. It's almost too scary to even consider!
 

totally true, and totally understandable, and it's what was running through my head when we introduced peanuts. however, if they really think that introducing earlier can *reduce* the chances they'll have that kind of reaction to deal with, now or later in life.... i had to do it.

fwiw, her nutritionist offered to have my dd tested for shellfish before i introduced it, since i am allergic; you could ask your pedi :)

Well, I figure it's enough that I'm eating peanut butter myself. He gets in touch with traces of the allergens that way. But as for testing . . . that don't do that here really. Over the years I have outgrown allergies only to pick up new ones. The last time I saw my allergist like 3 years ago, he said they wouldn't test to see if I was still allergic to shellfish. You have to go to the hospital for it. But he suspected that I had a true allergy to shellfish and not a cross-sensitivity due to my other allergies. his rec is to continue avoiding shellfish.
 

gotchya :)

[waiting2bemommy]

I've given both my kids all kinds of foods starting very early. Both of kids started solids fairly early (and continued to nurse like newborns at the same time!) and we haven't had anu issues that I am aware of. Proccessed foods definitely have a behavior reaction with ds, but I think that would be true of nay kid. He is allergic to red 40, but I certainly didn't give him red food coloring as a baby, so I don't think one has anthing to do with the other. I held off on eggs until 9 months with ds and 8 months with dd. I didn't do peanut butter with ds until 2 and probably will do the same with dd. Right now if I make pb&j sandwiches dd who is 9 months gets either cream cheese and jelly or soy "nut" butter and jelly. The ped told us that honey was fine for her....I was sure it wasn't but I give ds local honey every day during allergy season to keep his allergies down and I sometimes put a little in the kids' chamomile tea at bedtime. So she gets honey every once in a while.

I just can't get it out of my head about the peanut butter thing. It just goes against every fiber of my beign to feed it to her. It might not be based in any reality, lol, but I just can't make myself feed peanut butter to a kid under 2!