This is the best way to introduce allergens to babies 🥜🥛🐟
. Many people have heard that it’s important to introduce them early, but aren’t clear on exactly why or how to do so.
While I recommend only introducing one major allergen at a time, the traditional advice of waiting three days between introducing new foods is not evidence-based and may unnecessarily prolong the introduction of new foods. It’s important to note that oils do not contain enough protein and therefore, do not count as sufficient allergen exposure. When introducing allergens avoid hard or chunky foods, as they areOnce an allergen is introduced, it is important to maintain it inon a regular basis.
Another great option is a hard boiled egg, either mashed or blended with water, breastmilk or a puree and fed on a spoon., then they are already being exposed to cow’s milk. If used in early infancy, continuing cow’s milk formula in small amounts daily was shown in recent research to prevent cow’s milk allergy, whereas stopping it increased the risk of developing cow’s milk allergy.
Other tree nuts that you can consider introducing early are: Brazil nut, Macadamia nut and pine nut . However, allergy to these specific tree nuts is relatively rare, so some allergists feel that they do not need to be prioritized.need to be introduced. However, when my patients ask for more specific guidance, I usually recommend prioritizing cashew, hazelnut and walnut, as allergy to these is more common.
Options include steamed shrimp, cut into tiny pieces or blended with a vegetable puree or small pieces of soft, cooked lobster tail or scallop Sesame oil and sesame seeds often do not contain sufficient sesame protein to count as a sesame exposure.. Since BLW encourages self-feeding with finger foods, it tends to start at age 6 months. It is felt that this approach can have many benefits – including self-feeding skills, fine motor skills, and exposure to different tastes and textures. However, as an allergist, my main issue with BLW is that it is not always conducive with introducing allergens early.