DS 9 months has egg, wheat, peanut allergy

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How do we make sure he grows out of it by age 2? He also has eczema, but we're now slowly getting that under control - thanks to the lovely mumsnet advice we had!
We heard of the research on peanut allergy recently, plus am aware that dieticians do recommend careful introduction of allergic foods. What do you do? Many thanks!

Allergies can get worse instead of disappearing too. First time DD had fish she had a minor rash. Next time..huge swollen lips. Don't risk it.

Sorry for the delay in responding. Had a couple of very days. Yes we have a gp we're seeing once a month. She is aware we're giving him tiny amounts of allergens and that I'm continuing to eat allergic foods while breastfeeding.
I think it's because in the blood test his allergic reaction to those foods were 3 out of scale of 1 to 6. Where 6 is anaphylactic and

And 1 is very mild reaction. Also his eczema continued to improve under treatment even while I was eating the allergic foods. Currently we're mainly exposing via breastmilk now, and occasionally giving the odd bit of bread / processed egg. Not been brave enough to try peanut again without antihistamines / epipen. The gp seemed to think that at this age strong anaphylactic reactions are unlikely.

GPs are not always the best source of advice for allergies. And as for anaphylactic reactions being unlikely at this age, well my DC at 7 months went in to hospital in an ambulance, having had 2 doses of adrenaline. He spent a couple of hours in paediatric resus which wasn't too much fun. A relative was admitted a few years ago at about 9 months, again with anaphylaxis. So perhaps not that unlikely?

Goodness! That is scary, eggs. Will enquire re private treatment .... Good point!

There is NO test that can or can not confirm whether you are going to have an ana shock. Are you referring to a IeG (RASt) test? Because if so they are not reliable in predicting allergic reactions on there own, just give information on the sensitivity to a allegen. There are SO many veribles that effect the extent to a particular reaction. So one day exposure would not lead to ana shock another it would. And this is why the advice is advoidence unless under medical guidance.

I have to say I'm slightly shocked at your approach. You are basing medical decisions about your child from internet research because you don't want to wait for an appointment? Also please do not rely on GP advice, GENERAL is the key word here.

Sorry to sound harsh, but my son suffered horribly because I was having the food he was reacting to through my breast milk. All the GPs I saw (many) said 'oh no it can't be the breast milk'. When eventually I saw the pediatrician I was given completely different advice. My son was a different child within weeks.

Have you looked at www.anaphylaxis.org.uk

Look at their information sheets on allergy testing.