Interesting piece of advice from my doctor

boo-bitz · July 2009

We took Madi for her one year check up today and the Dr asked if we had tried PB with her yet. I told her no, that was one thing we were stricter on with the waiting till 1 year thing. She told me to let her try it, but if she tastes it and spits it out then there is a good chance she is allergic. Her son would always just spit it out, so one day she mentioned it to her friend who is an allergist and he told her that he was most likely not eating it for that reason because most babies love it for the sweet and saltiness. And she did have him formally tested by an allergist and sure enough he was allergic. Crazy eh?

Temp174496125006552 · July 2009

Huh. That's interesting.

lanie26 · July 2009

Uh, no. I don't buy it. Jo gobbled up peanut butter the first time and broke into hives.

The second time she had it it had barely crossed her lips and boom. Hives.

She didn't get a chance to spit it out.

618mom22boys · July 2009

Not that I disagree at all, but if that is the case than my DS is allergic to EVERYTHING except peanut butter! lol

ougrad1 · July 2009

That is weird.

Tess12 · July 2009

Your doctor is old school. That's the same advice my mom got from the pedi 30 plus years ago when my baby brother didn't like chocolate. The doctor said that it was probably an allergy because all kids like chocolate. That's it. No allergy testing. Nothing. She just kept him away from chocolate after that.

ToBeMrsT · July 2009

618mom22boys:
Not that I disagree at all, but if that is the case than my DS is allergic to EVERYTHING except peanut butter! lol

LOL!

my son must be allergic to ice cream.

jamie5315 · July 2009

I have to agree that the advice sounds a little old school. One of the teachers at DS' old day care had something with peanut butter in it for lunch, didn't wash her hands and touched my DS. He immediately broke out in hives. That's how we know he's allergic.?

lanie26 · July 2009

Tess12:
Your doctor is old school. That's the same advice my mom got from the pedi 30 plus years ago when my baby brother didn't like chocolate. The doctor said that it was probably an allergy because all kids like chocolate. That's it. No allergy testing. Nothing. She just kept him away from chocolate after that.

That is so weird. Nah, our pedi said that no conclusive tests could be done until her immune system is more mature and that they'd do them around 3. He did give us a script for epi pen jr and told us to keep benadryl on hand.

But that is not because she spat out peanut butter, but because it gave her nasty hives.

DavezWife · July 2009

not true here. She hates PB, but is not allergic.

bim38106 · July 2009

hmmm.. interesting. And I hope it's not true! DD doesn't like regular PB but she LOVES chocolate PB (it has the same amount, little less actually, of sugar, fat, calories) and eats it all the time with no reactions.

SuperCuteBenz · July 2009

lanie26:
Tess12:
Your doctor is old school. That's the same advice my mom got from the pedi 30 plus years ago when my baby brother didn't like chocolate. The doctor said that it was probably an allergy because all kids like chocolate. That's it. No allergy testing. Nothing. She just kept him away from chocolate after that.
That is so weird. Nah, our pedi said that no conclusive tests could be done until her immune system is more mature and that they'd do them around 3. He did give us a script for epi pen jr and told us to keep benadryl on hand.
But that is not because she spat out peanut butter, but because it gave her nasty hives.

Interesting. I was given an allergy test around the age of 1, and I was allergic to pretty much everything under the sun. I ended up having allergy shots for the longest time. Basically until I started screaming "No, Mommy. No", then my mom didn't have the heart to take me anymore. Thankfully, I grew out of most of them.

SportsMama · July 2009

A peanut allergy is usually a very severe allergy. One bite is enough to tell if your child is allergic. Mine has a severe allergy (class 6+), he didn't spit it out but he did have about 100 hives on him in 1 min. Along with a swollen face. Just watch for a reaction the first time you give it to the baby.

ms_mellor · July 2009

I had also heard that...but I can't remember where.

DD did have allergy tests (from the allergist), however he did say that they will re-test kids yearly, because they can grow out of the allergies very quickly.

JessesGirl81 · July 2009

My son must be allergic to everything!!!

My moms was told that when I was young b/c I hated dairy products....now its all I eat!?

annabelle.27 · July 2009

Yeah, I don't believe that. My son spits out everything the first few times he tries it- including peanut butter, although he's now eaten it many times with no reactions. He can't be allergic to every food we've ever given him, especially since he's never had a reaction to anything.

It is possible to dislike foods, especially unfamiliar foods, without being allergic to them. I'd even wager that the vast majority of disliked foods are just that- disliked foods. I don't think it implies an allergy at all. If that were true I'd be deathly allergic to a glass of milk but not milk in my cereal.

Tess12 · July 2009

I don't think this is meant to be taken as literally as some are taking it. It's a little piece of folk wisdom, not scientific fact. The thinking is that if a baby/toddler/child refuses something that children usually find yummy, it could indicate that there is a physical reason it is distasteful.

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