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                    Early Formula Feeding Doesn't Up Allergy Risk

                    Moms who couldn't breastfeed immediately
after birth can rest easier
                    about their little ones developing allergies.
A new study suggests that
                    babies who get formula for the first few days
of life have no increased
                    risk of developing allergies. The kind of
formula doesn't seem to matter
                    either. Doctors at the University of
Amsterdam studied 1,533 children
                    and found that those who drank formula with
cows' milk protein (which
                    some experts think can weaken a child's
immune system and
                    stimulate allergies) for the first three days
of life were no more likely to
                    develop hay fever and eczema at ages one and
two than babies who
                    had formula without the protein. All the
children were breastfed for at
                    least six weeks after the first three days.
The researchers conclude
                    that a strict feeding regimen in the first
few days of life may not be
                    required to prevent allergies. They published
their findings in the current
                    Archives of Disease in Childhood.
This appeared on the BabyCenter site and was part of the mailings
that they send out to new moms.  <sigh>  I am guessing that this
is the same study that was just discussed.

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