peanut butter

hoot179 · January 2013

Do you give LO peanut butter? If not, when will you introduce it?

luvmyducks · January 2013

Yep, I did around 12m. At our 12m Pedi appt she said no restrictions on food anymore.

covertxxamour · January 2013

luvmyducks:
Yep, I did around 12m. At our 12m Pedi appt she said no restrictions on food anymore.

Exactly this. Doctor said to give her whatever/whenever.

jen4ny · January 2013

We haven't. Our pedi still said to hold off on this. Although I can't for the life of me remember the reason! I will have to ask again at 18 months.

ldcoffel · January 2013

Yes, 12 months, maybe? he doesn't really care about.

LadyVi33 · January 2013

Jack has a few food allergies. The allergist told us that you're not really increasing a kid's odds of allergy to peanuts by offering it early. She told us that the reason most pedi's recommend you wait is that because peanuts are a common allergy, more kids will react to them. It's easy to see a reaction in a kid who's a little older because they can tell you they're uncomfortable, rather than looking for a reaction in a baby. But she said that if you're going to be allergic to peanuts, you will be, whether you're exposed to it at 10 months or 10 years. You're either genetically predisposed to the allergy, or not. So I think it's about your comfort level! I know from skin testing that Jack is allergic to peanuts, so we obviously haven't tried PB yet. But my pedi had said otherwise to try it when we feel comfortable. GL!

northerngirl11 · January 2013

Started around 12m but he prefers Nutella... And I don't blame him!

Tulips114 · January 2013

I wish we could. We attempted it at 9 months (with an ok from the pedi) and found out LO is allergic to peanuts.

roxpink · January 2013

We were told to wait until the two year mark. Although I think we might give it a try soon.... But I am soooo scared !

strngysgurl · January 2013

We started around a year. He loves it!

becasmeca · February 2013

Yes! 12 months Bo bay was loving it.

We do Jiffy Natural PB...Organic is not local, so it is not the best, but Ohhh how I love making him PBJs and gerber cheesy poofs!

Do you have a peanut allergy?

Does O?

If not... TRY it!

Bo loves PB on whole wheat toast and bananas!

JKGymnast · February 2013

I tried organic PB and my girl was not impressed, maybe I should do a Jiffy Natural and Nutella combo?

Who doesn't love Nutella.

Panda, haha!!! Wicked cute.

Ms5586 · February 2013

Yes, we give it. I think we started around 13 months. We do creamy only (pedi said chunky was still a potential choking hazard), and only in thin amounts. It scares me more for the getting-stuck-and-choking part than the allergy part (because he was already exposed to peanut oil and we have no known allergies in our families).

tartertots9725 · February 2013

jen4ny:
We haven't. Our pedi still said to hold off on this. Although I can't for the life of me remember the reason! I will have to ask again at 18 months.

This. I hope they will give us the go at 18 months!

shelley1002 · February 2013

I asked at his 9 month and my pedi said to wait till between 1 and 2 but closer to 1. I asked at 15 months and she said since there is no family history of a nut allergy it was okay. If there was a family history she would've had us wait til he was closer to 3 to try it. Right now the only foods he is not allowed to have, and have not been introduced, is shellfish. She said around 2 for that. I will ask at his 2 year about introducing it.

Pips09 · February 2013

We tried it at 15 months. She has only had small tastes of it, because she doesn't really care for it. Crazy! I could eat it by the spoonful! The only thing we have not tried is shellfish.

SusieBW · February 2013

covertxxamour:
luvmyducks:
Yep, I did around 12m. At our 12m Pedi appt she said no restrictions on food anymore.
Exactly this. Doctor said to give her whatever/whenever.

Us too, with the exception of things that might be choking hazards, like whole grapes or whole peanuts.

shelley1002 · February 2013

I'll add that my pedi said to start off with a pea size amount for the first few times then slowly increase the amount because it is a choking hazard.

bets2011 · February 2013

My pedi said to hold off because it was a choking hazard, not because of allergies. That being said, I have tried it a few times, but my LO doesn't like it. Which is unfortunate, because it would be such an easy snack/meal.

GingerNess · February 2013

She's been eating PBJs for awhile. And I must be a bad mom because I give her regular peanut butter, nothing organic or anything.

I do not like peanut butter or nutella. they are both nasty.

I do however like biscoff!

alli&dan · February 2013

Yes, around 12 months. She loves it and would eat it at every meal if we let her.

Cotton · February 2013

This was the first baby my pediatrician said could have any food any time, except wait until 1 yr for honey. It used to be 2yo for peanut butter! I guess their studies on allergies are proving that delaying exposure doesn't help? Anyway, LO's been eating pb forever

MYfallBABY · February 2013

I've been giving DD peanut butter for a really long time. At her 6 month appointment, I think, my doctor said I could feed it to her. So I probably gave it to her around then...

linzica · February 2013

My pedi said the only reason to hold off is because its so sticky, it can gag him, so when he gets it, its a very thin coat on bread. I honestly watched him like a hawk after the first few times he had it, in case he had a reaction. No problems though, and he loves it.

starshine985 · February 2013

We haven't given pb yet. Our pedi said to wait until age 2, but didn't give a reason why. I've never believed that exposing a kid to earlier would make them more allergic (besides, you can grow out of allergies or even develop them later in life!). However, DS does have eczema, and I've heard many stories about pb making it flare up, so I've stayed away from it for the time being.

dominickana · February 2013

Nope. I don't like pb so I don't really buy it at home and it hasn't cross my mind. Maybe I should try it to see if she would like it.

Yasiris1105 · February 2013

dominickana:
Nope. I don't like pb so I don't really buy it at home and it hasn't cross my mind. Maybe I should try it to see if she would like it.

This exactly. I hate pb. For me is gross and it stinks! I like Nutella though. It would be nice to give him toast with Nutella... I could try it.

teacher0708 · February 2013

D loves peanut butter!

hisaak · February 2013

Gave it to Kai around 11 months, he loved/loves it.

Held off until 15 months with Halle, and she proved to be allergic.

GVSU-04 · February 2013

We did a little after 12 mths. We also did shrimp around that time. My mil has a sh!t ton of allergies, so I was a bit nervous. His first ped said 2 years. The new one said 1 year.

aveeh · February 2013

Yup, also around 12 months. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't send PBJs for lunch to daycare...the thing would never eat!

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