Here is some important information

Who gets food allergies? Can they be stopped?
Once you have food allergies, there are not any medicines that make food allergies go away. If you
are allergic to a certain food, the only way to make sure you won’t have a reaction is to never
taste, touch or even smell the food.
Moms who breast feed their babies might keep the babies from getting food allergies. Another way
to keep babies from getting food allergies is to wait to feed them foods that often cause food
allergies:
• Try to wait until babies are 6 months old before you give them solid foods. Wait until they
are 1 year old before giving them milk and other dairy (like cheese and yogurt).
• Toddlers should not eat eggs until they are 2 years old.
• Children should not eat peanuts, nuts or fish until they are 3 years old.
Talk to your doctor about a plan for introducing these foods.
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