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Originally Posted by rotten42
At 1.5 years my wife gave our son a taste of peanut butter.....he was in the hospital within the hour. His face looked like he had gone a couple rounds with Mike Tyson.
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My son has a peanut and egg allergy. Just friendly FYI advice to the new parents out there, never experiment with peanut butter by actually feeding it to your child/baby if any allergy is suspected or possible. Rub a small (pea sized amount) on their skin (like the lower back) then wait 30 minutes and watch them closely with infant Benadryl handy.
If there is no rash or reaction, then move on to feeding them a small taste. If there is any reaction then discontinue, don't try and force them to get over it. See your pediatrician and get advice. Ours said to wait until another allergy test was done later this year.
To be honest we gave our son peanut butter by accident and learned the hard way like you did rotten. Then got the advice after the fact from the doctor. One of the man things you never are told as a new parent.