Makes me wonder if these babies are not being exposed to ENOUGH to have them build immunities of their own.
(ducking for asking....)
We tell my sister this all the time. She doesn't have kids, but she's a super clean freak who has developed 2 new allergies, in her 30's. My son gets a similar reaction to bee bites and stings - not full out severe allergic reaction, but it's like a baseball under his skin. And he feels ill for days afterward. We're told it could get worse, but we just stay vigilant and keep benadryl on hand.
I'm curious too about peanut and other similar allergies. I think it's funny - parents I knew when my son was very young wiped everything with industrial strength cleaners yet thought nothing of feeding their babies peanut butter (at least 2 allergic now) and spraying pesticides liberally and in the kids presence. You know, 'protecting' them from 'germs' but ignoring the common sensical preventative advice around them.
One of my son's little friends had serious allergies and asthma, but that didn't stop his parents from smoking around him (a lot!), having cats (his cat allergies were extreme), spraying for bugs night and day, inside and out, and then shuttling him off to specialists to find out why his asthma was getting worse, and why he developed eczema. They were loving, caring people, with an odd kind of common sense.
Makes me wonder if these babies are not being exposed to ENOUGH to have them build immunities of their own. (ducking for asking....)
I'm ducking with you, I agree! (And I wouldn't mind a return to common sense - i.e. my pesticide friends - wildflowers are not weeds!)