Since many of you are perhaps a few years older than I am, I am curious if any of your children had food allergies that they did NOT outgrow and how they are doing. My daughter is allergic to wheat/barley/rye, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, and sesame. She may outgrow egg, but the rest seem here to stay for good. She is almost 4 and the doctor says we'll know better by age 6, but it's not looking too good.
No one really knows why food allergies are increasing so rapidly, but I'm curious as to what life is like for older kids with these issues. My dad is allergic to some tree nuts, but he is not anaphylactic and does not carry an epi-pen (althougth I think he should). He's never been really inconvenience, but he does not truly avoid either (cross-contamination does not bother him and he still eats almonds, peanuts, cashews, and macadamia nuts, which have always been safe for him.
No one really knows why food allergies are increasing so rapidly, but I'm curious as to what life is like for older kids with these issues. My dad is allergic to some tree nuts, but he is not anaphylactic and does not carry an epi-pen (althougth I think he should). He's never been really inconvenience, but he does not truly avoid either (cross-contamination does not bother him and he still eats almonds, peanuts, cashews, and macadamia nuts, which have always been safe for him.