nutty

Yesterday we had the peanut & tree nut challenge at the dr's office.  We did the skin test first with peanut butter on his skin and he was fine so we were able to smear some on a cracker for him to try.  He really liked it! He was not a fan of the almonds or cashews plain but once we smashed them and put them on little peanut butter cracker sandwiches he was totally fine with it.  We started with just a little bit and waited about 10 minutes or so and gave him more and more each time... and there were no reactions!  He is safe to eat peanuts and tree nuts based on past skin testing and blood work. Still a little frightening to imagine him eating any nut so we plan to watch him closely.  It feels like a nice start, though.  We will go back in a few weeks to try the muffin challenge with milk.  A recent study found that three-fourths of children with milk allergy can tolerate baked milk products.  Hoping Elliot will fall under that group of kids. :)