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Food Allergies and Weaning Babies to Solid Foods

10.20.2008 | 7:12:00 pm | Posted by Allergizer
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5359440My little girl is turning 6 months old soon (yes, time flies, doesn't it?) and it's time to start weaning her to solid foods. Until now, she's exclusively breastfed and we've deliberately waited this long before starting her on solids as recommended for babies considered to be at high risk of having allergies. And while she hasn't shown any allergy-related symptoms to date such as eczema, the fact that my older child had food allergies (and other non-food allergies, as well), make her high risk.For many parents, this is an exciting milestone that is...
 
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