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Katetam
20 yrs ago
My daughter hasn't tried anything with peanuts in it... just wondering when did other parents let your child try peanuts? Would starting with peanut butter be safer? Or try actual whole peanut first?
Our family has history of asthma and eczema. Thanks for any information shared.
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swmbo
20 yrs ago
Usually they say wait until the child is at least one year old for peanuts and peanut butter. But if you have a history of allergies in your family then you're better off waiting until at least 2 years. I don't know which is better to try first but peanut butter is easier - although that is only one type of nut and my niece has allergies to some nuts and not others (eg. she has intolerance to pecans and walnuts, but not to ordinary peanuts so can eat peanut butter).
A friend of mine had a child with lots of allergies and intolerances (peanuts, dairy, wheat, eggs, etc). She was told to put any new foods on the skin next to his mouth and if the skin turned reddish then he probably had an allergy or intolerance to that food.
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@@
20 yrs ago
Children should never be given whole peanuts until they are 5 years old - due to the choking hazard.
General advice is to start your child off with peanut products after 2 years.
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And I've read that if there's a history of nut allergies, it's advisable to wait to 5 years before introducing peanuts.
Almonds are a low allergy nut, very healthy and a good one to start with. Almond butter is really yummy, better even than peanut butter :-)
Still, if allergies run in your family, it'd be good to discuss this with your doctor.
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@@ had a great point. No round objects; peanuts, grapes, M&M's anything round until the age of at least 6. Speaking of round objects, do not let your child play with "superballs", those round balls about bounce really well. Serious choking hazard for ALL childern. It's some common that the Los Angeles conunty fire department carry special tools in the ambulance just to fish those things out and childern die from suffocation.
Another note: Peanuts is not a nut. It's a legume. Rember, nuts grow on trees. Peanuts are from the roots of small plants. Yes it's esoteric but you couldn't imagine the number of hot women I've impressed with that fact.
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Most children who develop food allergies either have asthma or a family history of asthma, eczema, or hay fever.
How is it diagnosed?
Anyone with a suspected nut or peanut allergy, or with a suspected life-threatening food allergy, should be evaluated by an allergist. Possible tests include a diagnostic blood test, called a RAST test, which measures antibodies to specific allergens. Skin testing might provide useful information, but must be done carefully as it is riskier than RAST testing in severely allergic individuals.
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Considering a family history of allergies, why rush? Almond butter and cashew butter are both great (better?) tasting substitutes. As far as your question, I thought the general recommendation was age one year for introduction of general protein foods such as milk or eggs, eighteen months to two years for foods that are known for allergic propensity such as strawberries, peanut, shrimp. The thing is that family history and individual genes are just so important. One baby might eat peanut from day 1 and never have a problem in his life (my friend's baby of course), baby #2 may get one taste at age 5 and have a reaction (my baby of course). But baby #3 may be a child who develops allergy only because he was exposed too young. The idea is that the longer you wait, the more mature the immune system will be and therefore will be less likely to go haywire and cause an allergy. So holding off may actually prevent the allergy. You can't do much about it if you are parent of baby #1 or 2, but what we are trying to prevent by holding off is the allergy in baby #3 who may have only the tendency.
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