Siblings: likely to be PA?

My allergist said the same thing about our younger son. He has the same chance as any other child of developing this allergy.
We knew of my older son's pa (he's 3 1/2 now) before I got pregnant with my second son. Because of that, we had no peanut butter or peanut products in our house. I did not eat anything with peanuts during my second pregnancy (unlike my first pregnancy--I lived on pb sandwiches).
Also, my younger son is 17 months old now and has never been exposed to peanuts. He never will be until he's much older and probably not until he's been tested at the allergist's office. Deanna

Well, my situation is a bit different so I'm not sure it applies. I am PA and neither of my children has ever been exposed to peanuts that I'm aware of. My son tested positive for PA as well as tons of other stuff about the time he turned 3. Based on family history we had my daughter tested when she turned two and she is also PA. I think they both inherited it from me.
Rebekah

I'm the youngest in my family (1 brother and sister) and the only PA of my immediate and extended family. My daughter is not PA, and loves to eat pn when I'm not around. I think it at least goes to show that your kids may some day have pa-free kids of their own!

Fed up my son is 14 and the only allergic so far. My daughter is 9 and loves peanut butter when she goes without me. I have a 2 year old but he has never had any kind of nut. He has had food that says may contain and he loves M&Ms. I am way to scared to see him eat nuts. However not having it my house he probably will not get any peanut butter for a long time. My daughter got her first peanut butter product totally by accident. She was at my brothers house and got into his peanut butter cups she found in a halloween bucket. They called me panicking,but I told them to keep her right there because they are by the hospital and I drove up to there house to watch her. She was fine. I have no other relatives with peanut reaction. The only food I could eat when I was pregnant was a lot of peanut butter. I mean you have no clue how much. Take care Claire

My now-ten year old son had a peanut allergic reaction at 15 months. My six year old was never exposed to peanuts, and yet tested allergic through blood tests. His scores are not nearly as high as my older son but unfortunately you can't tell the severity of a peanut allergy by numbers alone. I have hayfever but no other allergies. My husband has a mild walnut allergy. From what I've read, if one or both parents have allergies to anything, the children have a much greater chance of developing food allergies. I wish I had known that fact before I had my first son, I would never have given him peanut butter before at least age 3.

I worry about this subject, too, since my almost 6 year old PA and TNA daughter now has a 4 month old baby brother. I have avoided peanuts and tree nuts 100% while pregnant with him and breastfeeding. I will continue to do so during the entire breastfeeding period, and I do not plan to let him try anything of that sort until just before kindergarten. At that point I will probably do it at my doctor's office, even if I just sit in the waiting room and feed him. (Well, I guess I will see what the allergist says but that is my own thinking about the situation...) I am quite concerned that my baby could be PA, because he seems to be allergic to soy (in my diet) at this point. We'll have to wait and see.
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My son was not diagnosed PA until his sister was 2. My son never tried peanutbutter until he was three and then didn't like it (didn't react though.) I thought, stupidly, that I should give my daughter peanutbutter at an earlier age so she would have a better chance of liking it. (Wouldn't we all love to whip up a pb&j for our kids for lunch.) Anyway, she did have pb and pb flavored things and liked them and never reacted. She also loved all kinds of nuts. Since my son was diagnosed she hasn't had any nuts. She's 2 1/2 now. She has no eczema (she's also never had cow's milk except what's used in cooking) and no signs of general allergy that my son always had, so I think she is not an "allergic child". I will probably have her tested when she turns 3 and get my son re-tested.