Introducing Peanuts/peanutbutter

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concernedmom

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My daughter has allergies to several treenuts plus peanuts. She actually ate peanut butter for a year or so before she developed her first allergy - cashews. Peanuts followed a while later. She is the only person in our family with a nut allergy and the only person with an anaphylactic allergy. My husband did have some food allergies as a kid though and I was milk allergic.

If you do introduce it earlier than 3, I'd just suggest watching closely and only feeding it to him when you're around. It's been my experience that other people don't notice the beginnings of an allergic reaction, even in a child with a diagnosed allergy.
 
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concernedmom

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My daughter has allergies to several treenuts plus peanuts. She actually ate peanut butter for a year or so before she developed her first allergy - cashews. Peanuts followed a while later. She is the only person in our family with a nut allergy and the only person with an anaphylactic allergy. My husband did have some food allergies as a kid though and I was milk allergic.

If you do introduce it earlier than 3, I'd just suggest watching closely and only feeding it to him when you're around. It's been my experience that other people don't notice the beginnings of an allergic reaction, even in a child with a diagnosed allergy.
 
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concernedmom

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My daughter has allergies to several treenuts plus peanuts. She actually ate peanut butter for a year or so before she developed her first allergy - cashews. Peanuts followed a while later. She is the only person in our family with a nut allergy and the only person with an anaphylactic allergy. My husband did have some food allergies as a kid though and I was milk allergic.

If you do introduce it earlier than 3, I'd just suggest watching closely and only feeding it to him when you're around. It's been my experience that other people don't notice the beginnings of an allergic reaction, even in a child with a diagnosed allergy.
 
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concernedmom

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My daughter has allergies to several treenuts plus peanuts. She actually ate peanut butter for a year or so before she developed her first allergy - cashews. Peanuts followed a while later. She is the only person in our family with a nut allergy and the only person with an anaphylactic allergy. My husband did have some food allergies as a kid though and I was milk allergic.

If you do introduce it earlier than 3, I'd just suggest watching closely and only feeding it to him when you're around. It's been my experience that other people don't notice the beginnings of an allergic reaction, even in a child with a diagnosed allergy.
 
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concernedmom

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My daughter has allergies to several treenuts plus peanuts. She actually ate peanut butter for a year or so before she developed her first allergy - cashews. Peanuts followed a while later. She is the only person in our family with a nut allergy and the only person with an anaphylactic allergy. My husband did have some food allergies as a kid though and I was milk allergic.

If you do introduce it earlier than 3, I'd just suggest watching closely and only feeding it to him when you're around. It's been my experience that other people don't notice the beginnings of an allergic reaction, even in a child with a diagnosed allergy.
 
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kitomd21

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Note family history if waiting until 3 years old...see below...

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://babyparenting.about.com/od/nutritionandfeeding/f/peanutbutter.htm
">http://babyparenting.about.com...ng/f/peanutbutter.htm
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Peanuts make the top of the big 8 list of food allergies but there really is no definitive answer to this question. Much depends on your family history. If you or anyone in your child's family has a food allergy or allergic type disorder (like asthma or eczema) or if your child has had a food allergy in the past, then you should wait to introduce peanuts and peanut butter. How long? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, you should wait until your child is 3 years old.
In addition, mothers with any history of a peanut allergy in the family should avoid peanuts and peanut butter in the third trimester of pregnancy and for as long as they are nursing their children.

If there is none of the above in you or your child's history, however, then peanut butter can be a healthy addition to the diet when your child turns 1 year old. Just be sure to avoid giving big spoonfuls of peanut butter and never give children under 3 years of age whole peanuts because these pose a choking hazard.
 
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kitomd21

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Note family history if waiting until 3 years old...see below...

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://babyparenting.about.com/od/nutritionandfeeding/f/peanutbutter.htm
">http://babyparenting.about.com...ng/f/peanutbutter.htm
</a>
Peanuts make the top of the big 8 list of food allergies but there really is no definitive answer to this question. Much depends on your family history. If you or anyone in your child's family has a food allergy or allergic type disorder (like asthma or eczema) or if your child has had a food allergy in the past, then you should wait to introduce peanuts and peanut butter. How long? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, you should wait until your child is 3 years old.
In addition, mothers with any history of a peanut allergy in the family should avoid peanuts and peanut butter in the third trimester of pregnancy and for as long as they are nursing their children.

If there is none of the above in you or your child's history, however, then peanut butter can be a healthy addition to the diet when your child turns 1 year old. Just be sure to avoid giving big spoonfuls of peanut butter and never give children under 3 years of age whole peanuts because these pose a choking hazard.
 
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kitomd21

New member
Note family history if waiting until 3 years old...see below...

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://babyparenting.about.com/od/nutritionandfeeding/f/peanutbutter.htm
">http://babyparenting.about.com...ng/f/peanutbutter.htm
</a>
Peanuts make the top of the big 8 list of food allergies but there really is no definitive answer to this question. Much depends on your family history. If you or anyone in your child's family has a food allergy or allergic type disorder (like asthma or eczema) or if your child has had a food allergy in the past, then you should wait to introduce peanuts and peanut butter. How long? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, you should wait until your child is 3 years old.
In addition, mothers with any history of a peanut allergy in the family should avoid peanuts and peanut butter in the third trimester of pregnancy and for as long as they are nursing their children.

If there is none of the above in you or your child's history, however, then peanut butter can be a healthy addition to the diet when your child turns 1 year old. Just be sure to avoid giving big spoonfuls of peanut butter and never give children under 3 years of age whole peanuts because these pose a choking hazard.
 
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kitomd21

New member
Note family history if waiting until 3 years old...see below...

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://babyparenting.about.com/od/nutritionandfeeding/f/peanutbutter.htm
">http://babyparenting.about.com...ng/f/peanutbutter.htm
</a>
Peanuts make the top of the big 8 list of food allergies but there really is no definitive answer to this question. Much depends on your family history. If you or anyone in your child's family has a food allergy or allergic type disorder (like asthma or eczema) or if your child has had a food allergy in the past, then you should wait to introduce peanuts and peanut butter. How long? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, you should wait until your child is 3 years old.
In addition, mothers with any history of a peanut allergy in the family should avoid peanuts and peanut butter in the third trimester of pregnancy and for as long as they are nursing their children.

If there is none of the above in you or your child's history, however, then peanut butter can be a healthy addition to the diet when your child turns 1 year old. Just be sure to avoid giving big spoonfuls of peanut butter and never give children under 3 years of age whole peanuts because these pose a choking hazard.
 
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kitomd21

New member
Note family history if waiting until 3 years old...see below...
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<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://babyparenting.about.com/od/nutritionandfeeding/f/peanutbutter.htm
">http://babyparenting.about.com...ng/f/peanutbutter.htm
</a><br />
<br />Peanuts make the top of the big 8 list of food allergies but there really is no definitive answer to this question. Much depends on your family history. If you or anyone in your child's family has a food allergy or allergic type disorder (like asthma or eczema) or if your child has had a food allergy in the past, then you should wait to introduce peanuts and peanut butter. How long? According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, you should wait until your child is 3 years old.
<br />In addition, mothers with any history of a peanut allergy in the family should avoid peanuts and peanut butter in the third trimester of pregnancy and for as long as they are nursing their children.
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<br />If there is none of the above in you or your child's history, however, then peanut butter can be a healthy addition to the diet when your child turns 1 year old. Just be sure to avoid giving big spoonfuls of peanut butter and never give children under 3 years of age whole peanuts because these pose a choking hazard.
 
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Melissa75

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Olymama--I feel so bad for your friend...to be allergic to beans and Mexican. I guess that is like a gluten allergy and being American.

CFHockeymom--Thanks for the info on IGE being somewhat dependent on exposure. That makes sense.

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Melissa, 33, bronchiectasis (no cf)
 
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Melissa75

Administrator
Olymama--I feel so bad for your friend...to be allergic to beans and Mexican. I guess that is like a gluten allergy and being American.

CFHockeymom--Thanks for the info on IGE being somewhat dependent on exposure. That makes sense.

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Melissa, 33, bronchiectasis (no cf)
 
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Melissa75

Administrator
Olymama--I feel so bad for your friend...to be allergic to beans and Mexican. I guess that is like a gluten allergy and being American.

CFHockeymom--Thanks for the info on IGE being somewhat dependent on exposure. That makes sense.

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Melissa, 33, bronchiectasis (no cf)
 
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Melissa75

Administrator
Olymama--I feel so bad for your friend...to be allergic to beans and Mexican. I guess that is like a gluten allergy and being American.

CFHockeymom--Thanks for the info on IGE being somewhat dependent on exposure. That makes sense.

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Melissa, 33, bronchiectasis (no cf)
 
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Melissa75

Administrator
Olymama--I feel so bad for your friend...to be allergic to beans and Mexican. I guess that is like a gluten allergy and being American.
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<br />CFHockeymom--Thanks for the info on IGE being somewhat dependent on exposure. That makes sense.
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<br />Melissa, 33, bronchiectasis (no cf)
 
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