Peanut Butter?!

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Ok this isn't a totally controversial topic but it's stirred up some argument here in my real life. Our pediatrician, who I absolutely adore and trust, told us to go on and introduce peanut butter at 4mos when we started introducing rice cereal. He told us that contrary to previous thought, new research indicates that early exposure decreases the chance of allergy. I don't give my son much, just a fingertips measure of the all natural/organic stuff mixed in with a few tablespoons of cereal every few days, but my SIL and grandmother freaked out when they heard! So I'm curious mamas, when have or will you introduce good old PB? Oh and by the way our pediatrician is no young inexperienced man, he's coming from a background of running the nursery at Childten's Hospital D.C.!

**for those commenting about waiting til 6mo for solids let me add that I'm following pediatrician advice, my son was a stable supported sitter when we started, and we stopped breastfeeding at 4mo because I had to go back on meds for MS...**

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I guess whenever I start introducing solids. I feel the sooner I know, the better, when it comes to allergies. And to add to that, peanuts are very nutritious & protein packed.

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Every doctor will tell you different. My one friend was told to start introducing known allergens to her daughter at 3 months. Another was told 4 months another 6 months.

The advice my doctor gave me was to eat known allergens (assuming I am not allergic) while pregnant and breastfeeding if I plan on getting pregnant then introduce them slowly when I introduce rice cereal.

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With my oldest he was 5 months when I introduced peanut butter with my second I think he was about 5 months too and the last one was 4 1/2 months and we haven't had a problem for a wail pbj is all my middle son would eat but I think he was like 1 and 1/2 when that phase was happening lol

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My kids were eating mashed potatoes at 6 months and rice cereal at 4 months and all 3 of them are fine, back in older days there were no guidelines and babies ate what their parents gave them. My grandparents had me and my sister eating solids by the time we could crawl they chewed it up and gave it to us. I'm just not into all this wait for this time frame stuff. Its bout as bad as pregnant women too scared to eat everyday foods because they're worried it'll harm the baby.

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Personally I would never give peanut butter to my child until after a year, I agree with you that it will decrease the chance of allergies, but what if your 4 month WAS allergic, the allergic reaction would be much harder to save a 4 month old than a 12 month old.. That child would be a goner.. And to me it's not worth the risk..  At the same time..  I'm surprised you are feeding any solids before 6 months..  I'm no expert but I thought that was a common milestone

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We introduced all three kids to peanut butter very early. No allergies with any of them.

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I was going to introduce it to my son at about 10 months. He's intolerant of dairy though so that's why I'm waiting longer. I had read some of the commentaries of the same research. :)

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I really don't know. There doesn't seem to be much scientific knowledge on allergies anyway. The only thing that I would advise is being mindful of symptoms other than swelling that may indicate an allergy. I assume that your doctor went through it with you but as an example you may nothing a rash is you rub it on your little ones skin or they may have a tummy ache each time they eat it.

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I just gave my little girl peanut butter thinned out with a little bit of breast milk today (she just turned 6 months). She LOVED it. She would suck it of the spoon and then kept giving it back for more!

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Too bad your doctor didn't also know that it's better to wait until 6 months to start solids. I'm planning to give my 9 month old a tiny bit of powdered peanut butter mixed into food soon to introduce it to him. I have children's benadryl on hand in case he reacts.

Peanut Butter?!

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