peanut butter... how/when to introduce?

stephanier1126

good morning ladies! I was just wondering.. my LO is 16 months and I was thinking, when did every start introducing peanut butter? And how did you go about it? TIA!

yankeebaby2

He was about 9 months old and I gave it to him on apple slices

kimberlyk921

He was about 10 months and had half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. My mom is a nurse and was with us, just in case he got an allergy she would know what to look for more then I did. 

PiRSquared330

10 months, on toast.

12bailey18

We started a little after 12 months. I just spread some on an english muffin for him, he loves it!

kimberleigh30

I did it at 1 year.  I just gave him a PB&J sandwich and he loved it.  No issues. 

RandomLurker

11 months.  She ate some of my sandwich.  We have no history of a peanut allergy, so I honestly wasn't worried about it.

memali26

She was 12 months. We just spread a thin layer on some toast. It's her favorite now

FirefightersBride

12mos and i just put some on my finger and put it in his mouth

naflmj

DS started at 9 months because he needed the fat. We put it on crackers at the time.

monkeyqueen

The newish recommendations/studies are saying that it doesn't matter when you give your child a food - if he/she is going to be allergic, waiting won't make a difference.

That said, I was very leery about giving Natalie peanutbutter simply because of her history and my history, so I waited until she was 18months old......no particular reason.   Our pediatric dietitian recommended that if I was worried about allergies to just spread a little on her cheek and see what happens.   I did that and she broke out in hives within seconds.  

For some other reason, I probably won't wait as long with Dominic. 

kreeper611

Our pedi has asked us to still hold off on it.  We can give him anything else, just no nuts.

kiki_1218

We did at 9 months, which is when our pedi said it was ok. I just put a thin layer on a piece of toast.

diana.filipi

We introduced it around 7 months as a sandwich cut up into bits.

FutureMrsBB

I've been thinking about offering it to him so I'm glad for this post. We have no history of any food allergies and so far neither has DS so I shouldn't be as nervous about it as I have been. I think we might try a little today.

nillian10

just 2 weeks ago. on an apple slice. he had an allergic reaction. (eggs also) and went for further allergy testing. i dont really know if there is a "proper" age to give it.. i think if they're allergic, it doesn't matter what age. just watch for a reaction when you do give it!!