And as far as, you know, the one new food every three, four, five days, I've talked to the leading, you know, food allergy dietitians in the world, and they all tell me the exact same thing.

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It's completely made up.

It's just, it's made up.

It's a highly conservative approach where we, you know, we used to tell families, well, if something's going to occur, if you do one new food every four or five days, then we'll know exactly which food caused it.

But now, I look at the flip side.

So if we say that food allergies affect 5 to 8% of all children, that means 92% of children will never develop a food allergy no matter how you feed them.

So if we're telling 100% of families to be extra cautious,

that's a huge disservice to the vast majority of families. So I like to say, feed as many foods

as you want. If something worrisome happens, we can figure it out. Welcome to the show. It's me,

Dr. Mona, your trusted online pediatrician, parenting cheerleader, and mom friend who's also probably forgetting what day it is, especially when I'm trying to remember what I fed my kids yesterday.

You're listening to the Pied Stock Talk podcast where we turn overwhelm into clarity and parenting

myths into mic drops. Today's episode is one of those conversations I wish every parent could hear.

We're diving deep into food allergy

myths like wait three days between new foods or don't give peanuts before age one. With the

incredible Dr. Dave Stuckus, who's a pediatric allergist and immunologist, in honor of

food allergy awareness week, I want you to get ready to feel both validated and enlightened. Oh, and before we

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