<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I have received considerable mail regarding my post to the list. I feel the need for a clarification of my statement. Here goes: I was irked at the suggestion that by simply avoiding gluten containing grains in your early years that you could prevent the inevitable. If you are wired to get celiac (genetically/hereditarily speaking) then you will get it sooner or later. Sooner or later it will manifest itself and there is nothing you can do to avoid it from happening. I say this realizing that just because some members of a family have it does not mean everyone will get it. I understand enough about genetics to know that diseases can skip some members of a family. This is also not to say that I disagree with holding off for a year or two on the introduction to known allergens in an infant diet. My point was just that if you are genetically wired to get celiac - you will. Obviously, I was genetically wired to get celiac, and my early gluten free diet did not keep me from getting it. I'd hate to think of people following this Dr's logic and then not paying attention to the signs and symptoms as the child matures and begins to get sick. Or worse still, the child grows up a "silent" celiac and finds out as an adult they have serious damage done to them. Lynda Swink .. * >\< * * * \|/ [log in to unmask] \|/ \|/ So.CA \|/ _@V