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Recommendation has changed to not needing to delay after 6 months so long there isn't a family history of allergy.

We've only held off b/c P had a nut & I think a peanut intolerance (bf'ing). I may try reintroducing peanut butter here soon & if she does okay we'll add it to her diet. =)

As long as she had no reaction I think you are good to go

eta: this is only based on my personal experience, I started feeding peanut butter to my lo a little before she was one since no one in our family has had allergies.

From the research I have done on food allergies and intollerances, there is really no consistent answer. The only thing most say is that if there is a family allergy (i.e. dad or mom had an issue) you should talk to your doctor.

My son has a food intollerance and we held off on nuts and peanut butter because of it. I find if he's reacting he reacts to everything. I believe this is why my sister's daughter was allergic to peanuts for a year (yes just a year).

My son's best friend has a peanut allergy and at this point, we are peanut free. There are so many other alternatives such as sunbutter which I love and has more calories.

One thing my friend said she would do from now on (with her allergic child) is to put some on her kids skin to see if it reacts before having her digest it.