Comments on Peanut Allergy Kid: A Taste of the Forbidden

I have a box of Almond Vanilla instant oatmeal at ...

2010-01-24T20:22:08.434-05:00

I have a box of Almond Vanilla instant oatmeal at work, which I get to indulge in whenever I don't have time for breakfast in the morning. So I am a huge offender of breaking the rules pretty frequently!

My BF is allergic to peanuts. I eat peanut butter...

2010-01-19T18:20:55.434-05:00

My BF is allergic to peanuts. I eat peanut butter when I'm sad that he lives far away. It's my silver lining.

Still new to PA and can't imagine ever taking anot...

2010-01-16T18:49:19.222-05:00

Still new to PA and can't imagine ever taking another bite in my life at this point. Sometimes I almost worry that the jars of peanut butter are going to jump out and attack us in the aisles of the grocery store.

I'm sorry about your Grandmother! About the nuts-...

2010-01-15T13:28:47.604-05:00

I'm sorry about your Grandmother! About the nuts-my hubby and I used to go on a trip to the mountains once a year without the kids and we would pick up fudge with nuts in it on the way. I still freaked out worrying that maybe some of it would drop on my shirt or something so have to wash everything before we go home! Peanuts are the enemy! lol
Karen in NC

My brother has a nut allergy and as kids we all kn...

2010-01-14T13:46:38.979-05:00

My brother has a nut allergy and as kids we all knew to keep anything that had nuts away from the home. But the one thing my sister and I would always have was the a block of the nut chocolate to be make sure he wouldn't come into our room and eat our chocolate! It still works now, even though we are all grown and out of home! My poor nut allergic brother....

It's amazing how hard it is to change the mind set...

2010-01-13T17:35:44.756-05:00

It's amazing how hard it is to change the mind set once you are away from you loved one with nut allergies. I have had a special nut something or other on the rare occasion that I know I won't kiss my child for 12 or so hours. Oh, how I miss them but avoiding them is worth it for sure!

so glad to hear I'm not the only one! I love pean...

2010-01-13T16:54:01.113-05:00

so glad to hear I'm not the only one! I love peanut butter, and I really miss peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but I do eat them when my daughter is at school (I admit, afterwards, I'm a nervous wreck, wiping everything down, using a disposable knife that I throw away, etc.), but it's worth it!

That is so funny because I was just talking about ...

2010-01-12T23:23:34.549-05:00

That is so funny because I was just talking about that today at work. I went to visit my Gma in WA state (I live in CA) and when I got there I went to the store and got a bag of Reese's and every morning had toast with Peanut butter. I went 'nuts'! It was sooooo great!

Too funny - just a couple weeks ago, I was at a pa...

2010-01-12T21:59:33.337-05:00

Too funny - just a couple weeks ago, I was at a party that had sandwiches with roasted almonds - oh my goodness, I think I ate ten of those things! So yummy, and I'm sure it was because it had been three years since I had had a nut. Yum!

Sometimes foods are hard to resist when they are i...

2010-01-12T18:09:10.514-05:00

Sometimes foods are hard to resist when they are in front of you. I'll admit I sometimes have them (only when dd not with me). We always had nuts around when I was a kid, especially at holiday time. However, the one nut (which is one of my favorite), I will not have even if I was away from my daughter for a few days. It's pistachio, they scare me now because her reaction to pistachio was so bad. If I can eat nuts, I prefer almonds and the pecan pie you mentionted sounds good!!!

I have the radar for nuts too and whenever there is talk of food, I think nuts..

Linda

Me!! I've done that, too! I feel guilty for indu...

2010-01-12T17:08:26.485-05:00

Me!! I've done that, too! I feel guilty for indulging and feel as if somehow it's going to harm my child even though he's nowhere near by!! I went to Logan's Restaurant last week w/a friend and peanut shells were everywhere. I was really stressed out by the time we left bcs of the all shells even though DS was with DH at home and in bed! I don't know when I started seeing peanuts as "the enemy"...it just kind of happened!

But ohhhhhhhh! Don't they taste so good after not eating them for awhile??!! :)

I definitely do that! I usually don't miss eating...

2010-01-12T16:59:45.916-05:00

I definitely do that! I usually don't miss eating these off-limits foods, but the holidays were very hard for me this year. I miss walnuts, cashews, and the yummy granola from Costco!
(So sorry to read the news about your Grandmother!)