abbylynn

Peanut Butter is not fine. I also gave my 1 year old a peanut butter sandwich last week, I think on the 25th, too. She had a bad reaction. She turned beat red and was covered in welts. She has an appointment with the allergist tomorrow to determine if she is allergic to it or the bread. Since she broke out, I have been reading everything I can on the internet about peanut butter allergy. I've learned the following 1.Peanut butter allergy is caused by over exposure to peanut at too young of an age. Why didn't we have problems when we were kids? It is in everything now, unlike years ago. 2.Children should not have any PB until they are 3 years old (That's also in "What to Expect the Toddler Years"). 3.Kids can develop an allergy to PB any time until they are 5 years old, especially if they have had a lot of it. So, somone who's child has no problem with it today, could have a reaction tomorrow. 4.Once a child's body determines that PB is an allergin, each reaction builds their antigen to it, making each subsequent reation worse. PLEASE don't give her any more PB, no matter what someone says. Do an internet search of peanut allergy. It's very scary. You don't want to walk this road. We are looking at facing a potential life threatening allergy, and everything I've read says it's because I ate a lot of PB while pregnant and nursing and then have been feeding her little bits. The PB sandwich may have been enough to convince her body to fight it.