Food allergens

CrazyDaisy8 · May 2013

What major food allergens are you still staying way from? What ones have you fed your LO and has anyone found out allergies yet?

mamahawk12 · May 2013

We keep away from the majors - nuts, shellfish, and strawberries. (And honey, but that's not considered an allergen)

rp-chicago-mom · May 2013

We are avoiding eggs, nuts and seafood. We also are staying away from honey and maple syrup for botulism.

abbyful · May 2013

The only thing we are avoiding is honey because of the botulism risk.

My LO has eaten shellfish, eggs, strawberries, peanuts, nuts, etc. No problems. Neither my nor DH's family are prone to food allergies, the only food allergy between both our families that I know of is that my dad is allergic to melons.

Newer research shows that waiting on foods can actually INCREASE risk of allergic reactions. The Chief of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology at the children's hospital I work at says there's no need to wait, so I go by that.

I also want to expose LO to as many foods as possible in hopes that he will not be a picky eater. He's had Mexican, Italian, Indian, etc.

lady_tytah · May 2013

Aside from honey, we haven't avoided any. He ate peanut butter and broke out in horrible hives. So we're staying clear from the actual peanut butter, he can tolerate things made with it. Won't be trying the actual but till he gets his molars so some time after one with benadryl in hand.

mindymaske · May 2013

abbyful:
The only thing we are avoiding is honey because of the botulism risk.
My LO has eaten shellfish, eggs, strawberries, peanuts, nuts, etc. No problems. Neither my nor DH's family are prone to food allergies, the only food allergy between both our families that I know of is that my dad is allergic to melons.
Newer research shows that waiting on foods can actually INCREASE risk of allergic reactions. The Chief of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology at the children's hospital I work at says there's no need to wait, so I go by that.
I also want to expose LO to as many foods as possible in hopes that he will not be a picky eater. He's had Mexican, Italian, Indian, etc.

Ditto. Could have wrote this myself...all except the Indian food.

Totally agree about not waiting for food exposure

Tula214 · May 2013

We are avoiding nuts, and shellfish because of family history of allergies. Haven't tried eggs yet, but plan to soon.

rMe6411 · May 2013

We are staying away from shellfish mainly. My step son is highly allergic so we don't eat it much anyway. I've been wanting to give her eggs and strawberries but just haven't yet.

JayandEmm · May 2013

The only thing we've avoided is peanuts. I have a severe peanut allergy, so we'll be waiting on that. It freaks me out to try it, though! He's had everything else, just about. I give ds a variety of food, so he likely would have had a reaction if he was allergic to something.

alake · May 2013

I have severe food allergies as does DD2. We don't have fish in our house, as I am deathly allergic to all fish. I avoid all major allergens at any cost.

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