Their recommendations are built on results of a major study completed in the UK by researchers at Guys and Thomas’s and King's College London. Last week the American Academy of Pediatrics last week updated their guidelines to call for 'purposeful feeding' of four to six-month-old babies who are at high-risk for developing food allergies, those who have a relative with an allergy, or who have severe eczema or an egg allergy. Like many parents, I delayed giving my daughter foods containing nuts, thinking I needed to wait until she was at least a year old. It turns out that well-meaning parents following the best-available medical advice might have contributed to the increase. Please always seek medical advice immediately if your baby shows any signs of a reaction 🙌🏽❤️ Love JoeĪ post shared by WEAN IN 15 on at 1:19pm PDT She’s now been referred to our GP who will then refer us on to a have an allergy test with a specialist 🙌🏽 During this whole time me and Rosie both kept calm. She wasn’t given any medicine or tests at the hospital as she was ok by that point. As a precaution the medics said they must take all babies under the age of 2 years old to the hospital to see a doctor. While we were waiting for the ambulance to arrive Indie was sick. Within about 30 minutes the rash and swelling had started to go down. We called 111 & they recommended that an ambulance come to assess Indie. She wasn’t having any breathing difficulties and seemed to be in a good mood throughout it. This is the worse it got in the photo about 10 minutes after eating it. A few minutes later she appeared to have a raised rash on her mouth and neck. Within a few minutes of eating the cashew butter on toast she started to rub her eyes.

I’m just going to explain what happened with Indie today. Please bare in mind that every baby can react differently to an allergen food.

I’m not qualified to give any medical or allergy advice but thought it would be useful to share my experience today, in case you ever find yourself in a similar situation. She’s eaten almond butter and peanut butter in the past and been totally fine so we didn’t expect it at all. Indie is totally fine now and happily sleeping but earlier she had an allergic reaction to cashew butter. Last year 15-year-old Natasha Ednan-Laperouse collapsed and died after eating a sandwich containing sesame, to which she was allergic. But allergies that cause anaphylaxis - the most extreme and serious reaction – can be very serious. In fact, most allergic reactions just result in itchy eyes or skin rashes and can be remedied with antihistamines. Fortunately she was fine and didn’t have a severe reaction. Last week the fitness Instagrammer Joe Wicks posted an image of his daughter, Indie, who had a reaction to cashew nut butter and had to be taken to A&E he posted a picture of her face looking red and swollen. We all know someone with an allergy (I had a mild one and grew out of it, so was particularly worried about feeding my baby nuts) and we’ve read horrifying stories about worst case scenarios. There’s nothing more terrifying when weaning than the thought that your baby might have a nut allergy. The advice on when you should give your babies nuts and allergenic foods is changing – but are parents getting the right information?

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