Diaper Daily News - 2/13/09

Some news and website items that caught Sara’s eye:

• Peanut allergy and infants - Does early exposure to peanuts make it more or less likely a child will develop a peanut allergy?
  • Peanut allergy increasingly common (BabyCenter - MOMformation)
  • Early exposure to peanuts may prevent allergy (MSNBC)
  • The fear about peanut allergies is nuts (Salon)
  • Food allergy advice may be peanuts (Science News)
  • Peanutty thoughts for today (Junkfood Science)
  • Babies who eat peanuts may be less likely to develop peanut allergy (BabyCenter - HealthDay)

Poll:

(Add a comment to this post to give reasons for your answer or to say when you first exposed your child or children to peanuts.)

• When toddlers point a lot, more words will follow (Washington Post)
• Babies to have genetic code mapped at birth from 2019 (Telegraph.co.uk)
• Is Baby’s Stress Inherited from the Parents? (Scientific American)
• Vaccines didn’t cause autism, court rules (CNN)
• What you didn’t hear about the latest study of sudden and unexpected infant deaths (Junkfood Science)
• When Talking on the Phone May Endanger a Child (New York Times)
• Why Don’t Babies Talk like Adults? (Scientific American)
• How Infertility Made Me a Skeptic (Rational Moms)
• The social world of newborns: A guide for the science-minded parent (Parenting Science)
• Prenatal learning: Do baby food preferences begin in the womb? (Parenting Science)

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