Allergen Foods: Infant, Gerber
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Introducing Gerber Baby Food
Asked by R.J. from Texarkana
on December 28, 2008
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Hello moms....
My DS will be 6 months on the 7th and has been Exclusivly Breastfeed with the exception of one week of rice cereal at 4 1/2 mo cause my doc told me ...
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- please dont feed him gerber! you will be setting him up for all kinds of pickiness later when he transitions to real food, especially after being breastfed. your mil...
- If he didn't do well with rice you might try oatmeal mixed with breastmilk both my girls liked it much better than the rice. I've heard the whole fruits will make him ...
- You should introduce one new food at a time so you can tell if he has problems with that food, like a rash or gas problems like the cereal did. I would just food him a...
Allergic to Dairy
Asked by J.S. from Dallas
on September 29, 2006
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My one year old is allergic to dairy. This was easy when he was on formula and baby food because I didn't really worry about. Now I am feeding him Rice Milk but I am...
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- Your son's doctor may not recommend soy because a certain percentage of children who are allergic to milk are also allergic to soy. The trouble with rice and soy milk...
- My chld has multiple allergies, including dairy. Yes, soy is questionable. Many dairy-allergic children are also allergic to soy protein, plus the estrogen issue so...
- Do you know what it is in the milk that he's allergic to? My daughter is allergic to something that's in milk but not in yogurt or cheese, which she loves. I give her ...
How Do I Know If My Baby Is Allergic to Strawberries?
Asked by S.S. from Atlanta
on June 6, 2011
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My husband and I make our own baby food for our daughter, and strawberries/banana puree mixed are one of her favorite breakfast foods. We started given them to her pro...
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- I actually just found out that my 10 month old is allergic to strawberries. I gave her the banana/strawberry baby food, and I definitely knew right away. She broke...
- I have heard of strawberries causing allergic reaction but I don't think it's common. If she was allergic you would already know! She would have a rash or itching or...
- If she isn't reacting she isn't allergic.
Infant Food Confusion
Asked by C.M. from Boston
on May 8, 2008
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Hopefully someone out there in cyberspace can clear some of this up for me. It seems like some of the information I've read in parenting books and magazines is contra...
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- Strawberries, anything with nuts, chocoalte, and shellfish are all "highly allergic" items. You can however give your baby the baby foods because they are processed......
- Hi C.- You can give your child the jarred stuff mixed with strawberries because it is pureed and processed. The reason you can not give a child fresh strawberries ...
- It's so confusing, isn't it??? I once heard someone say on TV that the purpose of cow's milk is to turn a 100 pound calf into a 600 pound steer in 6 months! You can...
Food Allergy
Asked by A.S. from Albany
on May 9, 2008
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I just found out my 7 month old is allergic to milk, soy and eggs. We had to switch her formula to elecare... Does anyone use this or in the same situation?? Also, as...
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- Alison, our son, now 3 and a half, had the same allergies as an infant. I breastfed him, but supplemented with a similar formula, called Neocate. We also received samp...
- Most kids outgrow milk alleries by the time they hit age 5. My 2nd grandson was treated for acid reflux with every drug on the market and it turned out to be a milk al...
- Hi Alison, My son was allergic to milk formula, and with soy formula he spit up blood! We ended up using Alimentum (similac brand). When he turned one the doctor ...
Wheat Allergy?
Asked by T.C. from Provo
on November 6, 2008
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I have a 9 month old breastfed baby that is very constipated and has been for a couple months now and when he does go, it smells just AWFUL. I'm thinking he might hav...
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- My son had this problem as a baby. He'd go 5 days before having a bowel movement and he'd scream and it was bloody. When I took him to the doctor, they just told me to...
- Grapes and pears are a great cure for constipation! My son loves grapes and eats them all day long. He is a year now but when he was smaller I had to cut them in half...
- It may just be that his digestive system is not very mautre yet. I would talk to the doctor at his 9 month check-up (or call the doctor if he's already gone) and tell ...
Milk Allergy
Asked by L.B. from Little Rock
on April 15, 2009
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My son could not handle his formula when he was born. So they put him on Nutramagin. When he got on that he was wonderful. When he turned 12 months we tried putting hi...
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- My 7th son has the milk protein allergy. Search mamasource for more discussions. He is 12mos. He does tolerate Soy Milk. I feed him pasta a lot. Rice and Beans he ...
- Hi!-This is very similiar to what we went thru with my son(He's now 3). Since nursing didn't go well we tried formula only to find he was allergic and also used Nutram...
- Here's what I wrote to another mom a few weeks ago who had the same problem: Oh, you've got a lot to look forward to! As a near-vegan, I have found that what oth...
Allergic to Rice Cereal?
Asked by L.P. from Philadelphia
on August 10, 2008
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My daughter is 5 months old and just started eating rice cereal. At first she just had a little hive under her eye or a few little dots of "irritation" by her mouth. ...
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- Did she recently have any shots? It could be a reaction from the shots and not the cereal. My son had probelms with constipation so i didn't give him the rice cereal ...
- My daughter seemed to be allergic to the rice cereal at that age too...she would get a patch of eczema on her arm. I stopped giving it for a while and used oatmeal in...
- Just a thought, my son could not have rice cereal from 3 months - 3 years and a few months. He was allergic to soy and some rice cereals contain soy. he grew out of it...
Baby Food
Asked by P.K. from Miami
on April 10, 2008
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My doctor said that is time for my 6 months old baby to start eating some chicken, ham and turkey. Besides gerber food can anyone tell me how should I introduce that ...
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- My son (now 3 yrs) got very little of the store bought stuff. I got the veggies like potato, pumpkin, carrots and peas, cooked and mashed them myself. That way I had f...
- Your daughter is only 6 months and he said to give her table food? Besides the baby food, if you want to give her real food you have to puree it. They sell a little th...
- Boil it and grind it. Ava is 18 months now, but when she was 6 - 9 months I would boil meat and vegetables and then grind it in the food processor. I added a little...
Food :)
Asked by K.W. from Wichita
on June 21, 2010
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Owen is 8 months old and we are currently switching from 2nd to 3rd stage baby foods. He also eats cheerios and goldfish crackers as well as the little gerber puffs fo...
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- I kept my son strictly on breastmilk and formula (except for "tasting", finger dip of this... crumb of that) until he was 1. Then for the next year and a half we d...
- I feed my 10 month old son table food. We eat healthy organic food as it is as a family so the switch was easy for us. I'm not sure how he would start unhealthy eating...
- wholesomebabyfood.com gives you all the list of what they can eat when. It is to help you make your own food. But even if you don't make your own you can use it as a g...
