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@LulaBee: Also wondering what her reaction was when you gave it to her. They're hesitant to do skin and blood tests for allergies that young because false positives show up so often.

As an aside, my LO has an egg white allergy and a tree nut allergy. He's not allergic to peanuts, but every other nut out there pretty much. I think it's sometimes harder to understand because you don't think of other things that have nuts in them, like pesto. It has pine nuts in it and LO is allergic. I would have had no idea had it not been on the sheet his allergist gave us.

With that said, it is manageable. You just have to be diligent about letting everyone who cares for her know. I pound it into day care's heads that he can't eat any nuts of any kind. I usually send in his own snack (they provide snacks), and tell them to err on the side of caution.

He is outgrowing his egg allergy. He's 4 now, and we're going to be doing an egg challenge in the new year. I'm excited for that since that will bring a lot back to the table for us. Breakfast foods are especially hard there!

Lots of luck, and please let me know if you have any questions.

@LulaBee: Don't panic! My youngest has a peanut allergy and everyone else in the house still eats peanut butter. TBH, I don't wait until after she has gone to bed to eat it either, though I do try not to eat it in front of her, just because I know she'll want some. I'll wash off my mouth after I eat it, but our allergist says it's pretty unlikely that she would have a reaction from something that I've eaten. When DD1 has a PBJ I just make her wash her hands and face immediately after she's done. Our allergist recommended this book and I've found it very helpful: https://www.amazon.com/Food-Allergies-Complete-Depends-Hopkins/dp/1421408457

@LulaBee: Well, if you've been giving her peanut butter this whole time without any reactions, I'd say it was a false positive! If she was truly allergic to peanuts, I think you'd know by now with how often you've been giving them to her!

I can't tell from your post if you saw your pediatrician or got a referral to an allergist for the blood test. If it's the former, go see an allergist! We love our pediatrician, but I have severe allergies to a few uncommon food rings and see an allergist. When we got the preliminary diagnosis of a milk allergy, I immediately talked to my allergist. She was able to give me much more detailed, specific information and also talked to me about challenges in the future to see if M grows out of the allergy. An allergist might also be able to give you more info on a false positive. When I had my blood testing done, she went over everything in detail and a few things were possible false positives or borderline results. Good luck!