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Dear Friends:
This from Jennifer:
"We tend to notice that many babies who delay solids well past the
middle of the first year have food allergies. In other words, these babies have
damaged guts and are actively avoiding ingesting more of their allergens (many
may already have been exposed through mom). We know that children and adults
have a tendency to crave their allergens and to eat them to the exclusion of
other foods (especially common with cow milk and gluten allergies). Is it
possible that babies might be as likely to crave their allergens as avoid them?
Maybe it isn't true that babies are more likely to develop allergies by being
fed solids at an early age--maybe babies who have allergies happen to be
more likely to be fed at an early age, b/c they are cuing for them?
(snip)
So, my point, especially to Christine and Nikki, is that I trust babies
immensely, but I think we may be misinterpreting what they are telling us. Has
anyone noticed how many babies who demand foods, will at first seem to eat most
anything and pretty soon are picky eaters? When you look at their diets,
these kids are often living on the most common allergens and refusing most all
else. "
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Nikki here now:
Our personal experience reflects those babies that we have met; there are
far more babies than we have met. The evidence is sparse.
If I go by my own babies, I had 2 different types. One that never wanted
solids until around a year of age; the other that demanded chicken at a barbecue
at the age of 6 months. Both have gone on to have serious gut troubles (and a
consequent endocrine disruption); both would eat anything as toddlers and
young children.
Given that we are seeing the impact of pollution of every sort, how can we
figure out what to do? What do you propose, Jennifer?
warmly, (and hoping that the cut and paste survives the Internet!)
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
_www.myspace.com/adonicalee
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