Breastfeeding will protect your baby from allergies

¦ I have food allergies and want to reduce the risk of my newborn baby developing them. Is this possible?

>> Food allergy is an adverse immune response to a food. As you have food allergies yourself, I can understand your concern.

There a number of reasons for allergies and one of these is a family history. While one in 10 babies develops an allergy if neither parent has an allergy, this figure does increase if one or both parents have an allergy. If you are breastfeeding your baby, this will not pass on your allergies to the baby but in fact protect your baby.