My twins have peanut allergies

Hi Kim,

Welcome to peanutallergy.com. My first thought is how about getting your husband to visit the allergist with you, so he can hear it straight from the allergist? I cannot think of a website or document about avoiding tree nuts off the top of my head; I will do some digging. I do think, however, that the allergist should be authority enough, if you can arrange for a visit with your husband.

Maybe another member can remember a helpful document or article as well.

Jennifer B
www.foodallergybuzz.com

Kim,

Welcome to peanutallergy.com!

To answer your quesiton-there is no hard and fast rule that states you have to keep peanuts out of the house if there is a family member with peanut allergies. And I can't think of any valid article that states that either.

That being said-there are many families that do, there are also some that don't and put good eating and cleaning practices into place.

As Jennifer mentioned-your husband should go to the allergist with you so that the allergist can explain how a reaction occurs.

Also-it might help him if you make up a list of all the reasons to keep peanuts out of the home.

For us it's:

-our kids could get into the pantry or fridge and find/eat the food themselves.

-a babysitter or friend or family member might accidentally give our kids the peanut containing food

-WE might accidentally give the kids the peanut containing food (this has happened to people before-it's really hard to keep food items separate and remember which is which and label etc.)

That's a starter list you can use to hopefully convince him. I would hope that explaining to him that it only takes one potential reaction to end a life would be enough.

In time he may come around. Perhaps he can eat peanuts and tree nuts at work?

Best of luck!
Ruth