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[quote=Anonymous]1) Yes carry the Epipen everywhere and make sure there is one with her at school and that you've discussed protocols with the school and the classroom teacher.

2) Do OIT!!!! Your reason is it seems like "too much work"? But you think avoidance is going to be less work? No. Avoidance is going to get harder as she gets older because past early childhood, other people are going to be far less accommodating of this allergy. Preschools, daycares, and elementary schools are generally nut free at this point and enforce those rules. But past that, people stop caring. Plus your kid's world will get bigger and she will go more places on her own. So even if her school is nut free, the odds that she might encounter peanuts, peanut butter, peanut oils, etc., even just in touching a surface where they are, are going to go way up. Staying vigilant about peanut avoidance is going to become challenging and she's going to have to do it herself more often. Whereas if you just suck it up and do OIT now, there's a very good likelihood the allergy will disappear or at least become much less concerning, which will save her years of having to be very vigilant.

Especially if you currently think just carrying an Epipen or two in your purse or having a couple conversations with the school about the allergy is too much, you are not going to want to deal with this allergy long term if you can possibly avoid it. OIT is very effective in many cases. You need to do it.[/quote]

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