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F/U Solids
Thank you for all the advice, ladies! I talked to Eli's pedi last week and she said that it is absolutely up to us when we want to start. Her reasoning for starting him on cereal/solids now is recent research on food allergies. The newest line of thought is starting earlier and introducing certain allergens early on may actually prevent some food allergies. (There was a big study in Israel where peanut butter was introduced at a very early age, leading to virtually no peanut allergies in the study.) Anyway, since some studies also say waiting can help prevent food allergies, she suggested starting solids at 5 months instead of at 4 or 6 months. We will see how Eli does in a month, but I'm relieved to know she was an advocate for letting us make the decision.
Thanks again!
Re: F/U Solids
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Interesting about the difference in opinion about when to feed allergy prone food. Honestly I feel like an allergy will eventually present itself whether you give it earlier or later. I'm really glad your pedi isn't being persistent and is letting you go at yours and Eli's pace. You know him best.
Also, how is he 4+ months?!?
All of this. I preferred to wait and I gave M peanut butter for the first time while we were actually in a Friendly's restaurant attached to the best Children's Hospital in our area. Nope, I'm not paranoid or anything! The only things we're holding off on now are actual nuts and shell fish. We have shell fish allergies on both sides of the family and I'd rather just not risk it right now while she's still so tiny and won't have a clue what's going on if she has a reaction. I'd rather just wait until she's a bit older and could tell me if she doesn't feel right.
GL with solids when the time comes for you and Eli!