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Fun first foods: An easy guide to introducing solid foods (Revised 2011)
Allergies in the family?
Have you or your partner, or any of your children, had hay fever, asthma, eczema or an allergic reaction to food? If so, then avoid giving your baby any of the foods listed on page 28 before she is 6 months. After that you may gradually give these foods one at a time, checking there is no reaction. Talk to your health visitor if you are worried. Don’t give your child peanuts and peanut products until she is at least 3 years old, and whole nuts until at least 5 (see page 28).
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