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post #21 of 30
10/6/08 at 5:06pm
The issue is also not just that they'd react with their first exposure, but that they'd react with the second or further down the line, from having been exposed too early/too often. Some kids are never going to have a problem, but I admit I am paranoid; we'll wait until she's two before doing too many nut things. She gets very occassional tastes of walnuts and almonds for now (because I eat them a lot! I am eating some right now ).
post #22 of 30
10/6/08 at 7:34pm
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Thanks for all of your responses ladies.: My pedi recommended waiting until 3 for nuts and shellfish because although we have no family history of FOOD allergies, my husband has severe allergies to environmental things. DS was fine after the pb, and I am going to finish up the jar of soy butter and then start giving him pb on a regular basis. So what about shellfish? Do your kiddos eat shrimp and such? DS loves fish, and I would love to make boiled shrimp again.
post #23 of 30
10/7/08 at 3:23pm
Ds had pb the day before his first birthday, we were shopping on Black Friday and I gave him a little of the pb/chocolate/ice cream dessert my group was sharing. Not again until 14 or 15 months because I was more worried about the thickness and stickiness and choking than reacting.
post #24 of 30
10/7/08 at 3:24pm
Oops totally forgot to mention shellfish, I'd say he was about 1.5 when we first gave him sushi with cooked crab and shrimp.
post #25 of 30
10/7/08 at 3:57pm
I had given DS a peanut butter muffin and he had eaten part of it and left the other half sitting on the couch. I walked into the room and DD was munching away! So the next day I gave her another muffin. She was around 13 months. So that was her introduction to peanuts!
post #26 of 30
10/7/08 at 3:58pm
There is some research out in recent years indicating that delayed exposures to food do not reduce risk of allergies. I wish I had time to hunt it down right now, but sorry to say I don't.
post #27 of 30
10/9/08 at 6:27pm
I waited until my daughter was 3 for both peanut butter and tree nuts.

I guess it's because I know moms who have kids with food allergies, it can be very serious.

I still don't know for sure since my daughter didn't like PB when I finally let her eat it...and she still asks if it has nuts before she'll eat muffins, brownies etc.
post #28 of 30
10/9/08 at 6:38pm
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There is some research out in recent years indicating that delayed exposures to food do not reduce risk of allergies. I wish I had time to hunt it down right now, but sorry to say I don't.
One of the problems is that there is a lot of conflicting research. Having a child with life-threatening allergies (and we have no history at all in the family) my personal feeling is that it is safer to delay as long as possible, and to be very, very cautious with what you introduce and when. This seems like the safest course to me, even if you have no history of allergies in your family. Honestly, having an allergic child is so frightening that I'd do every.single.thing.I.could.to.minimize.that.possib ility.

If that means holding off to 3 or later for typically allergic foods, that's what I'd do. There are plenty of other foods to eat, and once you have an allergic reaction, your life becomes so difficult to manage because you then need to avoid those foods at all costs. And every exposure increases the severity of the reaction.

I was very much less cautious until it happened to my child. It really changes your outlook.

If you do introduce nuts, please do so carefully and make sure you are within easy reach of medical help in case you need it. We were lucky and ds survived, but he could very easily not have done. And I was one of those casual parents who could have posted this question on mdc the day before, not really ever believing that it could happen to me.
post #29 of 30
10/9/08 at 9:26pm
My ds does have food allergies, so I do understand where you are coming from. I think some of the research I have read indicated that within cultures that have taken to delayed exposures, there is a statistically significant increased risk of allergies in the population. All this stuff I have filed away in a box somewhere from my days back in college studying public health (probably stuff from around 2000). I just don't have time to hunt it down. This is the only thing I can find online, and it doesn't really substitute for real research: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9646449/

You are right though that the research is conflicted, and I don't blame those who think they are being cautious by leaning one way or the other. Nothing scarier than a life-threatening allergic reaction. Truly awful. I am fortunate that my son's allergies have never been life-threatening, though very quality-of-life-diminishing.
post #30 of 30
10/10/08 at 9:01am
my ds has had all the nuts.. for awhile... he loves to share pbj sandwiches with me... he'll be 2 on tuesday..
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