Egg whites

Today a friend asked me: "Why can't you give babies egg whites?" and I had to admit not knowing. I then waffled on about how egg whites coagulate a lot faster than the yolks - I am not sure why that is either.

Anyway. I did a google search, and this is what I found out:

It turns out that most people who are allergic to eggs are allergic to the whites and the primary culprit is the protein ovalbumin. Apparently, most people outgrow this allergy by the time that they are 5 years old.

These are the two website that I looked at:

When Can My Baby Eat Eggs? Egg Allergy Information
When can I feed my baby eggs and egg yolks to avoid an allergy?

Pram Direction (again)

In my last post, I was guilty of the type of dishonesty that frequently happens "on the internet": I referred to a document before actually reading it.

Last night, I actually read through What's life in a buggy like. There was a lot more in it than I remember being said on the radio or in the bbc article. One point that lept out at me was this:

Was the parent talking to the awake child?
Buggy away: 11 %
Buggy toward: 25 %
Carried: 46 %
Walking: 47 %

Was the child vocalising?
Buggy away: 12 %
Buggy toward: 17 %
Carried: 31 %
Walking: 50 %

I realised that my daughter frequently "asks" to be taken out of the pram, and when I do, I actually do talk to her a lot more - telling her what my concerns/dilemmas are and pointing out objects or people-doing-activities that I think might be interesting to her. Today, I made a conscious effort to pick her up whenever she was awake and it was safe to do so. I think that we both had a lot of fun this way despite the unforgiving heat!