Anxiety about trying dd with peanuts.

[OhWhatAPalaver]

My 14 mo dd is allergic to 'wet' egg and possibly dairy. Starting milk ladder soon. I really want to confirm whether peanuts are ok first though. I'm terrified of giving her them! I had a hospital appointment myself today so while we were there I gave her a really small amount of a peanut butter sandwich. Not a lot happened, there was maybe one very small hive above her top lip but could have been something else. No itching. Does this mean she's ok or do I have to give a larger amount of peanut butter to find out for certain? My half brother has a peanut allergy so I'm possibly being over cautious!!

We have an allergy clinic appointment at the end of October after a failed blood test. Most likely will have skin prick tests when I think. Do you think I should hold off till then?

Another vote for holding off till then.

Yes, definitely hold off. The first time someone comes into contact with an allergen, it triggers the allergy but there is no reaction. The second time, they react. Really, really don't risk it.

If he got a hive, then it likely wasn't his first exposure, but if he's not a baby and the appointment is soon, then hold off if you're concerned. Bear in mind though that skin prick tests .... (will be back)

... Skin prick tests give a 'likelihood' of a reaction, but no information about the reaction. IE a big bump means a high likelihood of a reaction, but it could just be a rash when they do react. My DC2 (allergic to many things; including multiple ana) 'passed' their skin prick test for hazelnut and we did an in hospital test on it. First bit touched his lips and he got a single hive and an instant need for the the toilet, but nothing else. He ate the whole 'ladder' amount but by the end was pale, clammy, subdued, etc. Definitely a fail :-( But not an immediate life threatening fail which was very positive :-)

We did all bar one of our ladder exposures at home, but we did live very close to a hospital.

Please remember that if you want to avoid something becoming ana, and there is only a mild reaction, then it's better to continue frequent, small exposures .... (as compared to advice only a few years ago to just 'stop eating it').

Best of luck. It can be a nervous time! (and sorry for calling your daughter a 'he'; i started replying on my iphone and couldn't scroll back to read properly).

Thanks Sentence, that's really helpful. I know she was given a small amount of nut cutlet by Nana a while ago (who said I was being paranoid!!) so that is probably where the previous exposure came from.
I'm glad nothing major happened when I gave her the tiny bit of peanut butter yesterday, looks hopeful for the future but I will hold off until we have our appointment next month.
Have been advised by dietitian to start milk ladder so we will just get on with that now I think!
It is a worrying time. This is my second allergy baby but my eldest thankfully outgrew her dairy allergy by one year, now she only has environmental allergies. Hoping dd2 will outgrow hers soon too. We were doing so well with egg until scrambled brought her out in hives!

If you breastfed, Palaver, it could have come through that too ... my (purely bf) DS swelled up his whole face after what we think was me eating a cashew. Note the singular. At least, that's what we think. He'd been exposed when he got skin prick tested, so it likely came through my breast milk. He was v sensitive to anything in my milk, though.

As an aside, If you have another DC ... please please please look at the EAT study (enquiring about tolerance). Might help you avoid another allergy child. (basically early weaning for high risk kids on the risky foods).

Thanks, I do bf and eat tons of nuts as I'm veggie. No reactions through bfing apart from with egg, and possibly dairy, which gave her horrendous wind and pain whenever I ate it. Terrible reflux when she was tiny as well. So I've been almost vegan for nearly a year now and she is so much better. I'm glad she can tolerate very well cooked egg but she got eczema with pancakes and hives with scrambled egg so we have stopped the ladder for now and sticking to only well cooked. Will have to give her a malted milk soon and see what happens though
No more dc for us now, two is plenty 😄

Forgot to say, she has had almonds and cashews directly and been fine so hopefully all tree nuts will be ok.
I hope I can say the same for peanuts as well but will wait for the tests as it's just too worrying when my half brother has an epipen!