Oh nuts! Yep... she had nuts.

daisydana · January 2011

Honey NUT Cheerios, that is. My mom accidentally gave them to her the day before yesterday. She thought they were regular Cheerios. MUST remember to tell DH not to take any cereals out of the boxes anymore. Why does he do that anyway?!?!

She seems fine so I guess we're in the clear. But - whew.

carladillon · January 2011

Are they not supposed to have nuts? I thought that was just for the first year - and then after that the concern was more a choking hazard instead of allergy concern.

dkays · January 2011

carladillon:
Are they not supposed to have nuts? I thought that was just for the first year - and then after that the concern was more a choking hazard instead of allergy concern.

This? Was there a chance she could have a nut allergy?

daisydana · January 2011

Really??? I thought she still couldn't have them. I just go by what my Pedi tells me and since that is nothing (hence me switching) I didn't know! Okay... nuts are okay now then. Thanks for letting me know.

stever · January 2011

Oh no! Oh well, so glad she's okay.

FTR, our pedi says to avoid nuts until 3 so I'd be similarly panicky if M had some.

superaunt · January 2011

boy it's scary how different all the pedi's are, eh? mine says she can have everything now! that said, i do pay attention to when something new is being introduced just in case there's a reaction. but yeah, she's had pb&j sandwiches.

and s/o cheerios- did you all know they have cinnamon now?? mmmm!

M.Amy · January 2011

My pedi said to wait until 2 for shellfish and nuts.

However, DH and I being the rebels that we are were going to give Matt peanut butter this weekend.

BrideBuddies · January 2011

My pedi said no nuts until 2. Everything else is okay.

mama.bear · January 2011

FWIW, Jason is allergic to peanuts. He eats Honey Nut Cheerios all the time (with almond milk). No reaction.

SFAug07 · January 2011

Sarah's had almonds, walnuts and pecans. Our pedi said it's all fine now. We don't have any food allergies in our family and she did fine with them.

Ilumine · January 2011

The reason for the variations between Pedis is that the scientific evidence on food allergies, particularly nuts VARIES.

Especially in the concept that holding off on providing a possible allergen will actually prohibit a reaction. THOSE scientific studies are slim, if not flimsy. Especially when someone can grow into an allergy at any time of their life (I all of a sudden became allergic to cats...i had even had a prick test at 20 that showed me totally fine with felines, only to become allergic years and two cats later).

Here in Europe, they hold off on giving the scary foods until they are about 1 year, not because they think it will hold off on giving the kid an allergy, but because an allergic reaction in a BABY is physically harder than on an older toddler. Most kids here are eating nutella by the age of 1.

The docs look at familial history on allergies.

But in the US, many pedis still use the older, American studies that show there might be some advantage to holding off. But then there are others who follow the newer scientific evidence.

At some point, it is up to YOU, the parent to make the decision. My DD is allergic to HONEY. We did not give her honey until she was 20 months. Not because we were worried about allergies, since the only warning is botulism, but because we dont really use it. We gave it to her with peanut butter,somethign she had already eaten on a multiple of occassions with no reaction (and she still eats with no problems).

We do not have any allergies towards foods, but there are bee sting allergies on both sides. But bad us, we did not think to connect bee stings to honey allergies.

So while we DID do the wait period thing and it did not work, we now have an epi pen.

Ilumine · January 2011

And we cannot even do honey nut cheerios...which is one of my FAVORITE cereals.

leffe1 · January 2011

My pedi said no nuts until the age of 2 due to allergies. I am sure she is ok if she has had no reaction.

vanverth · January 2011

mama.bear:

FWIW, Jason is allergic to peanuts. He eats Honey Nut Cheerios all the time (with almond milk). No reaction.

FWIW, peanuts are not nuts. So you could be very allergic to peanuts and still eat tree nuts with no problem.

mtnrider · January 2011

S ate banana bread with walnuts at 10 months old and he's been eating peanut butter every day for months with no problem! We don't have food allergies in our family.

Daisiesinmygarden · January 2011

Glad she is OK. We let M have some peanut butter, but I do keep an eye on her. We don't have any peanut allergies in our family. I do watch her though because I thought you usually don't react the first time you get something anyway, but might on subsequent exposures.

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