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When my brother was a baby he was allergic to milk, eggs, wheat, soy, and peanuts. He's still allergic to all but the wheat; that he grew out of. So it happens!

I'm not sure how old your son is, but my daughter grew out of all her sensitivities. I don't think we will ever know the full extent of her sensitivities but I had to stay off dairy, soy, corn, eggs, nuts, and peanuts for almost her whole first year. We gradually re-introduced foods one by one and she was able to eat everything on the list by 14 months. We did get allergy testing done though, just in case.

My general philosophy is listen to your doctor

But to pile on, I did a bit of reading allergies/sensitivities before deciding to give LO peanut butter at 10 mo. What I read was that for some allergies, especially minor ones, repeated exposure can lead to growing out of that issue.

Also I've never heard of anyone dying from wheat. Seems like wheat allergies tend to be more minor than peanuts or nuts or shellfish.

My oldest had FPIES and could only tolerate a few foods via my milk or directly. We had to introduce foods slowly, one at a time, with a lot of trial and error. He's 4 now and can eat everything.

My youngest could only tolerate 3 foods in my breastmilk and nothing directly from 2 to 11 mo. Somehow at 11 mo she started to tolerate everything and now eats anything she wants with no issues.

My brothers and I all could not tolerate dairy as babies, but can all have it now. My one brother and I have trouble if we have too much (for me it is just regular milk, so I never drink it, but I am fine with all other dairy products).

The fact that he had a hives reaction would make me nervous though. I usually follow the advice of my doctors, but if you are not comfortable with the advice you are getting maybe try getting a second opinion from an allergist.

Like @shootingstar: both of my kids were able to eat various berries (particularly strawberries), then would get major contact rashes on their mouths/cheeks from eating/touching them. I was cautious for awhile, then tried again and no rash,

@miramira: I would probably want a second opinion with a hives reaction. From our experience with our allergist we were always told not to mess around with hives or reactions that caused edema/facial swelling as the next reaction could be worse. My DD cannot tolerate Tylenol because her face swells. Everyone always comments how odd it is to be allergic to Tylenol. Maybe one day she can tolerate it but for now we avoid it.

If hives are present, I would be cautious and consider it might be a food allergy. Keep Benadryl on hand, and maybe see an allergist if you are concerned and want to confirm. Both of my kids have a lot of food allergies. LO2 doesn't scratch when there is redness or small patches of hives, but he is still very much allergic.