A bit of backstory: my partner has a LOT of food allergies in his family, and a lot himself. I banned peanuts from the house because the baby would get sniffly and itchy-eyed when he was positioned about 10 inches or more above a peanut butter jar (while I would be making sandwiches- I have felt an aversion so haven't eaten peanuts since I got pregnant).
My point is that I have reason to think that the baby may be highly allergic.
No problems for months.
A couple of days ago, I put the baby (now 10 months old) into my partner's hands (he grasped the baby under the shirt, so direct skin contact, plus kissed his cheek so beard and lips contacted) and he almost instantly started crying. Hard. I took him back immediately but he was inconsolable. At first he sounded very scared, then he sounded like he was in pain so I stripped him, looked for bites or anything in his clothes or diaper.
I laid down with him in bed and he just kept crying. His whole face and the front half of his scalp first turned splotchy, then beet red. At this point I was about to take off for the ER but he was breathing fine. He's never turned that color before, regardless of crying.
He nursed but at first every time he would swallow he would pull off and cry more. Then he was falling asleep and nursing but when he would swallow his whole body would sort of jerk. Sort of like a cry sob but not quite the same. His face and head remained red for a long time, and his breathing seemed a little strange but I couldn't put my finger on why I thought that.
Partner didn't say that he had eaten peanuts or anything suspicious, but then he would not admit to it even if he had. Asking him would be pointless.
My point is that I have reason to think that the baby may be highly allergic.
No problems for months.
A couple of days ago, I put the baby (now 10 months old) into my partner's hands (he grasped the baby under the shirt, so direct skin contact, plus kissed his cheek so beard and lips contacted) and he almost instantly started crying. Hard. I took him back immediately but he was inconsolable. At first he sounded very scared, then he sounded like he was in pain so I stripped him, looked for bites or anything in his clothes or diaper.
I laid down with him in bed and he just kept crying. His whole face and the front half of his scalp first turned splotchy, then beet red. At this point I was about to take off for the ER but he was breathing fine. He's never turned that color before, regardless of crying.
He nursed but at first every time he would swallow he would pull off and cry more. Then he was falling asleep and nursing but when he would swallow his whole body would sort of jerk. Sort of like a cry sob but not quite the same. His face and head remained red for a long time, and his breathing seemed a little strange but I couldn't put my finger on why I thought that.
Partner didn't say that he had eaten peanuts or anything suspicious, but then he would not admit to it even if he had. Asking him would be pointless.
Sorry, but that's my opinion. Better to be safe than sorry. I would also insist from now on that people do not touch him after handling peanuts, and that you be really careful in public until you get him checked out with an allergist. Enen if your dp touched a surface that had peanuts on it, or ate something that had peanuts in it (granola bar, etc) without knowing it, that would be enough. I knew of one family whose child had a serious reaction after shaking the hand of someone who had handled peanuts a couple of hours previous.
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