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I don't really have any good advice but I'm interested to hear others advice. My son is the same age and we found out about 8 months ago. We tell him that he's allergic to nuts and try to bring it up often. Sometimes if he hears someone talking about nuts he will say their allergic to me so I think he's somewhat getting it hopefully enough that an adult will get it.

My daughter has a minor allergy to cherries - they gave her hives where they touch her skin and make her stomach hurt. So we just told her that she's allergic, which means they make her a little sick, and that's it. She totally got it.

He kind of started it. We tell him he can't have x because it has x and that hurts his tummy. We have always been open and honest about it. He knows he can't drink milk (just drinking) because seeing milk is clear. But his soy allergy is much harder. Just the other day (at almost 4 years old) he asked if the cookies I was eating had soy in them. They didn't so he could eat them but I was impressed that he asked.

We just kept repeating it to her every chance we got, she caught on fast, and now it's just ingrained in her. We tell her she must check everything before she eats it, so anything that could potentially have nuts (like baked goods or chocolate) she always inspects it first, asks, "does this have any peanuts?" and then will try a teensy bite even if the answer is no just in case. She has a really cautious personality though, so I think double triple checking things comes pretty naturally for her. We also explained what could happen if she eats nuts so that scared her. We told her she gets really sick and will throw up and have to go to the doctor's to get shots.