How old does she have to be?

Question

my daughter is 17 months and wondering how old does she has to be to have peanut butter? ive given her chasews before and was fine, and theres no history of allergies with pb, so i was wondering when is it safe to give, and how much? could i make a pb and jelly on the same slice of bread and fold it over, or would that be to much? and please no rude comments, im just wondering thats all. thank you

Answer 1

She should be fine just make a pocket sandwhich and she will be fine. Or you can cut it up into small pieces and she will eat it up! So I say go for it and let her have some fun eating PB&J! YUMMY!

Answer 2

she should be fine if there is no peanut allergies in the family  

Answer 3

Yeah, she should be fine to have PB by this point.

Generally you should wait until 1 year for peanut butter, but until 2 year if there is family history of food allergies.  :)

Answer 4

peanut butter is fine, NUTS however by themselves are NOT. They are considered a choking hazard at this age.

My son is 16 months old and had peanut butter for the first time about 14 months and did fine.  

Answer 5

My son has loved peanut butter and jelly sandwiches since he was about a year. Offer  a small amount and as long as she has no allergic reaction then go for it . I would think that if she is 17 months she has already come in contact with something containing peanuts or peanut oil at some point. And if no one in the family has known peanut allergies than I really wouldn't worry about it.

Answer 6

She should be fine to give it a try to do remember this.  The first exposure is usually not when they react.  Try it, wait a day or two then try again.  The second time is when she would be most likely to react if there was a problem.  It is a very very small percentage of children that have this allergy so she is most likely fine.  One word of caution, do not take peanut butter snacks to the park, I didn't even think about this till my child had a friend that had pb issues, if your child was to get pb on his hands and transfer it too another child it could cause a reaction.