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Post by snippet17 on May 16, 2016 11:48:14 GMT -5
As far as we know T does not have food allergies, but DH eventually wants to get her tested due to not wanting to worry and having to go through what he did when he was a child. I told H he needs to talk to the pedi first before we see a specialist. Her next appointment is for her 4 month shots in July.
He is mainly concerned with the top food allergies milk, peanuts, treenuts, soy, etc. Right now I know she does not have a soy allergy since they tested her poop when she was on soy formula, but that can of course change.
Has anyone here ever had their child tested for food allergies? If so when did you have the lo tested? Any suggestions or advice? I personally just wanted to do the whole slowly introduce the food to her and have a child epipen on hand, but he wants to go the testing route.
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Post by snippet17 on May 16, 2016 13:53:57 GMT -5
@jennylee - My husband has peanut and treenut allergies and a milk sensitivity. From what I read doctors usually do exposure testing before. I had read that some will do the rub on the skin test at home first and then if there is a reaction go with further testings. I may suggest that to H, but who knows if he will listen. I think he worries do due to his starting out with him getting puffy and had relatives think it was funny and didn't talk to the doctor about it. Well I already said that those relatives are not allowed to watch LO unsupervised.
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Post by gingerlady on May 16, 2016 18:05:01 GMT -5
You should definitely discuss the best strategy with your pediatrician, but as lolo said most won't recommend allergy testing for infants because the testing doesn't work well at young ages. And the recommendations have changed about how best to introduce foods for kids who may be at increased risk for food allergies (like if there is a family history). In general most pediatricians will say it's best to GIVE these foods (in a gradual, careful way) rather than to avoid them.
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Post by snippet17 on May 17, 2016 10:42:28 GMT -5
Like I said I think he is stressed due to how he grew up with it and people thinking it was a joke when his lips swelled up. But I told him I don't want family to be feeding her solids that we don't provide for the first couple of years since I don't trust them when it comes to food.
And I even have told him when we were ttc that kids that do have food allergies this young are sometimes tested every three months because their bodies change. Hopefully he will remember to talk to the doctor at her next visit and she will set him straight.
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