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
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