when can you give peanut butter?

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i know peanuts are fo ages yet due to choking hazard....
but smooth peanut butter - what are the current allegery guidleines?
no allergies in the family (apart from me and cats!!!!)
ds is 16 months now and eats a variety of things?
anyone know?
thanks

Love the new name

I think if there are no allergies then you can give the smooth stuff from over a year. I gave peanut butter to ds (now 15 mths) at just over one year and he's been fine. I started eating peanuts again when he turned one, so he would have got something through my milk anyway. Although I did have the phone in one hand just in case he blew up like a balloon...

If there are allergies, then I think it's about age 7?

thats what i thought too.....
was going to look in my parent book thingy but thought mumsnet would be far better!!!

Ds1 used to eat P.butter sandwiches at about 8-10 months. Don't know if that was to early or not but as he was such a fussy eater I would have tried anything.
He wouldn't touch it with a barge pole now!

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Nevermind when can you give it. What I want to know is where can you get it... Skippy peanut butter that is. It seems to have disappeared from the supermarket shelves. What is going on? It's a national disgrace.

Willow2 you can buy skippy here

www.skyco.uk.com/products.asp?cat=7

yum!

star!

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thanks robin - that is very helpful
it makes sense that cat alergy means atopic tendencies in the family - never thought about it before!!!
i will wait!