XP - Have you introduced peanut butter?

daisy_dueller · December 2010

If you have, when and how did you do it? We have no history of food allergies on either side, so I'm sure DS will be ok, I just don't know how to go about it. Just give him a taste? I've heard to put it on his skin first to see if that causes anything, but I'm not sure. TIA girls!

kiwi443 · December 2010

I gave him a pbj sandwich and then watched for signs of a reaction. He had no issues with it and now eats pbj for lunch about once a week.

mechanicsgirl · December 2010

I did at about 12 months. I made DD a pbj with very minimal pb and watched for a reaction. She didn't have one, so we kept on.

ivs112 · December 2010

She had a PB&J sandwich right after she turned one. We don't have a history of any food allergies in either of our families.

sunnyday016 · December 2010

Yep, she's had it a few times, but she normally eats almond butter. She just likes it better (and so do I!)

I introduced pb by giving her a taste off of my finger, and when she liked it I made her a sandwich.

rebeccaontherocks · December 2010

kiwi443:
I gave him a pbj sandwich and then watched for signs of a reaction. He had no issues with it and now eats pbj for lunch about once a week.

This -- at about 11.5 months

jenn_darrin1515 · December 2010

around 11-12 months we put some on an englisg mufin...they loved it and did fine...

m0132 · December 2010

I just gave DD a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but I only do a thin layer of pb since I don't want it to be goopy with the bread in her mouth.

rebus82 · December 2010

He had a nibble of my PB&J at Panera when he was just about a year old. He did fine, so we started giving it to him more often. He likes it a lot, and one of his favorite foods is a heated PB&banana sandwich with a bit of granola on pita bread.

We chose to introduce it when we did because it's a great source of protein and we don't have a history of allergies.