Babies with chronic health conditions, including cardiac conditions, are at higher risk from childhood diseases. Mom should have a good discussion with baby's docs about the baby's individual risk, and strongly consider immunizing the baby. Babies with cardiac issues generally do thrive better at breast than bottle, partially because of the ability to self-pace the feeding to avoid overtaxing the baby's aerobic capacity. The mom with the allergic baby should probably not give her baby the things she thinks the baby is reacting with gut irritation to in her diet directly until well over a year of age, perhaps even 2-3 years. I often advise moms of allergic babies to use a rotation scheme when starting solids, avoiding giving the same food again for 2-4 days at least. It makes detective work a tiny bit harder if baby does react, but it can reduce the risk of sensitization to new foods. Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]