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Can I Eat Peanuts If My Breastfed Baby Is Allergic. A few children do have a severe milk protein allergy. My sister breastfed both of her children AND ate peanuts while pregnant and nursing AND gave them both peanut butter at 1 year. Breastfeeding is obviously the best thing you can feed your baby. Mothers should NOT feel guilty because they ate peanuts while nursing and now their child has this allergy.
As for babies without eczema or food allergy the guideline says that parents should introduce peanut products freely into the diet along with other foods based on their own family preferences and cultural practices. Thats because new research shows that enough protein from a small serving of peanuts can be transmitted through a mothers breast milk and. For these babies its less important that peanut products be in the diet early although its fine if they are. While peanuts do come with many health benefits to offer they may turn out to be risky if consumed while breastfeeding particularly among mothers who suffer from nut allergies. However to keep your baby from developing an allergic reaction youll need to figure out which foods your baby is allergic to and stop eating them for as long as you breastfeed. Since most babies eat every 2 -3 hours delayed reactions can be difficult to diagnose.
Can I keep breastfeeding my baby if they have a food allergy.
I did not breastfeed my son and he has pa. Can I keep breastfeeding my baby if they have a food allergy. The mothers of peanut-allergic infants were 23 times more likely to have consumed peanuts during breastfeeding than mothers of the control infants although peanut ingestion during pregnancy was a stronger predictor of peanut allergy. Talk with your pediatrician if you think your baby is having an allergic. Luckily during breastfeeding you do not have to stick to the strict pregnancy diet as long as you follow some rules of healthy eating. Convincing evidence from this 1994 Canadian study found that the best reduction in peanut allergy occurred when the breastfeeding mother consumed peanuts while breastfeeding and introduced a peanut product to her infant before 12 months of age.