Hi ALl,
Have a similar situation here about the peanut thing.  A friend of mine has a
VERY allergic baby (allergic to dairy, corn, wheat, most vegis, some fruits,
etc.).  Her allergist told her that she could not eat peanut butter, and that
baby should not, under any circumstances, have any peanut butter, as it would
likely cause anyphalactic shock and the baby could die.  At our PC meeting
(she is also a PC) her little one (18 mo) got into my sons crackers w/peanut
butter and enjoyed herself!  She only ate one or two, but mom was freaking
out.  She was ready to rush the baby to the hospital to have her stomach
pumped and everything.  I told her to sit down and watch her child for signs
of reaction.  45 minutes later, there were still no reactions.  Several hours
later, I called her to see haw baby was doing.  She was fine.  Mom didn't
understand why there was no reaction.
Now, I am not an allergy specialist, by any means, but I would think that
just because a person is highly allergic to a lot of things, doesn't mean
that they will be allergic to everything that is commonly an allergen.  Am I
right, here?

I agree that it is ludicrous to "warn" moms about eating all the commonly
allergy causing foods and to avoid them.  I think that it is OK to tell a mom
who has specific allergies herself, even if she grew out of them (like I did
with Dairy) to minimize intake during pregnancy and to watch baby after birth
for signs.  As it is, I minimize my dairy intake because both of my sons had
allergic reactions to dairy in my milk, and the youngest has started showing
signs of sensitivity again after almost a year of eating dairy with no
problems.  Alllergies are interesting things, hard to determine what is
causing the reaction sometimes, and hard to figure out if the reaction is
allergy related.  How many cranky, irritable kids have been "changed" simply
by taking a specific food out of their diet?

Good luck with the woman on a "mission".  These types of people honestly feel
that they are helping, when we really know that they are seriously hurting BF
and possibly harming babies in the process (especially if a mom decides that
because so and so said this was bad (whether it is or not) she ABM feeds
instead of BFs).

Enough rambling, I have too much to do today!  Take care all!
Jay