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I think you are reading the parent comment wrong. They are highly recommending it because their child DID get a peanut allergy not because they MAY develop one

I think you are reading the parent comment wrong. They are highly recommending it because their child DID get a peanut allergy not because they MAY develop one later.

gambiting 1y ago
No I did read it that way. I understand perfectly that their child developed a peanut allergy, and I'm very sympathetic - but the assumption that if only they fed her peanut brittle within some specific time period would have avoided it is just pure fantasy, or wishful thinking at best. They are of course free to assume so and I am well familiar with the feeling of "if only I did things differently" that every parent gets.
- reissbaker 1y ago
  It's not a silver bullet, but there are many studies (including the ones referenced in the article) that show that introducing peanuts in a consistent early childhood window reduces the likelihood of later developing a peanut allergy. I don't think this is "pure fantasy."
- RyanOD 1y ago
  Different, but sort of related... Our daughter recently developed EILO. It sounds silly and totally illogical, but more than once, I've found myself wondering if there is anything we could have done to have helped her avoid it. So yes, that feeling just comes with being a parent, I guess.
- Auracle 1y ago
  You're in a thread about how feeding small children peanuts prevents peanut allergies, so to call it pure fantasy is a bit of a stretch. Might it not have mattered? Sure. Might it have prevented their kid from getting the allergy? There's a decent chance.
- thinkcontext 1y ago
  > that if only they fed her peanut brittle within some specific time period would have avoided it is just pure fantasy, or wishful thinking at best Oh I see, thanks for explaining, you are rejecting the underlying science. What about the study do you not find convincing?
  - gambiting 1y ago
    >>Oh I see, thanks for explaining, you are rejecting the underlying science I certainly do no such thing. >>What about the study do you not find convincing? I do find it convincing, what I don't find convincing is OP's assertion that because they missed some time period in their daughter's life feeding her peanuts she developed a peanut allergy. It's not an "if X then Y" system - and the study does talk about it in terms of probabilities, not certainties.
albedoa 1y ago
Nobody is reading the parent comment that way. You might be reading it wrong, but in a different way that misses the specific window fantasy.

I think you are reading the parent comment wrong. They are highly recommending it because their child DID get a peanut allergy not because they MAY develop one later.

gambiting 1y ago

No I did read it that way. I understand perfectly that their child developed a peanut allergy, and I'm very sympathetic - but the assumption that if only they fed her peanut brittle within some specific time period would have avoided it is just pure fantasy, or wishful thinking at best. They are of course free to assume so and I am well familiar with the feeling of "if only I did things differently" that every parent gets.

reissbaker 1y ago
It's not a silver bullet, but there are many studies (including the ones referenced in the article) that show that introducing peanuts in a consistent early childhood window reduces the likelihood of later developing a peanut allergy. I don't think this is "pure fantasy."
RyanOD 1y ago
Different, but sort of related... Our daughter recently developed EILO. It sounds silly and totally illogical, but more than once, I've found myself wondering if there is anything we could have done to have helped her avoid it. So yes, that feeling just comes with being a parent, I guess.
Auracle 1y ago
You're in a thread about how feeding small children peanuts prevents peanut allergies, so to call it pure fantasy is a bit of a stretch. Might it not have mattered? Sure. Might it have prevented their kid from getting the allergy? There's a decent chance.
thinkcontext 1y ago
> that if only they fed her peanut brittle within some specific time period would have avoided it is just pure fantasy, or wishful thinking at best Oh I see, thanks for explaining, you are rejecting the underlying science. What about the study do you not find convincing?
- gambiting 1y ago
  >>Oh I see, thanks for explaining, you are rejecting the underlying science I certainly do no such thing. >>What about the study do you not find convincing? I do find it convincing, what I don't find convincing is OP's assertion that because they missed some time period in their daughter's life feeding her peanuts she developed a peanut allergy. It's not an "if X then Y" system - and the study does talk about it in terms of probabilities, not certainties.

albedoa 1y ago

Nobody is reading the parent comment that way. You might be reading it wrong, but in a different way that misses the specific window fantasy.