Question:
My daughter is now 6 months and I feed her porridge once or twice a day (depending on the mood – hers that is..). And I guess now is the time, where I might start to feed her products that contains gluten. I myself have wheat allergy and I wouldn’t want her to develop the same. That is why I intend not to feed her wheat until she is 1 year old, but instead give her rye, oats and barley.
The question is: does this make any difference? Is the likelihood that she will develop wheat allergy very small – or is it a good idea to be cautious?
Answer:
Since you have a known food allergy, your daughter is pre disposed to food allergies as well. It is not, however, necessarily towards wheat. It is most common to be allergic to one cereal only, most often wheat. But you can also be allergic to rye and in very rare cases to oats, corn, millet, rice or buckwheat.
Often it is also a link between not being able to tolerate wheat and not to be able to withstand grass pollen. This is called cross allergy. Allergies are somewhat difficult to deal with.
In principle, you should not place a child on a special diet and under food restrictions, unless it has been dertermineded that there is something the child can not tolerate. Children need to have so many different kinds of food as possible.
It is very difficult to do without wheat in daily life, which you probably know from yourself. There is wheat in many products, not just in bread baked with wheat flour, but also in, for example pasta, etc.
However, I can very well understand your question and I think that you might want to contact an allergist or your own doctor, to hear what they think will be the most … (read on after the ad)
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… appropriate solution to your daughter. I am afraid I do not know what the likelihood is that she is will develop an allergy to wheat, but as I said I think that you should contact an allergist. That way you can get the best advice in relation to your daughter.
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