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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What are they allergic to OP? Do you think part of the restaurant thing is paranoia from you?[/quote]

NP, and the "restaurant thing" is absolutely not paranoia.  With some notable exceptions, restaurant staff cannot be relied upon to provide accurate information about ingredients or prevent cross contamination.  A few years ago, I asked a server whether a vegetable dish was gluten free, and she asked, "Gluten - is that milk?"  Yes, in DC at a "nice" restaurant.  She had absolutely no idea what she was doing.

Kids have different levels of allergies.  Some kids are so allergic that just one crumb or cross-contamination from a knife can kill them. Are you aware that people have actually died from anaphylaxis?  Sometimes from cross contamination, sometimes from accidental ingestion.  People make mistakes.  A 15-year-old girl died a few years ago when a friend's parent accidentally gave her a Nabisco peanut butter chocolate chip cookie that had packaging almost identical to the "safe" non-peanut butter chocolate chip cookie.  A high school student died when a teacher gave him a "safe" granola bar that contained nuts.  EpiPens don't always work.

OP, it gets a little better in that your kids can be taught to read labels and ask questions.  But it also gets a little worse in that they are doing more things without you, and you have to trust that they will read the labels and ask the questions and do what they are supposed to do.

My kids are older teens, and the type of food-based immunotherapy was just not available in this area when they were little.  From what I understand, it's best to do when kids are young.[/quote]

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