Getting My 2 Year Old to Drink Her Soymilk/word of caution

[Guest guest]

You can get calcium from Almond

> milk and broccoli. (My kids really like chocolate or vanilla almond

> milk). I also make them a " shake " made with a vegan soy protein,

> vanilla almond milk, and frozen strawberries blended together. It's

> very yummy! You can get protein from almond butter (very good on

> sliced apples) or peanut butter, too.

 

Just a word of caution, because I just came back from our first visit

to the pediatric allergist. Before this visit, I would have agreed

totally with everything said here. But today, the allergist told me

that many doctors are now recommending holding off on ANY nuts until

at least 3 years old, due to the huge increase in anaphylactic (life

threatening) allergies to peanuts and tree nuts.

 

My daughter is 19 months old, and she had what I believe to be a mild

anaphylactic reaction last week, when I gave her a smoothie with

peanut butter in it. That's what prompted this visit to the doctor!

Aside from a cousin who is anaphylactic to cashews, and half siblings

with some allergies to various things (including one who is ana to

bees), this came at us out of nowhere! Both her full brothers are

healthy.

 

NOT to criticize Maggie's great advice in ANY way. Just a word of

caution, especially if you have a family history of allergies or

asthma. No one really knows if holding off will eliminate the

possibility of severe allergic reactions in ANY child, or if giving a

young child that food will bring on a reaction because it was

introduced " too early " . But it's something I had to mention, because

it happened to us just last week. Marilyn

[Guest guest]

Yeah, very good point. My kids are 6 and 8, and we already know they

aren't allergic.

 

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:37 PM, sahmomof8 <sahmomof8 wrote:

 

>

> NOT to criticize Maggie's great advice in ANY way. Just a word of

> caution, especially if you have a family history of allergies or

> asthma. No one really knows if holding off will eliminate the

> possibility of severe allergic reactions in ANY child, or if giving a

> young child that food will bring on a reaction because it was

> introduced " too early " . But it's something I had to mention, because

> it happened to us just last week. Marilyn