Anyone else dealing with this? My 13 month old has a peanut allergy and an egg allergy (both anaphylactic). I'd love to have some fellow internet moms to talk to for support as we navigate this!!
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Me me me!
Xander (4) is allergic to milk (anaphylaxis).
Logan (2.5) is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame.Xander's milk allergy was discovered at 8 months when he had yogurt for the first time and immediately had an anaphylactic reaction.
Logan's peanut allergy was discovered at 7 months when I introduced a peanut puff to him and he immediately broke out into hives. After confirming the peanut allergy, we were told to avoid tree nuts as well, and at ~18 months, he had a blood test to confirm his tree nut allergy. At 2 years, he had hummus for the first time, where we discovered his sesame allergy. He immediately broke out into hives all over his body (much worse than his peanut outbreak).
If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help!
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@sslm: Yes! I remember how overwhelming it was when we first found out and now, though scary, it's just a normal part of our lives. Any questions you have I can definitely attempt to answer! It's definitely been a learning process.
DD (4.5) had a reaction to peanuts the first time she ate them around age 1, and then we got her tested and found she also had an egg allergy. 3.5 years later she's out grown the egg allergy which is so great!
DS (2.5) we found had a milk / dairy allergy at 4 months, but he outgrew it this year at 2, which was totally life changing for him!
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My youngest (18 months) had vomiting reactions to eggs and bananas when we introduced them around 6/7 months. Blood test confirmed egg allergy at 12 months (didn't test for banana). She's also sensitive to strawberries and mango, but I don't think she has an allergy.
The blood test also showed positive for peanuts (which she had eaten plenty of and never had a reaction) so we cut those and all tree nuts out of her diet (per doc's orders). Going to have her retested at 2 for peanuts.
She ALSO has a sesame allergy (like @Adira: after eating hummus).
We carry an epi pen and she has one at school as well. Our biggest issue is grandparents not reading labels. I have always packed her lunch for daycare, so I just continue to do that (and snacks).
I'm hoping she outgrows her egg allergy (well, all of them but I think egg is most likely).
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@LulaBee: Oh man that's a bummer they made her stop eating nuts even though she'd had them already! At around age 2 we switched allergists and our new ones motto is to not test for things they've eaten and not reacted to, just because false positives are so common when they are little. Fingers crossed she outgrows some of them!
Also we have a great book about food allergies that helped DD learn about her allergy and understand it better, it looks super low budget but the story is pretty simple and factual, we read it like every night starting around age 2 because I realized she would soon be places without us and that was terrifying to me! Now at 4.5 she even questions US when we give her a new food to make sure there are no peanuts in it.
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Allergies-Me-Childrens-Book/dp/1456413287/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1497030447&sr=8-4&keywords=food+allergy+book -
@HappyBaker: I'm so happy to hear about the outgrowing! My nephew has a milk allergy, so we're hoping he'll outgrow that and my daughter will outgrow the egg!
@LulaBee: Yeah we don't have much hope of her outgrowing the peanut allergy but really hoping she can outgrow the egg.
We found out about the egg allergy when she had scrambled eggs at 8 months and broke out in full body hives. Took her to the hospital, was diagnosed as an allergy by the ER doctor and we were prescribed an epipen. Went to our family doctor and asked for a referral to the allergist.
We saw the allergist a couple of weeks later, and he did the skin prick tests for a few things I was nervous about, peanut being one of them, and she got a big hive. We confirmed the allergy by an oral challenge a couple of weeks later.
She's since passed her baked egg challenge (yay!) but she doesn't seem to like anything I bake so I am having trouble getting her to eat it. Her allergist wants her to eat lots of it because he thinks it can help her outgrow it all together.
We also just started OIT (oral immunotherapy) with peanut. That's a massive time commitment, especially now that I am back to work, but hopefully it's worth it.
Phew. Long post!
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@HappyBaker: we think it's a false positive but don't want to risk it. We just did a blood test at our pediatrician office, will go to allergist at 2.
I've added that book to my Amazon cart, thanks!
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@LulaBee: I'm surprised they had you cut out peanuts and nuts when she was fine previously. Our allergist confirms everything with an oral challenge, I guess there are a lot of false positives on the skin prick...
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@HappyBaker: @LulaBee: Our allergist has the same motto. She only tests for things you've reacted to to confirm an allergy. She won't test for other things because false positives are so common. The only exception to that was testing for tree nuts when my son reacted to peanuts, because 50% of kids who are allergic to peanuts are also allergic to tree nuts.
@HappyBaker: Thanks for the book suggestion!! I'm ordering it!
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@sslm: If I had known then to ask to go to an allergist, I would have. All of her other known allergies have been VERY EVIDENT within an hour after eating them.
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@sslm: What about things like cupcakes or cookies that have baked egg in them?
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@Adira: Yeah, that's what I've been making! Muffins, cookies, loaves, she doesn't eat any of it!!! So frustrating.
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@LulaBee: Yea totally get that! And now that you know about it you aren't just going to have her eat it because who knows what will happen. We even felt crazy once DS's blood and skin tests were confirmed negative for milk, we had to do the oral challenge with straight up milk and I was like, "Um this feels dangerous?!"
@sslm: That's amazing they are having you do OIT already! I feel like in the US (or maybe just my area?) they won't do it until kids are older. Here's hoping at DD's 5 year visit next year we'll be able to start!
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@sslm: My son, Logan, doesn't like homemade cookies, but will eat processed cookies like Chips Ahoy. Maybe find a version like that that contains eggs and try that???
@HappyBaker: My oldest has an allergy appointment next week, so I think I'm going to ask if they do OIT. I'd never heard of it before Hellobee, so I don't know if my area does it either!
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@sslm: interesting, eating baked eggs can help them grow out of egg allergy? My DD eats baked eggs (in breads and such, not quiche).
I need to google OIT!
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@LulaBee: @HappyBaker: Our allergist agrees with this too. Once my oldest passed a baked milk challenge, our allergist encouraged us to give him baked milk every day if possible. It supposedly can help them build up a tolerance to the protein they are allergic to, which can help them outgrow the allergy altogether.
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@HappyBaker: I read an article that said the kid has to be old enough to talk about symptoms like their mouth being itchy and such, but our allergist doesn't feel that way. He thinks the earlier the better so we're going for it!
@Adira: I'm thinking I need to try chocolate, even though she's only 13 months! Anything to entice her!
@LulaBee: yeah they think that the exposure could help their body develop a tolerance I guess. It's not a sure bet or anything, but our allergist thinks it's important.
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My LO is 16 months and has an egg allergy and milk and soy intolerance. All three he reacts to through breastmilk, but he can handle baked allergens and goats cheese, so that's huge. I love and miss cheese.
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