Would this be considered an "allergy risk"?My son, who is almost 8 months old, loves to eat! We're not really doing pureed food at this point, and he seems to love everything he has managed to get in his mouth. Since we're doing a more BLW approach, I haven't been as cautious with new foods as I was with my daughter (she was diagnosed with a milk protein allergy at 2 weeks and ended up Neocate). So, he's had a lot of things already that some see as "no no's". He loves orange juice, citrus fruits, tomatoes, strawberries, etc. He also doesn't seem to have any problems with whole milk (has had things such as broccoli and cheese soup that was heavy on the milk).
So, tonight I want to try him on eggs. From what I read, it's not necessary to separate egg and yolk anymore, so I was just planning on letting him have some scrambled eggs to play around with. But, my MIL says she is allergic to eggs, to the extent that she can't have a flu shot. However, I've caught her eating ceaser salad, which has raw egg in the dressing, so I'm not sure just how allergic she really is. Would a grandmother being allergic to a certain food count as "a family history of allergies"? Or does that rule just apply to immediate family?
Also just a secondary question : When did you introduce allergenic foods to your baby? With my daughter, she was over a year before she really had anything in the form of real food (not purees) so it's exciting to see my son just dive into food that I am actually eating. :)
Thanks!
-Courage
I have a strong history of allergies, so I took it easy on things. Strawberries I only introduced in the form of yogurt because of the mold that tends to grow on them, and how reactive I am to that mold (for the longest time I thought I was allergic to strawberries but it's actually the mold... I can react to so LITTLE of it that it's scary.) By 8 months though I was carefully trying her out on anything.
It's really up to your school of thought whether it's better to introduce allergy foods now or later. Quite frankly, there are studies showing that if you introduce peanuts for instance in the first year a child is less likely to have a peanut allergy than if you avoid it. And studies that seem to indicate the other way as well. Personally I'm of the 'give it to them before a year' train of thought, and so I wanted her to try everything by a year old. Your MIL may be allergic to eggs, or she may be allergic to the way something is prepared, but you should keep it in mind and if he reacts then you've got a headsup what it probably was. You just keep it careful and slow.
-Mason Tyler born 9/9/09!!!
Heyy! Mason also eat's alot of the no no foods...he'll chomp down on a lemon without even making a face, loves orange juice, eats frozen strawberries inside his little mesh bag thing, etc.
I'd go ahead and let C try the eggs.. Mason eats pieces of egg with me most mornings and he loves them! I don't think your MIL having a slight egg allergy would pass on to C to be honest... I guess anything is possible but like you said, if she can eat a real ceasar salad and not have a reaction then it's probably not quite as serious as even she might think it is.
Just keep an eye on the little man for signs of a reaction but otherwise I say GO FOR IT MAMA!
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We did pretty much the same as you're doing with your son. He could and would eat most things... we never had to make any effort to get him eating finger foods or lumps - he just did! I believe we tried him with eggs at around 9 months and he refused them. It's one of the only foods he would never (and at 20 months still won't) eat... whether they be boiled, scrambled, fried. HOWEVER, he had some of my birthday cake when he was barely 8 months old and that definitely contained egg! He also had egg custard around the same age and pancakes at 9-10 months, which he loved! Unless your son had other allergies, I really wouldn't worry about holding back on the egg. I'm not saying I'd make egg especially, but I wouldn't worry about avoiding it.
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I would not really worry too much about it, maybe grandma is over acting on her allergy it sounds. D has had eggs and a bit of pb&j and she has had no reactions. I guess I dont worry to much, if she is gonna be allergic she will be allergic the same as she is now compared to at one.
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