Peanut butter question

jengsu2004 · April 2013

I'm piggy-backing off of the last post about breakfast and lunch recommendations...

I still haven't given DS any peanut butter or peanut products...I kind of forgot about it, so it hasn't even crossed my mind until now. Is it ok to give peanut butter or peanut products after 1 year? I was going to just ask about it at his 15 month check up, but I thought I'd see if any of you ladies knew.

Amberrrr · April 2013

Yes he likes it!

Emily6778 · April 2013

At our 12m appt my pediatrician asked if any family member had a peanut allergy. Since DD's cousin is allergic, she advised me to wait a few more months.

emschott · April 2013

Our pedi told us to wait until 2 even with no history of allergies. I like her but she is older and kinda old school so that was one recommendation I did not follow. The kids have had PB. Not often though, they don't seem to care for it. I think she said

jmccall79 · April 2013

My ped actually gave me the "go ahead" to pretty much everything at our 9mo check up. He doens't "love" pb but will eat it on occasion.

Lawren · April 2013

We gave it to Owen a few weeks before he turned one. He's still alive. He loves PB&J.

2chatter · April 2013

We got the green light despite a half sibling with a nut allergy. DS had no reaction. I wanted to get past the hurdle, but wasn't sure he would do OK with the texture, so I bought him Jammy Sammys (or something like that) that are PBJ organic

danac2010 · April 2013

DH is allergic to peanuts and nut products. Our ped said if we really want to try it we can do it in her office just in case. Well we were at a funeral when DD was about 10.5-11 months old and I was eating a pbj. I was talking and the ne

NM86 · April 2013

At his 9 month appt our pedi said that DS could have anything besides honey, but to be mindful of choking hazards.

He loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and hasn't had any reactions to anything so far.

Aurora_Borealis · April 2013

I think you'd be fine, but check with your pedi if you're concerned.

I didn't give DD pb until about a month ago for the same reason - I just kind of forgot about it. She LOVES it. So much so that I only give it to her maybe twice a week because