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Question – Worried about E numbers? So many products I look at for my baby contain E numbers, which always worries me. Do I need to be scared of all of them? Answer: Many people are suspicious of E–numbers, which are codes in ingredient lists for food additives. The mention of food additives or E–numbers often raises concerns that they are artificial and potentially dangerous substances. However, the...

Can I pass my allergies on to my baby of 18 weeks? During my pregnancy I developed an allergy to peaches and apples (I’m not sure whether this is normal or not!!). My doctor told me that the allergy should disappear when I gave birth – but it hasn’t. When I eat apple, my mouth feels all tingly and my lips swell a bit. I am extremely worried...

Is it too late to begin the routine at 4 months? My main problem is that I haven’t been following the Contented Baby routine so far. I breast fed my baby exclusively (on demand) for the first 7 weeks, when I started to give him a bottle at 7pm to go to bed with; then I breast fed him on waking through the night. He no longer seemed...