Allergic parents often worry about how to introduce foods to their babies, given that the tendency to allergies runs in families. This has led to the advice to focus on the least allergenic grain - rice - as baby's first cereal. New research out of the UK, however, shows that ...

Robert Hruzek of Middle Zone Musings has challenged his fellow bloggers to showcase their best of 2009. Here's mine! This year has been quite a journey for me and my family. It was a rough winter: someone was sick in our house for every week between late October and ...

Infants can develop allergies, have reactions to certain foods or have other kinds of digestive problems long before their first birthday. The infant digestive system is still developing during this critical time: in fact, infants are born with many key bodily systems under developed. This development (that typically takes place ...

A new study out of Australia shows that as many as 17 per cent of children have had wheezing or asthma before age three. By age five, the number has climbed above 20 per cent, according to the Asthma in Australian Children report. This is an alarming statistic, given the ...

As an parent with allergies, I was told when my children were young to avoid exposing them to potential allergens too early. The theory was that if they entered the world with my allergenic genes, then I shouldn't tempt fate. Recent studies have recently challenged the medical world's opinion on this ...