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Can you safely feed tree nuts to your baby if intact nuts and thick globs of nut butter are a choking hazard? Yes, indeed! And tree nuts are one of the Big 8 allergenic foods and a category of foods that we want to expose baby to early and often...but we need to do so safely.

In this episode we are looking at some safe ways to offer baby tree nuts in food form, but without increasing the risk of choking. Tree nuts can be tricky, but by selecting easy-to-feed forms like almond flour baked into unsweetened baked goods or thinned out almond butter that the baby can self-feed, you can introduce our baby to tree nut protein.

SUMMARY of episode

In this episode, I’m covering:

• Why tree nut allergy is different from peanut, but also how they present similar challenges in feeding to baby safely

• Two easy ways to include almonds safely in your baby’s diet...with advice on why almond milk is NOT a good bet for introducing almond protein to your baby

LINKS from episode

• Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) information page on tree nuts & tree nut allergy - including a list of tree nuts (there’s a lot!).

• Everything You Need to Know About Tree Nut Allergy from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology.

• Air Fryer Pistachio Crusted Tofu Nuggets recipe on Katie blog The Fortified Family.

• For Meg Mason’s almond flour pancake recipe.

• Check out Puffworks Baby Puffs for safe introduction of peanut protein for babies age 6 months+ use code BABYLED for 10% off (this is my affiliate code)

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RESEARCH links from episode

• Weinberger, T., & Sicherer, S. (2018). Current perspectives on tree nut allergy: a review. Journal of asthma and allergy, 11, 41.

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