Huge thanks to Benadryl for sponsoring this post about my son’s allergic reaction and reminding me of how lucky we are.
I kept close tabs on what I was feeding my infant son eight years ago. We all did; it was doctor’s orders. Allergies were on the rise and we needed to carefully watch every new food. The most common allergens were to be avoided altogether for at least the first year. It was a large-scale experiment, really, to see if delaying the introduction to allergens would make some difference, some dent, in the relentlessly rising allergy rates. It didn’t. So now parents are back to feeding their babies pretty much whatever they want.
I guess I should probably get over that time my husband accidentally bought the baby cereal with powdered milk already added. Cow’s milk! The horror! I’ll consider it.