Peanut allergy in 18 month old?
My grandson had a allergic reaction while eating peanut butter and crackers(Ritz) broke out in a rash immediately. Daughter called Dr. and they had her bring him right in. Dr. stated that he needs to go for allergy tests. He has eaten peanut butter, peanuts, crackers and everything else that could possibly have peanuts in it. Has anyone else gone through this? Any input would help. Makes you scared to feed him anything. Been checking labels etc. The crackers he ate had soybean oil in them. So who knows. Anyone know of a site that has a list of peanut free foods or restaurants that do not cook with peanut oils?? It makes it so limited for him, everything that he likes has so kind of nut in it. Guess his Mom will have to learn how to cook!!! We get so conditioned to eating out due to busy lifestyles. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!
Thanks for the responses. He was given Benadryl and still has to take it for the next 3 days. Told Mom not to give him any peanut butter yet, but what do I know!!
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if children are fed peanut products before 2 years old they’re more likely to develop peanut allergies, which is why you’re not supposed to give them peanut butter or anything before they’re 2.
My wife is allergic to peanuts. You’ll have to read labels carefully and avoid peanuts and peanut oil. Be careful with chocolates because they can carry a trace of peanuts. It makes things more difficult, but peanuts are a common allergy.
Get some baby benedrly next time this happens.
Most foods now have allergy warnings on peanut oils.
They most of the time grow out of these allergies.
It’s very difficult to trust the labels in absolute when it comes to something like this. I remember a story of a 15 year old girl with a peanut allergy who died after kissing her boyfriend. It turned out her boyfriend ate peanut butter a couple of hours earlier and it got pass on to her with the kiss. Hope everything turns OK for you guys.
My girlfriends 3 year old son just went through this this past summer. He also has a nut allergy – but interestingly enough, he is more allergic to some nuts, and not as allergic to others. She found this out after taking him to the doctors office. After the doctor checked for allergies, she got a print out of what her son was allergic to (and the severity).
Her son is in pre-school, and wears a name-tag that says ‘nut allergy’ under his name. Parents are told there is a nut allergy in the class, so please do not send treats with nuts in them to class.
This may seem like he is being singled-out, but trust me, as a former teacher, many, many kids have all different kinds of allergies. I had a 4 year old in my class that was allergic to nuts, strawberries, wheat, and was lactose intolerant.
Kids are resilient. They adjust pretty easily for most situations. If you are eating out, just make sure you mention your grandson has a nut allergy, so none of your food can be cooked with nuts or a nut oil.
One more thing, nowadays, most food labels not only tell you if they have nuts, eggs, dairy, or wheat in them, but they will tell you if they have been processed at a plant that processes these ingredients.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
Usually pediatricians dont recommend that a child have peanut butter until they are 2 because of allergies. They can do fine on a type of food then develop the allergy later. Here is a site I found that might be helpful.
foodallergy.org is a wonderful site with LOTS of information.
Good Luck
My son broke out in a rash the first time he had strawberries. The doctor said to try and hold of until he is two for an allergy test and just to avoid foods that don’t seem to agree with him.
I generally use olive oil to cook. When you go to restraunts you just have to state that he has allergies and ask what alternatives they have to offer. The cooks at restraunts tend to get pissy about it but it’s their job and they’ll get over but if the server seems stress it’s because the cooks are giving them crap for it.
My 17 month old son was just diagnosed with a peanut allergy as well. He also has asthma. His pediatric allergist suggested we do this testing at a recent appointment. He has never ate peanut butter, just happened to get a pinch of my other sons peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He broke out quickly. I have a lot to learn with this as well, we have an epi pen and we keep benadryl with us at all times. Does anyone have a list of restaurants that use peanut oils?? It is very hard to get staight answers on the internet…not easy to find information! Thanks!
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