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My son was diagnosed w/ dairy/all nuts allergy early. We knew at 3 months he was allergic to dairy ( I dropped mac and cheese on him while nursing and he broke out in hives all over his body) -- and discovered just over 1 that he was allergic to peanuts (of course, I had eaten them ALL through pregnancy and nursing -- LIVED on them -- although I should've known better) which was stupid to even try with the already history of allergies.

My child had a reaction the first time he tasted peanut butter so giving him "more" would certainly not have helped. We carry an epi-pen everywhere -- it's tough! New studies are investigating giving them small bits of the allergen (ONLY IN A CLINICAL SETTING!) as opposed to the old theory of complete avoidance -- both at Duke (peanut) and John Hopkins (dairy)