Peanut butter?

Chunstad · October 2012

How are you planning on introducing, or how did you introduce?

blu-eyedwife · October 2012

This is going to make me sound crazy (or crazier, depending on your current views of me)

LBB has his 12 month appointment today. I'm giving him some peanut butter on toast in the waiting room. That way if he goes into anaphylaxis, we'll be close to a health care professional and hopefully an epi pen.

Chunstad · October 2012

blu-eyedwife:

This is going to make me sound crazy (or crazier, depending on your current views of me)

LBB has his 12 month appointment today. I'm giving him some peanut butter on toast in the waiting room. That way if he goes into anaphylaxis, we'll be close to a health care professional and hopefully an epi pen.

Bahahahaha!! That's effing awesome!

btsrc5 · October 2012

blu-eyedwife:

This is going to make me sound crazy (or crazier, depending on your current views of me)

LBB has his 12 month appointment today. I'm giving him some peanut butter on toast in the waiting room. That way if he goes into anaphylaxis, we'll be close to a health care professional and hopefully an epi pen.

That is a GREAT idea!

Liz4444 · October 2012

She introduced herself to peanut butter this summer. I was eating a piece of toast with peanut butter and she attacked it.

preggersin2011 · October 2012

LO had peanut butter as one of her first proteins around 7 months. I mixed it with bananas in her oatmeal.

Fianschneid · October 2012

We go to a pedi practice with a handful of different doctors. At DD's 6 mo appointment, we didn't see her regular doctor but the one we saw said we could start pb any time we liked and sited some studies that say early introduction prevents allergies (I know a person can find a study to support pretty much any theory).

At about 7 or 8 months, I started DD with a baby spoon sized amount of pb added to some applesauce on a day when we had no other plans, in case we had to run to the doctor. I did this for three days and she was fine. Now, I just give it to her on sandwiches from time to time.

Oddly enough, at DD's 9 mo appointment, we saw her regular pedi who said, "Why did you think it was necessary to start peanut butter so early?" I totally ratted the other doctor out.

cantalopes24 · October 2012

SuperDeDuper:
Blu, that's actually a genius idea. I might steal it.

How I had planned to introduce PB was to rub just a little on her cheek one day and watch for any breakout or rash or worse. The next day I'd give her just one little bit on toast and again watch carefully for any reaction. The third day I'd give her a more normal serving with toast or bananas or whatever.

Maybe that's a stupid plan, but it's all I can think of.

This actually a good idea. Some people get sick and vomit from peanuts so rubbing it on the skin won't tell you if that's going to happen but if you rub it on there a couple times and no rash develops you should be fine. Allergies can develop overtime as someone is exposed to something but there's nothing you can do about it.

Chunstad · October 2012

cantalopes24:
SuperDeDuper:

Blu, that's actually a genius idea. I might steal it.

How I had planned to introduce PB was to rub just a little on her cheek one day and watch for any breakout or rash or worse. The next day I'd give her just one little bit on toast and again watch carefully for any reaction. The third day I'd give her a more normal serving with toast or bananas or whatever.

Maybe that's a stupid plan, but it's all I can think of.

This actually a good idea. Some people get sick and vomit from peanuts so rubbing it on the skin won't tell you if that's going to happen but if you rub it on there a couple times and no rash develops you should be fine. Allergies can develop overtime as someone is exposed to something but there's nothing you can do about it.

I agree, this is a good idea. I have no allergies, but DH has a tree-nut allergy. I'm assuming that peanuts won't be an issue, since it is a legume and DH eats them. Maybe I'll try the cheek test. I'll pro'lly wait until next week, through. I don't want any reaction ruining his birthday. Thanks ladies for all the input!

LCass · October 2012

The first few times, I made sure it was when DH was home so that we had the car if there was a problem. But I just spread a little bit on toast and let her go at it. She loved it and there was no issue.

And generally speaking, an allergic reaction won't happen the first time they're exposed to the food. It usually happens the second time. A friend of a friend apparently made her husband drive to the hospital and gave her child peanut butter for the first time in the parking lot, so they'd be close to medical help if there was a problem. But they didn't even think about it the second time since there wasn't a problem the first time. I think we're getting overly paranoid. Introduce allergenic foods slowly and watch for a reaction, but don't go overboard (unless you have good reason to, like other allergies or excema or family members with allergies).

mrsgabus · October 2012

Levi had his first taste today, I made toast this morning. I have been keeping an eye on him but no bad results so far.

sharksfan · October 2012

blu-eyedwife:

This is going to make me sound crazy (or crazier, depending on your current views of me)

LBB has his 12 month appointment today. I'm giving him some peanut butter on toast in the waiting room. That way if he goes into anaphylaxis, we'll be close to a health care professional and hopefully an epi pen.

This was my plan, too. R has his 12 month appointment on Wed, so I'm planning on giving him some PB in the parking lot before hand.

cantalopes24 · October 2012

LCass:
The first few times, I made sure it was when DH was home so that we had the car if there was a problem. But I just spread a little bit on toast and let her go at it. She loved it and there was no issue.
And generally speaking, an allergic reaction won't happen the first time they're exposed to the food. It usually happens the second time. A friend of a friend apparently made her husband drive to the hospital and gave her child peanut butter for the first time in the parking lot, so they'd be close to medical help if there was a problem. But they didn't even think about it the second time since there wasn't a problem the first time. I think we're getting overly paranoid. Introduce allergenic foods slowly and watch for a reaction, but don't go overboard (unless you have good reason to, like other allergies or excema or family members with allergies).

Right and it could be the second or hundreth time. MH was 21 the first time he had anaphylactic reaction to anything. You aren't going to sit in a hospital or doctors office everytime you give your kid shellfish or tree nuts (or any of the countless fruit in the same OAS category) or peanut butter. And for some people even eating something that was processed in a facility will cause a reaction so you'd be spending a lot of time in hospital parking lots lol.

Elsa1984 · October 2012

My friend introduced her son to PB across the street from the hospital in case he reacted to it. That being said, my other friend had been giving her son PB for months and all of a sudden he had an allergy to it. Now she has to carry an epi pen everywhere. She had him tested a year ago and they said they thought he grew out of it. Later that day she gave him a PB cookie and he ended up in the hospital.

We haven't given any to Gator. I went to Trader Joes and got sunflower seed butter instead. She loves it and I can still give her PB and J sandwiches without the actual PB

CA2006 · October 2012

Am I the only one whose pedi says 3 for PB? Personally, I think 3 is too long, but with DS we were told 2. Tht went to the crapper when he stole some kid's PB&J at daycare when he was 17 months. But we did try

cantalopes24 · October 2012

CA2006:
Am I the only one whose pedi says 3 for PB? Personally, I think 3 is too long, but with DS we were told 2. Tht went to the crapper when he stole some kid's PB&J at daycare when he was 17 months. But we did try

A lot of people wait until their child is old enough to talk before giving peanut butter for obvious reasons.

Jazzym12 · October 2012

CA2006:
Am I the only one whose pedi says 3 for PB? Personally, I think 3 is too long, but with DS we were told 2.nbsp; Tht went to the crapper when he stole some kid's PBamp;J at daycare when he was 17 months.nbsp; But we did try ;

We were told 2 but that is because I'm allergic to it so we are doing it as a precaution.

Mrs. Mo · October 2012

I gave DD a spoonful a couple of months ago just to see the "pb on the roof of the mouth" reaction she would have. She is fine with it but didn't seem to care for it one way or another. We have been giving her shellfish (specifically lobster) since the beginning of the summer.

jonnygurl76 · October 2012

FYI--for Blu and everyone else that is thinking of giving your LO peanut butter in the pedi office make sure you call and see if they will allow you to do it. Most will not allow it due to the fact that it can be a danger for those kids that are there that ARE allergic. we are definitely waiting, we found out the hard way this summer that DD is allergic to PB, we waited until now to even try it and the second it touched her mouth her lip blew up and she told me it was "spicy on her tongue". we had to give her Benadryl as per the pedi and she had a bad reaction to that, it was the weekend from hell.

sabriel1 · October 2012

CA2006:
Am I the only one whose pedi says 3 for PB? Personally, I think 3 is too long, but with DS we were told 2. Tht went to the crapper when he stole some kid's PB&J at daycare when he was 17 months. But we did try

I'm not sure if this is the case here but some pedis say to wait until 3 because the peanut butter is actually a choking hazard.

To the OP, we introduced peanut butter over 5 days to see if she would have a reaction when LO was about 10 months (pedi said she could eat anything we did after 6 months). He said that when giving pb however to make sure that it's just a skim on the toast or w/e so that it doesn't end up being big globs sticking to the roof of her mouth that she can choke on.

LCass · October 2012

CA2006:
Am I the only one whose pedi says 3 for PB? Personally, I think 3 is too long, but with DS we were told 2. Tht went to the crapper when he stole some kid's PB&J at daycare when he was 17 months. But we did try

From what I understand, for kids that are at low risk of having an allergy waiting too long actually makes them MORE likely to develop one. We were told by Public Health that the only food to wait on (other than choking hazards) was honey, unless there was a family history of allergies or your baby had excema. Lily started having peanut butter around 8 or 9 months, I think.

christiney06 · October 2012

I am trying to wait til she's two. my DS had a reaction to pb after about 5x of eating it w/out issue. he has since grown out of his allergy but had it bad for about 1.5yrs (he had a break out at Fenway Park just from being around peanut shells). for everyone who's already started I will reiterate to keep an eye on them and have Benadryl handy every time they eat it for a while.

karinothing · October 2012

DS alread had peanutbutter months ago. He loves that stuff.

Lara0802 · October 2012

I gave DD peanut butter at 6 months. She had a very small amount spread very thinly on toast strips. Since then, she's had it quite a bit. She has small amounts probably 4 times a week. I usually give her half a slice of toast cut up with PB on it for breakfast.

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