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[quote=Anonymous]I would tell them mom what happened (without suggesting she's crazy or a liar or the Dad is evil or the parents are engaged in pettiness or anything at all beyond the bare facts you know).  it seems like the kid didn't have reaction.  GREAT, that's good news.  there are about a billion explanations for this, some of which are that parents are variations on crazy, and some of which are not.  a couple of scenarios:

- kids really do grow out of these things.  my niece had a near-death experience with peanuts when she was a wee thing, couldn't breathe, and was hospitalized and everything.  doc said she might grow out of it but to keep away from peanuts until she could do a controlled test again in a couple of years.  after the bad scare, mom and dad were hyper-controlling about the peanuts for a couple of years.  but when niece got into a jar of peanut butter at a neighbor's house less than a year later, NOTHING happened.  mom and dad were thrilled, ecstatic, but the pediatrician suggested holding off a little longer.  so, they kept the epi-pen handy and avoided peanuts sensibly until she was "cleared" for peanut allergy a year later.

- kid might have really mild reaction that the doctor is worried might turn into something more serious.  another friend had a kid who got a rash an hour or two after she had nut products.  no big deal for anyone and the kid loved nutbutters, but the doctor said these things sometimes become serious if you keep exposing the kid.  that they can become MORE sensitized rather than less.   Kid is still not allowed peanuts some years later, on medical advice, but loves to cheat whenever he  can get his hands on pb.[/quote]

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