Comments on: Mounds of Cookies

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:58:00 +0000

Sarah, it's Schnoogles from SparkPeople. Love your blog! You're a very talented writer.

If you're still BF, try sunflower nut butter. There is a brand called Sunbutter that is really tasty and non-allergenic. If you can't find it in your local stores, you can order it at sunbutter.com. Amazingly, I first tried this on an airplane, and LOVED it! And I'm a peanut butter junkie too.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:50:00 +0000

From the March of Dimes:

Peanut Allergies
The prevalence of allergy to peanut products is approximately 1% of the U.S. population, and one out of four allergic individuals has severe allergy, with severe respiratory or gastro-intestinal symptoms.

Although there is not yet an extensive amount of research on fetal sensitization, there have been suggestions that a fetus may be exposed to peanut allergens if a woman consumes peanut products while pregnant, so that an infant with predisposition to allergy may develop a peanut allergy.

Parents with severe food allergies in general and/or family histories of nut allergies should probably try to avoid early infant exposure to formulas or foods made with nut products, and these same mothers may want to avoid peanut consumption while breastfeeding.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:48:00 +0000

The simple answer is my doctor advised me not to. Because peanuts and all it’s variations are a highly allergic thing for young children, she said that it’s better to keep it out of the bm. I have a history of allergies in my family and also am asthmatic. These things are believed to put the baby at a higher risk for allergies so I avoided it to be on the safe side. After she told me that, I researched it and weighed the pros and cons and to me it was better to cut it out for a while.

By: DMD

DMD — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:39:00 +0000

i am breastfeeding, too, and i was wondering why you wouldn’t make any peanutbutter items. do you not eat peanutbutter either?

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:31:00 +0000

hello, i’m mandy (http://www.gordonthree.blogspot.com), friend of sarah of fork & knife fame.

i went yesterday to stock up on baking supplies and i hope to start baking all my christmas cookies today or tomorrow. i’m making jam thumbprints, too!

i think i’ll post my mom’s recipe for cut-outs (sugar cookies, kinda) and you can see if it’s up your alley. i guess mom’s recipe is always the best…