When I took Sydnee for her 9 month appointment a few weeks ago our pedi told me that there is no longer a concern for things like peanut butter, strawberries, eggs. She said there is new research that proves there's no point in waiting! Soo, I (being the horrible mom that I am) have given her all of those things! She LOVES pb on bread, and strawberries. We don't do eggs often so I haven't tried those. Just wanted to spread the word!
(I will admit, it would be really scary to have an infant have a reaction, but since no one in our family has any issues I didn't worry about it.)
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obviously we haven't started w/ DD2 yet, but I have heard and read that new recommendations say it's better to start PB BEFORE age 1 as long as there's no family history of allergies.
So weird how fast things change! It's hard to adjust your mindset, especially when it's so soon after DC1
When did you start solids for your DDs? DD2 in particular? I know w/ DD1 it was 6 months, now 4-6? I don't know... wait or don't wait??
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Funny. My sister took her DD to her 9 month visit last week, and our pedi gave her the okay for eggs too! So my sis took her to brunch right after the appointment and let her have a bite of her eggs. Ha ha. She didn't waste any time.
The pedi also said something to the effect of - since we don't have a history of egg problems and her 4yo DS doesn't have issues with it, it was alright.
How new is this? I haven't heard it....
We're close enough to 12mo anyway that I'm just going to keep waiting.
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I guess that's good because my dd had eggs, pb & strawberries before 1. My mom used to dip my paci in honey!
I've been doing a lot of research on this too. DD#1 we were told to hold off on egg yolk until 9 months, whites until 12 months. I actually tried egg yolk today (7 months, 2.5 weeks). I keep a syringe of benedryl nearby just in case, but it was fine. For DD#1 I was told to hold off on PB until 18 months, and tried it at 18 months and she had a pretty fast reaction to it (thank goodness for my paranoia and syringe of benedryl) so regardless of the research will hold off on that for the twins.
I am baffled by the whole peanut thing- in India, a peanut paste is a first food! Maybe they're on to something!