when to try peanuts?

[Olive]

oh bugger didnt realise it was 2!! will waith then!! thanks chicks!

[MantaRay]

I think it's two for children without a history of food allergies, and 3 if they have other allergies. Jack has had a food allergy before so we waited until a month before he was 3 and he was fine. We haven't tried Tom yet.

[*PinkLilly*]

Funny story...my DH gave my 18mth old nephew a piece of toast with peanut butter on it, THEN asked me if it was alright if he could have it. By the time I said 'NO' and found the little tike, he had already eaten it and was asking for more . Peanut butter sangas are now his fav

[Artechim]

In NZ the info handed out by Plunket lists smooth peanut butter as suitable for 8-9 months olds, and only suggests holding off until 3 if there is a history of nut allergies.

[sunshine_sieben]

Don't ask me, I'm a naughty one when it comes to these things. I had nuts while pregnant, DD had cow's milk yoghurt and cheese and eggs from 6 or 7 months and peanut butter sandwiches every now and then from about 8 or 9 months.
There are NO allergy cases in either DHs or my families, not even a slight case of hey fever. So I didn't worry about these things.

Sasa

[~clover~]

My girls started on peanut butter pretty young. around 18 months - 2.

Just remember no actual nuts til over 5 though. So no crunchy pb. They can't digest them.

[Kazbah]

Ummm at our 12-mth-checkup with the MCN she said we could be eating everything now - she suggested we smear peanut butter on his wrist first and see if there was a reaction. There was none, so gave him a little peanut butter and he's fine! I also feed him macademia cookies ;D

Like Sasa, I had nuts while preggers. I figure that heck, I'm not allergic, so bugger if I'm going to deny his immune system from developing recognition.

(darn, now I want toast with peanut paste)