Peanut butter

You can spread it on toast. Or you can buy the squeezy bottles and drizzle some over fruit like raspberries or bananas or topped on pancakes.

@Rosie that seems excessive You can just put it in her food however you like if there is no eczema or other allergies

@Rosie that's what we plan to do x

We did little tastes off the spoon as like first intro then started on toast before mixing it into things. We'd also eat it around her (before introducing it) and give her kisses after

@Rosie this is how I started!

You can mix some into porridge! I’ve started making oat bars too, where I mix some peanut butter into! x

@Lydia we started with porridge too :) on its own it's a choking hazard because of how claggy it is

I made pancakes with it x

We were advised by a dietician to let her lick a little bit off our finger or a spoon for the first try, if no reaction then we added a little to some porridge the following day x

I gave my boy a little bit on some toast

@Jade that's weird because they don't usually react the first time

@Emmo my little girls reaction to her allergens showed with first exposure both times so this was the advise from her dietician and then supported by her consultant

The first time I introduced i put a small tsp amount in her oats porridge. Then toast.

@Jade what sort of reaction does she have?

@Emmo she developed hives within an hour, then had sickness and mucousy nappies which lasted around 72 hours and a sudden occurrence of eczema. So far this has happened with egg and tomato but she also has CMPA

@Rosie I agree! Once little man seems okay after a couple tries then I'll be ofc doing the usual of mixing into porridge or toast

Thankyou everyone! 🩷

We mixed extra creamy with some banana puree and fed it with a spoon we did it around 5 months it was terrifying

I started with peanut butter on its own just thinned out for the first exposure. Gave a little and when there was no reaction after ten mins gave the rest. After that I just added to food - on toast, in porridge etc.

@Emmo I’m not sure where you heard that it was safe to just give allergens mixed into regular food and that they don’t react the first time but that is dangerously wrong and really unsafe to advise so! If I had mixed shellfish into a regular dish that my son was eating it would have put him in anaphylaxis and at that point there would be a much higher chance of him dying as he didn’t have a epi pen back then! And you know how I found out he was allergic to shellfish? When he was about 7/8 months old I gave him a tiny amount of prawn for the very first time and you know what happened? His lips and tongue ended up swelling up, he had hives all over his mouth inside and out and he was clawing at his tongue! For such a tiny amount he tried he had a pretty severe reaction! Now imagine if I had given him some kind of prawn dish and just served it to him like a regular meal! His airways would have closed and I doubt I would have been able to get him to hospital in time!

Do it in the hospital car park, that's what we did then if they have a reaction you're in the best place x

@RosieI gave her a little on the spoon no reaction, so do I put a little bit more on toast and see how she goes?

@Rosie brilliant Thankyou xx