Zarava - GL today! Meant to reply to this thread yonkies ago.

When we did the testing at RCH (when DS was 9m.o.) we didn't do the food testing, just the skin pr!ck testing and were told to totally avoid the foods he reacted to (eggs & treenuts). And yes, he was pretty unhappy once the welts came up on his back . At the time he'd only had skin reactions (all-over hives) and they told us that they couldn't say what reaction he might get, whether it would be skin, gut or anaphylactic - but they wouldn't give us an epi-pen either. I gather that they only give an epi-pen if there's been evidence of anaphylaxis. I don't know if we'll be doing the food challenge too now that he's older. We were advised to avoid all the foods and come back for re-testing (we go on Friday). Oh and they also gave us the allergy management plan form which is required if A goes to childcare at all.

Oh and X used to always make funny noises when breathing and since stopping the allergy foods (which he only got through EBM) his breathing and skin improved massively. So it was a really worthwhile process.

GL today, I hope it's manageable with your 2 little munchkins and that you get some answers (and yes, our first appointment was 4 hours with no food testing - but we had a wait of 1hr 30 mins before we were even seen!!! ). I would ensure that when you get to reception that they know you are juggling 2 little ones.