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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 458054" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I guess it is a bit hard to buy for some people because this was virtually unheard of when some of us were kids. In fact, when we were kids the schools got tons of government surplus peanut butter and we got it in some form almost every day.</p><p></p><p>My daughter and sister in law found out the hard way that my 2-1/2 year old grandson is allergic to peanuts when he was around 20 months old. She's a nurse and at his age she would never intentionally give him peanuts or peanut butter anyway. But she was coming home from work one night and was running late so she stopped by their favorite fast food joint and bought hamburgers and fries to take home. Ethan was tired and grumpy and to distract him, she gave him one little french fry to nibble on. When she got home, less than a half mile from the hamburger place, she went to take him out of his car seat and saw that his whole little face was swelling up and they rushed him right to the ER! Nothing like watching your toddler's face blow up like a balloon to scare the hell out of you! The next day when things had calmed down they went back to the hamburger place and asked and sure enough, they cook their french fries in peanut oil! Most restaurants don't use it at all any more but this one place still did!</p><p></p><p>That's what's so scary about it! It's easy enough to make sure they don't get peanut products at home, a little more difficult when they're in school. Most daycares and schools don't serve it at all any more but you never know what they will get from other kids. And peanut oil can show up in almost anything! Now they have to carefully read every label when buying groceries and ask in every restaurant when they order for him to make sure that nothing is cooked in peanut oil!</p><p></p><p>There's nothing "frivilous" or "self-indulgent" about Ethan's peanut allergy. He didn't make his face swell up just to be fashionable or trendy! He's TWO, for Pete's sake! If he had a reaction and wasn't treated soon enough his airway could close up and he wouldn't be able to breathe! I'm amazed that people would disbelieve the parents about it and actually give a child something with peanuts in it just to prove them wrong! Who would risk a childs life like that just to be "right"? But then, almost nothing surprises me any more!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 458054, member: 1883"] I guess it is a bit hard to buy for some people because this was virtually unheard of when some of us were kids. In fact, when we were kids the schools got tons of government surplus peanut butter and we got it in some form almost every day. My daughter and sister in law found out the hard way that my 2-1/2 year old grandson is allergic to peanuts when he was around 20 months old. She's a nurse and at his age she would never intentionally give him peanuts or peanut butter anyway. But she was coming home from work one night and was running late so she stopped by their favorite fast food joint and bought hamburgers and fries to take home. Ethan was tired and grumpy and to distract him, she gave him one little french fry to nibble on. When she got home, less than a half mile from the hamburger place, she went to take him out of his car seat and saw that his whole little face was swelling up and they rushed him right to the ER! Nothing like watching your toddler's face blow up like a balloon to scare the hell out of you! The next day when things had calmed down they went back to the hamburger place and asked and sure enough, they cook their french fries in peanut oil! Most restaurants don't use it at all any more but this one place still did! That's what's so scary about it! It's easy enough to make sure they don't get peanut products at home, a little more difficult when they're in school. Most daycares and schools don't serve it at all any more but you never know what they will get from other kids. And peanut oil can show up in almost anything! Now they have to carefully read every label when buying groceries and ask in every restaurant when they order for him to make sure that nothing is cooked in peanut oil! There's nothing "frivilous" or "self-indulgent" about Ethan's peanut allergy. He didn't make his face swell up just to be fashionable or trendy! He's TWO, for Pete's sake! If he had a reaction and wasn't treated soon enough his airway could close up and he wouldn't be able to breathe! I'm amazed that people would disbelieve the parents about it and actually give a child something with peanuts in it just to prove them wrong! Who would risk a childs life like that just to be "right"? But then, almost nothing surprises me any more! [/QUOTE]
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