This article goes into environmental causes, prenatal nutrition causes and even the link with obesity. But absolutely no mention of how baby is fed the first months of life being a contributor ( or deterrent). 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/health/28seco.html?ex=1322370000&en=65b5e7267769df39&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

When our first son developed asthma as a 3-year-old, my husband and I felt pretty much blindsided. We were only a little less shocked when the same thing happened to our second son, at the same age. 
The disease turned out to be tenacious, and for years both boys needed inhalers or a nebulizer machine several times a day to prevent asthma attacks that could keep them up half the night, coughing and wheezing.
Both had eczema, too, and the kind of food allergies - to nuts, peanuts and shellfish - that can lead to fatal reactions. 

What caused all this? My husband and I were mystified, because neither of us had asthma or life-threatening allergies, nor did our parents or siblings. 


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Mirine R. Dye , B. S., CLE
Mothers in Paradise, Childbirth and Lactation Education Service
 Florida Keys  
www.keysmama.org

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