Can eating too much peanut butter while pregnant give child allergy?

at 2 1/2 i have yet to give son peanut butter. I am so paranoid. It concerns me that I ate so much pb while pregnant as instructed by my nutritionist/diabetes educator to eat it for protein. I ate it at least 2 times a day. We dont have a history of peanut allergy- but a big history of allergies (mostly animals and environmental)

yes, if there is a family history of allergies and excema (you don't pass specific allergies to children, you pass the tendancy to have allergies)

Eating peanuts while pregnant is another issue. In general, the results are mixed about how mom鈥檚 pregnancy diet affects allergies in the baby. When it comes to peanuts, however, the results are consistent. The chance that a baby will develop peanut allergies goes up with the amount of peanuts that a pregnant mother eats. It makes sense to me for mothers to avoid them if their child is likely to be prone to allergies (in a family with allergies, eczema or asthma). http://www.drgreene.com/21_1476.html

If there is a family history of allergy, the risk of peanut allergy may be reduced by:

- avoiding peanuts during pregnancy and breast-feeding
- breast-feeding your baby
- delaying the introduction of peanut products until the child is at least 3 years old. http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articl...

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No. Especially since you or your husband (I assume) have no peanut allergies. Todays medicine is very focused on allergies and this is a 1st world country phenomenon. We have so very little illnesses to deal with in the U.S. that we have labeled allergies as a huge health enemy. It's an exaggeration and we have little real scientific basis for the worry you are experiencing. Go ahead and share the love of peanut butter. You can't shield him for forever and nothing extremely bad- allergy wise -could happen if he did react that can't be medically addressed. So find out for the sake of your sanity that he isn't allergic and feed the kid some peanut butter. Keeping your child away from it might be worse. Don't forget the millions of products we consume everyday that are peanut based. Chances are that your son has been enjoying his peanuts for over a year and a half now.

Also, what you eat in pregnancy will have almost nothing to do with what allergies your child might acquire.

Wow.. "Some Ideas" is an idiot.

While I'm not sure that the food you are while pregnant is going to put him at more or less risk of an allergy, the chances of your son having a food allergy are greater due to the family history of allergies.

Giving your child peanut butter may not have any ill effects, and your son may do totally fine. But you do have a reason to be concerned, but you have an equal reason to keep watch for reactions to all foods, not just peanut butter. And yes, allergic reactions can be deadly, and yes medical facilities can help if you get there in time.. in time being the operative word.

If you're really concerned about your son having a peanut allergy, you may want to wait to give him peanut butter until you have liquid benadryl in the house. Most likely it will be fine, but its always good to be prepared.

If something does happen, his reaction most likely won't be anything more than a few hives, or behavioral issues. But its always good to be prepared.

Good Luck.

I do not think so

You already GAVE him peanut butter when you were pregnant. If your doctor said its fine then its fine.