The current American Pediatric Association's guidelines if there is a close family member who has food allergies is to get a scratch test at an allergist at around a year old. We are a little late for Lillian, but it was the soonest we could get an appointment. Lillian was awesome in the waiting room waiting for the doctor. The scratch test was done on her back with 10 items and a pin prick for each one. She didn't cry but got progressively more annoyed with the nurse who was pricking her (totally understandably). We watched her back closely while waiting the 15 minutes for the results to appear. There was one big hive appearing and Alan and I worried about what she was reacting to - trying to figure out which thing she was allergic to and plan the rest of her life without it. When the nurse came she told us that the hive was just a control to make sure she could make a hive at all - so...
RESULTS: NO ALLERGIES!
We are still introducing things slowly just to be extra cautious, but she is very unlikely to have a reaction to anything. She had peanut butter that night.
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| Waiting patiently in the room. |
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| Scratch test on her back. |
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| First spoonful of Peanut Butter |
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