Interesting theory.  My son, now 5, was given antibiotics at 10 days old
because of an unexplained fever.  I have always wondered if there was any
connection between the fever/antibiotics and his food allergies.  He is
allergic to milk, peanuts, and other nuts.

Sandy

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From: Aisha Piracha-Zakariya <[log in to unmask]>


> She basically told me that she's found that there have been many newborns
> who were given antibiotics at birth (since the mother had a fever, so the
> baby was automatically given 2 days of IV antibiotics at birth) and later
> developed certain allergies to foods.  Her reasoning was that the
> antibiotics kill the acidophilus/good bacteria in the newborn's system,
and
> basically render the digestive system to loose it's ability to process
> proteins and immunity....hence inability to digest milk, etc.