Hellobee Boards

Did you try it, yet? How did it go?

I only avoided peanut butter when I was nursing DS, because it made my milk smell gross to me, lol. I still avoid it to this day, just from that memory, lol

@runsyellowlites: I think through your milk is the best way to start. Small amounts and increase until you feel you had a "full serving" then if all is good you could try with P. This is how we always ran our food trials...me first then eventually direct ingestion for DS. Stinks if there is a fail and working the proteins our of your system, but safer, IMO, in the long run.

It always baffles me when LO's are reintroducing a new food already. We are not even eligible to even think about attempting a retrial until at least 18 mo past exposure (via breastmilk or direct ingestion) for anyone of DS's foods no matter how mild or severe the reaction was. Feels like an eternity!

@runsyellowlites: It is super long for us because of the FPIES. FPIES is believed to be at least, in-part, T-cell mediated and normal T-cell die off is ~18 mo...so we wait. We get more help from allergy than GI, but they do work together along with our pedi and dietician.

ETA: and trust me the reading and figuring out as much as you can yourself is a really huge part of our lives too. There is a lot still unknown about FPIES and a lot comes from support of other families living and dealing with these issues and not only from the few medical professionals that are up to date on it.

Yes that is another option! We did atopy patch testing (APT) with an allergist but it is similar to what @brownie: stated where the food is placed on the child's skin (back), covered with a small disk and removed after 48 hours. The results are read 24 hours after the disk/food was removed and you look for redness, raised bumps, blistering etc.

This is another tool that has been great for some, but others don't seem to react this way. Could be a way to "pre-screen" so to speak before you try in your milk! It was really helpful for us in the end. The pass/fail rate is not 100% understood, but we took all positive reactions as such and processed with caution on the negatives.

There is some info online about doing a DIY version yourself.