In a message dated 96-12-22 00:03:12 EST, Pam writes: << There is now a mom on the internet---with the mission to WARN every breastfeeding woman of the dangers of consuming peanuts (or citrus, dairy, wheat) while breastfeeding. She is stating that LLL is trying to "cover-up" this information. I am just not knowledgeable enough on this subject. Please help....>> I know this woman. La Leche League Leaders host breastfeeding chats on American Online for the Parent Soup Channel. One Sunday evening when I was hosting the chat with another Leader in Arkansas this woman entered the chat and asked if she could've CAUSED her son's peanut allergy. We responded that it's possible she sensitized him. She would not accept our answer - either in the chat or through several emails. I tried to explain to her if we "warned" every pregnant or nursing mom to avoid foods that are known allergens, that these moms would not be able to consume a full or nutritious diet. I told her we work with moms on elimination diets if they discover allergies in their breastfed children. From what I have read, sensitization can take place during gestation or through the minute amounts of the allergens passed into breastmilk. But, there is a big differecne between SENSITIZED and CAUSED. She used words like "conspiracy" and "cover-up" in relation to La Leche League "hiding" the "truth" about breastfeeding moms consuming peanuts and "causing" peanut allergies. She's what I call a "yeah, but" because she will not listen to anything anyone says unless it validates her beliefs. Pam, could you let me know where you saw her posting or advertising about her "mission"? Thank you. She's quite insisitant and very vocal and I'm afraid she may cause some problems for La Leche League in the future with what she is saying and how she is saying it. Deb Wirtel, St. Louis [log in to unmask]