[Sacajaweau]

But wait....don’t they want you to nurse until they’re ready for school?

[dfwgator]

And stop putting babies literally in “plastic bubbles” growing up. They need exposure to germs to build up their immune systems.

[miss marmelstein]

And stop having totally antiseptic homes and food and refraining your kids from playing in dirt and mud. A little dirt never hurt any child.

[dgbrown]

Stop with the hand sanitizers too.

[ConservaTexan]

When my kids were in the public indoctrination system I was sick of the anti peanut frenzy that was prevalent. I literally told an administrator, “I don’t give a damn about another parents spawn that has a peanut allergy, my kid is bringing pb&j sandwiches for lunch.” For some reason they (the school) backed off. Good for them.

[Nifster]

Peanut butter was a staple in my kid’s diet early on

[prof.h.mandingo]

I go way way back. I cannot, for the life of me, remember anyone allergic to anything. This problem seems to be fairly recent in origin. In college, early 70’s, I met a couple of people allergic to shellfish. That was about it.

[TChad]

Besides allergies to peanuts and eggs, I wonder what other allergies can be prevented using this technique.

[Liz]

Very dangerous.

A girl at the takeout counter said she went into anaphylactic shock and had to be rushed to the hospital due to a peanut allergy. I asked her whatever possessed her to eat a peanut.

SHE DID NOT EAT A PEANUT.

She was getting skin-tested for allergies——they scratched her arm w/ a peanut derivative. That’s when she went into shiock.

[lafroste]

Bull. I found out about my daughter’s peanut allergy during her first ever peanut butter sandwich at age 6 months. She ended up in the emergency room (another first).

[gigster]

I’ve had a peanut allergy since I was a baby because my mom fed me peanut butter with her daily breakfast of peanut butter and honey on toast.

[ccmovrwc]

Too simplistic. I’m not sure there is a one-size-fits-all solution.

My son ate plenty of peanut butter as a toddler. Peanuts and/or cashews were always his favorite snack (once age-appropriate), and he preferred them over chips, cookies or candy. With four older brothers and two dogs in a house that, while not a pig sty, certainly isn’t anywhere near spotless, I can guarantee he was exposed to plenty of germs. He was breastfed for over a year, too.

And yet, for some unknown reason, he suddenly developed a severe nut allergy at the age of 8. The doctor couldn’t tell me why, but only commented that they’re seeing it happen more and more in older kids.

[TexasRepublic]

I never even heard of peanut allergies until years after completing school. I do wonder what has caused such an increase of allergies.

[Yaelle]

I figured this out on my own and did it. Makes sense. Just like babies born to families with at least 2 furry pets in the home have less chance of asthma and respiratory allergies. None of my kids have those.