Posted on 01/05/2017 3:58:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
Edited on 01/05/2017 4:35:21 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Peanut allergies are a big problem for many kids and their families, but new guidelines published could help protect high-risk tots and other youngsters, too, from developing the dangerous food allergy.
Feeding infants peanut butter when they are as young as four to six months old might prevent them from developing peanut allergies, according to research released from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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But wait....don’t they want you to nurse until they’re ready for school?
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>> “But wait....don’t they want you to nurse until they’re ready for school?” <<
That works too!
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And stop putting babies literally in “plastic bubbles” growing up. They need exposure to germs to build up their immune systems.
Mom needs to eat peanut butter and peanuts just like the rest of us.
Stop with the hand sanitizers too.
When my kids were in the public indoctrination system I was sick of the anti peanut frenzy that was prevalent. I literally told an administrator, “I don’t give a damn about another parents spawn that has a peanut allergy, my kid is bringing pb&j sandwiches for lunch.” For some reason they (the school) backed off. Good for them.
Recently took a cruise. Every venue you attended, hand sanitizers! Never again Royal Caribbean. Man have they gone downhill!
Peanut butter was a staple in my kid’s diet early on
Apparently my son did not get enough peanut butter, so when he was a year old he stuck a peanut M&M in his nose.
Besides allergies to peanuts and eggs, I wonder what other allergies can be prevented using this technique.
Very dangerous.
A girl at the takeout counter said she went into anaphylactic shock and had to be rushed to the hospital due to a peanut allergy. I asked her whatever possessed her to eat a peanut.
SHE DID NOT EAT A PEANUT.
She was getting skin-tested for allergies——they scratched her arm w/ a peanut derivative. That’s when she went into shiock.
Knew someone who insisted the sitter take their toddler outside but not play and get dirty because her extensive wardrobe was too precious.
Now that’s just plain funny
The problem is the kids don’t even go outside nowadays...let alone play in the dirt.
When I was a kid, the moment I came home from school, my mom made us take off our very nice school clothes and change into our “play clothes.” I still remember my little elementary school “sweetheart” coming over to my house in fifth grade and he laughed when I said I had to go in and put on my play clothes. LOLOL...looking back it’s pretty funny, but my mom was smart. MY play clothes were usually my brother’s old pants and shirts...ha ha...I was a tomboy though so it worked.
Curious if the allergic tots were born to moms that didn’t much nurse and/or pump. And nursing would be a challenge for a working mom.
The healthiest kids are farm kids. They are exposed to lots of allergens early on. As far as nursing and working, it can be done. I nursed for 15 months and worked. This was before good pumps were available. I had to fill up bottles, the old fashion way(by hand). Even did it at work. It just takes determination. My boy was never sick.
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