In a recent KidsDr.com website article, Pediatrician, Sue
Hubbard, writes about Food Myths & Your Baby. Dr. Hubbard
emphasizes the need to introduce a variety of foods to children
when they start eating solid foods. The myths relate to a
nonexistent forbidden foods list parents should avoid in order
to prevent their child from having an allergic reaction. New
recommendations, from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma &
Immunology (AAAAI), support Dr. Hubbard's encouragement of
including foods such as wheat, milk, eggs, fruits, nuts and
shellfish in your child's diet. In 2000, the American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) issued guidelines that suggested children
should put off having milk until age 1, eggs until age 2 and
peanuts, shellfish and nuts until age 3. However, in 2008 the
AAP revised those guidelines citing little evidence that delays
prevented the development of food allergies. It didn't say when
and how to introduce such foods though. The AAAAI's
recommendations address those concerns by suggesting