Was at a talk from Prof John Warner today where he was talking about allergies.
He suggested that an overlap period between breastfeeding and weaning was more important than exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months then weaning. He also suggested that the guidance regarding what pregnant women should eat during pregnancy may be changed and that the evidence behind the idea of slow weaning, ie waiting before introducing certain foods that are thought to be more allergenic eg kiwi, was minimal at best. He thinks that soon pregnant women with a personal or family history of allergy will be told not to avoid allergenic type foods unless they are specifically allergic to it.
It was very interesting and I wanted to tell mumsnetters about it. Posted in weaning first but Cote D'Azur suggested I post here too.