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FakeNoose

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4. My son was born in 1970 and I can't remember any rules about not feeding kids peanut butter

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 02:38 PM

Oct 20

Of course my entire family (I'm oldest of 9) grew up on peanut butter. If any doctor had tried to tell me it wasn't safe giving it to kids, I would have laughed in his/her face. All of those allergy rumors happened later on, I guess.

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Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 20 OP

Early and often maybe, but I would think it should be small amounts at a time. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 20 #1

Homemade peanut butter cookies Sequoia Oct 20 #2

Israel has very low rates of peanut allergies. Mosby Oct 20 #3

My son was born in 1970 and I can't remember any rules about not feeding kids peanut butter FakeNoose Oct 20 #4

I remember years ago some health food moms Warpy Oct 20 #5