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I feel like its just introducing foods like you would do with anything else right? You try a new thing for a few days, see how it goes over, and then move on to another thing. We started solids pretty early - 4.5 months? - but it was just like a taste of something a few times a day. We did the "safe" foods first (rice, oatmeal, sweet potato, squash, carrots, prunes, green beans, peaches, peas) every few days. Then we moved on to yogurt. No reactions, so we added in a few other fruits and vegetables - blueberries, raspberries, spinach, apples, etc. Once we had a foundation of solids we knew were safe, we thought we'd try mixing in some "allergen-y" foods.

We couldn't find Bamba snacks, so I think I mixed a little PB2 powder I already had into DS' oatmeal or yogurt around 6, 7 months? I gave him a few bites of the mixture and kept some children's Benadryl on hand in case I needed to give him some on the way to the ER. Then I watched him like a hawk the rest of the day. He seemed okay so I offered a little more the next day, etc. We did the same for egg yolks, silken tofu, and almond butter.

He had a reaction to strawberries and asparagus (two foods I've heard cause reactions commonly) when we first tried them so we asked our doctor about it and she said just wait a month and try again. So we did and he was fine. He got a bad rash and runs with whole cow's milk when we tried at 11.5 months, but we just waited until 13 months and he went to it with no problems. As of now, he has no known allergies. (Knock on wood).