nut aviodance for younger siblings.,how long for?

I think that the advice is to wait until maybe 5 years old just to be sure.

My son is 3 and I know that because of my 14 year old having the allergy I will probably never give him any nuts. The one reason is because we have none in the house and the other is because I don't want the little one to think it is o.k. to eat it around his brother. I have taught him that we just don't have any. I was told by my doctor that 5 is the age to give him any to see if he is allergic,but not having any in the house he will probably be much older. I think it is good to give it before they start school so that you know where you stand if he is allergic. I hope this makes sence to everyone. Take care claire

Claire, what you said certainly makes sense to me. I feel the same way in regards to my 10 month old. The only thing is that I really do want to know if he is pa and/or tna before he starts kindergarten. I realize how much effort goes in to keeping Leah (my pa and tna 6 year old) safe at school, and I will want to know whether or not I will need to go to such lengths to keep Matthew safe. I am assuming that I will deliberately give him pn and tn when he is five, so we will know for sure. The pre-school that I am planning to send him to is pn and tn free now; I hope it stays that way. I figure I will just have to make sure that any play date moms, etc. know not to ever give him anything with pn or tn. Miriam

Californiamom, That makes perfect sence to me. Your right you need to know before kindergarten begins. As for us my 9 year old accidentally got nuts from someone else and we found out that way that she had no allergy. I was kind of glad that it happened the way it did. That is another long story. Take care claire

Ditto to Claire's post! (Glad to see you posting again, Claire) Deanna