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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]we did both- at 6 months- started with scratch test, then follow up blood test for the 3 that were positive... and then oral food challenges for those.  mine was positive on skin and blood but passed oral food challenges.  the scratch test was the easiest of the three (perhaps because my husband was there to hold her still while i was alone for the blood draw and she had just started self weaning so my attempt to nurse for comfort failed..).  the oral food challenges were in some ways the hardest as they were 3 hours which was well beyond her wake window and you're forced to keep them awake and keep feeding (which she really didn't want to eat at that point, in part because of skin reaction, and part because she was irritable and tired so e didn't finish final dose which made it feel even more inconclusive!).

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Oral food challenges are so hard with babies! I know it’s best to do early introduction, but damn, halfway through our 3rd OFC I was ready to just say FTS we can avoid all nuts. It was ultimately worth it, but trying to guess whether she was full, over tired, or had stopped eating bc she was about to puke everywhere was unfun. I was also v tempted to do the introductions at home, but our allergist was fairly conservative and insisted we do it in office for anything she had even a hint of positivity on IgE.[/quote]

OP here. Ugh yeah I don’t even know. The scratch test was inconclusive. But at least it wasn’t terribly uncomfortable. He got 9 scratches and cried for the second half of the test, but he calmed down after I nursed him. The next step is a blood test but if he tests positive for nuts on that, I have half a mind to continue Lil Mixins at home since we have Epipens. The second time he ate peanuts, he vomited 3 hours later… but he’d also had his shots and a purée, which has caused vomiting on its own. (The allergist said that could be from reflux.) I’m kicking myself for giving peanuts that after his shots. His skin was a little worse after eating tree nuts the first (and only) time, but he has eczema so it’s hard to tell if it was really from the nuts.

Maybe we jumped to allergy testing too soon. For those of you who did it, how many times was your baby exposed to the allergen and what prompted you to get tested?

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Have you been feeding nuts without a reaction at home? I’m not sure what lil mixins is.
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