Just found out my just turning-1 yr old daughter is allergic to peanuts, egg whites and soy. Got our epipen and an appt. with the Allergist for more testing. We found a soy-free cereal and moved to whole milk.
Are there any websites out there that you've found helpful. Do kids grow out of this allergy? Do you have any suggestions?
It's so nice to have some of the puzzle pieces fitting into place. She's had severe excema and rashes all over her body. It goes away with antibiotics or steroids, but comes right back. Thank you!!!
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My daughter is allergic to milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, beef and chicken. It can be pretty overwhelming, but I promise it does get easier! Good luck.
My youngest son was diagnosed with allergies to peanuts, egg whites, soy and dairy when he was three years old. He had had pneumonia eight times in those three years and had pretty bad asthma. It was because of these symptoms that he was tested. I cut those foods completely out of his diet (which was not an easy task!). Thankfully, it did the trick. He is now five and was just re-tested and came out allergy free!!!! Diligence is the key and there is some hope. If you have a Fred Meyer they have a good health food section with several items that were safe for him...including rice ice cream! They also have cake mixes that are all natural and I used applesauce instead of eggs and because we had the dairy allergy too, chocolate rice milk instead of milk. Good luck!!!
No need to live with these allergies and the epipen . . .
call Dr.Karen Bates in Colorado Springs at Kokopeli's Back.
She will eliminate these allergies!
One of my favorite sites is http://www.foodallergykitchen.com/ where you can set up a profile that lists your allergies and then search their recipe database for all the recipes that exclude those foods. It's awesome!
http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org is another great site.
Best of luck to you!
My son is only intolerant to dairy, soy and corn. But here is what I learned. Read label from bottom up. that is where they place the allergy marks and often the soy content is one of the last. It is in everything! Dependable companies are: Back to Nature, 356 (Whole Foods), Brianna's dressings and Enjoy Life. Vitamin cottage has consultants you can set up appointments with to teach you to shop for your child. I would start with your fridge and slowly (since she is only one) toss everything with these contents. my nieghbors loved getting all my dressings,etc. Have teh entire family eat only foods free of these items. If you hubby, for example, has to have a PBJ, he has to eat it at work. Make sure you train your hubby to wash his hands with soap and use lotion so they don't get dry...hard one in our family to learn. Also, I love hummus and fruit butters (apple and pumpkni great) as opposed to PBJ. Also, make sure you talk with your daycare or preschool in the future. I made my own sheet with information and what to do, printed on a bright color and gave to each teacher in preschool. I also provide my own allergy free brownies (Nana Cookies) for te teacher during birthday parties. anymore, they have peanut free schools. also make sure you go ahead and host the playgroups and explain to parents you are a peanut free zone and they should not bring them to your house and wash their hild's face and hands. Most parents understand these days. I like Sophie Safe cooking by emily Hendrix but you don't have that many alleges and can have dairy and whet (this is awesome as you really don't have totally overhaul all your cooking.) Don't order Chnese and learn to make your own adding sauce to the "adults" later. Also, you can ask cafe's to provide an allergy list before you go. I found that Noodle's and Company were the best in helping me learn how to read the menu and stuff. You can also get online before you go and e-mail the chef of many places. Wendy's seems to be okay for us but stil becareful as you have an allergy and check it out yourself. also, bread, I used to get Rdi's but now they have soy in them except country white. I am going to complain...now I have to go to Great Harvest. Also, if Longmont, Luc's pizza is good at working with your needs.
My son who is now 12, was born with a severe peanut and tree nut allergy. When he was younger he was allergic to eggs and dairy. He has grown out of all his allergies except the peanut and cashew, pecan and walnut. Only about 20% of kids will ever outgrow a peanut allergy and cashews are similar on the RAST scale, too. There is a group at www.faankids.org food allergy network news I believe, which helped us greatly. They have DVD's of Alexander the Elephant who can't eat Peanuts, and info to "train" your schools how to care for your children. (I had to go in with the epipen trainer and train all his teachers/staff each year) and he had his own treat container of nut-free treats, in case a parent brought in a treat he couldn't have...it's a tough go, but gets a little easier as they get older and can read their own labels and ask! He also has the excema badly, especially during the winter months. I have tried so many of the steroid, cortisone creams and the thing I've found that works the best and is steroid-free and inexpensive is by Mary Kay called Extra Emollient Night Cream: www.marykay.com/pjlancaster Good luck!
Hi--
Both my boys have allergies, so I know way more about this subject then I'd like. I have treated both of them with a natural, alternative medicine approach versus using western medicine with amazing results. If you are interested in going that route I am happy to give you all sorts of ideas. I've referred over a dozen people to our doctor, and they, too, have gotten amazing results. Let me know.
J.
My friend has two children, 5 and 2, both of whom had severe allergies from babies and the 2 year old still does. The five year old is slowly growing out of hers and they are now reintroducing things kind of trial and error but her Dr told her by the time her 5 year old is 8 she will probably not have very many food allergies at all if any. There were no allergies in the family prior to the children so that was a positive.
You can outgrow them. I think if there is a family history then it may prove more difficult. Changing her diet will help her tremendously and you found out early enough to save her a lot of problems.
Just read about it as much as possible, talk to the allergist about percentages of children that outgrow their food allergies and so on.
Have your daughter retested every year too, I think that early allergy tests can miss stuff and provide false positives too from everything I have heard from friends going through what you are too.
Some kids grow out of some food allergies. But usually not the peanut allergy. The best advice is to read labels carefully. Learn the different names that soy and egg whites might be hiding under. Be very careful about peanuts. They are well known for severe allergies. Anything that is produced on equipment that also does peanuts, or that may have any bit of peanut, is out. They have to put that on the labels now, I think.
Don't try to reintroduce any foods without advice of the allergist. Really follow all his advice on foods and dealing with the allergies. Don't take this lightly. It caused rash so far, but can quickly progress to a life-threatening reaction. Carry that epi-pen with you EVERYWHERE and make sure that anyone who watches her knows to avoid food she's allergic to and how to use the epi.
My prayers are with you. My son was diagnosed with a peanute allergy at 15 months. It has been a life altering experience. After his diagnosis I spent a ton of time researching to learn as much as I possibly could. There is a lot of information out there and you will find that there are a lot of people who are extremists on the issue. Personally, my husband and I made the decision that we wanted our son to have a chance to outgrow the allergy (apparently approximately 20% have a chance) so we became 100% peanut free is our lives both at home and away from home. The same rule has been applied to our daughter who is five years older that our son. Absolute abstinence from peanuts is the only way for him to outgrow it. It is difficult at first, but gets easier. Read all labels. You can find restaurants that will work for you, but be diligent. Always carry the epi and benadryl. We have been lucky, our hard work and diligence have paid off and we have not had to use the epi even once in the 4 years we been dealing with the allergy.
Now, websites, I have spent more hours than I can count (particularly in the beginning) on peanutallergy.com. There are is so much good advice and some stuff that you can take with a grain of salt. Just educate yourself and be very vigilent. Also, the food allergy and anaphalyxis network is a very good website. Google the allergy and you will find a ton of information. Read through it all and you will start be get a handle on it. This can be very overwhelming. It is ok to cry, but remember it is manageable and you can do it!
I'm not sure of the outgrow rates for egg & soy, but zi've read that peanuts have an outgrow rate of about 15-20%. IMO, your best bet is to plan on it being a lifelong allergy and adjusting your food choices accordingly. Then if she does outgrow it... well, you can have a big party! :)
I'm in a *fabulous* Yahoo group for parents of allergic kids. This is a tough situation to find yourself in. It's overwhelming and frustrating, to say the least. Grocery shopping can be a nightmare. Anyway, this group I mentioned has an incredible knowledge base and the members are all SO supportive...we've all been where you are now! And it's free! Check it out here: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/TerrificKidsWFA/
I hope your little one's eczema & rashes clear up now that you've found her allergens! Kudos to you for working to find the cause!
My daughter that is now 3 has had many food allergies so far. She was intolerant to milk and has allergies to egg, all nuts, pineapple, oranges, coconut.. She is outgrowing all of the allergies except for nuts. Her dad has a nut allergy and I don't think that one is going anywhere. The allergy doctor told me that most kids with egg allergies outgrow the egg allergy and grow into a peanut allergy. At first she did not have much of a peanut allergy but now that is getting worse. My daughter had a lot of skin problems as well. The winter is bringing on some dry skin but all of the excema is gone since we got the food allergies under control!
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Thank you all so much for your responses. I will look for more information on the website www.foodallergy.org I also found out that my sister works with the father of one of the children with a nut allergy so I am sending a letter with my phone number and a list of potential snack foods for his wife to respond to. - Kathy D
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