>Sanna-Mari Tonteri wrote:
>
>I find it interesting that Dr Ehrlich's
>recommendations are quite the opposite to what is recommended here in
>Finland these days.
>
>[snip]
>Also the recommendation about animals and respiratory allergies has
>changed here in Finland in the recent years. Now they say it is ok to have
>(hairy) domestic animals even in the allergic families - only if any of
>the family members reacts to the animal, the family should not have
>animals. That is, if a child has tons of food and pollen allergies, but
>shows no reaction to animals, her/his family may keep pets, according to
>this newer recommendation.

This is precisely what my son's allergist told us. In fact, he said that
children who are exposed to animals from birth are *less* likely to develop
allergies to them. We didn't discuss the role of breastfeeding though, so I
guess I'm driftig OT here. I will have to ask him about that next time. :-)

regards,
Julia

Julia R. Barrett
Freelance Science Writer & Editor
Mom to Sean (4) and Kira (1)
Madison, Wisconsin

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