sam'smominco
Earning My Ears
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Hello!
I have some concerns and was hoping that some of you might be able to help me out. I did a search but could not find much info in a condensed version.
We are going to WDW in November. I gave my 14-month old DS peanut butter for the first time yesterday and he had a big reaction...broke out in hives all over his body and his eyes were all puffy and swollen. It happend immediately after he ate the PB, so my peditrician and I are in agreement that it is definitely a peanut allergy. Everything went away on its own after a few hours and he never had any issues with breathing or anyting severe like that. Until he can be formally tested when he is two, the ped said that we have to be very diligent about making sure that he has no peanut products. We were quite surprised that he experienced this reaction, as he has shown no other allergies up to this point and we have no family history of food alleriges on either side.
From what I have read, I need to call Disney and add a notation about this allergy to all of our PSs? We have been to Disney numerous times, so thankfully, I am very familiar with the restaurants, what is served, etc. I am not too worried about the sit-down restaurants, but I am concerned more with the counter services and hotel offerings. We are staying at the GF and the AKL. Will the counter service restaurants also be able to provide me information? Obviously since he will only be 15 months at the time of the trip, he will eat mostly kid meals (I foresee him eating a lot of mac & cheese and spaghetti). Do I need to be concerned about this? I have already planned on bringing some of the Gerber Graduate veggies and buying fresh fruit at the parks and hotels to supplement his meals.
Off the top of my head we have PSs at:
California Grill
Boma for dinner and breakfast(I heard this restaurant can be a problem? is the kid's buffet safe?)
Tony's
Ohana for breakfast
Kona for breakfast and possibly lunch
1900 Park Faire for breakfast
Marrakesh
Prime Time
Chef's Mickey's for breakfast
Plaza in MK
F&W Festival
Anyway, I am just a little confused right now. I would appreciate information from anyone has any experience dealing with this. My dr. said that he can very likely outgrow this, but that the more he is exposed to the allergen, the less likely that will happen and the more severe the reaction can be. Is that the case? If he does have a reaction, will the first aid station be able to me? The dr. told me to keep some benadryl on hand with me all the time. I honestly don't think he has a life-threatening allergy (yet, anyway) because I know he has had to have trace amounts of peanuts a lot prior to this. I cook with peanut sauce and he is always taking bites of DH's Cliff Bars which contain nuts. Also, I eat PB ALL the time so I know he inhales it constantly (not to mention me always kissing on him!
) Am I overreacting to this allergy? I don't want to blow it out of proportion, but I do want to be cautious. The reaction really did put a scare in me yesterday.
Sorry this was so long! Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
Thanks!
I have some concerns and was hoping that some of you might be able to help me out. I did a search but could not find much info in a condensed version.
We are going to WDW in November. I gave my 14-month old DS peanut butter for the first time yesterday and he had a big reaction...broke out in hives all over his body and his eyes were all puffy and swollen. It happend immediately after he ate the PB, so my peditrician and I are in agreement that it is definitely a peanut allergy. Everything went away on its own after a few hours and he never had any issues with breathing or anyting severe like that. Until he can be formally tested when he is two, the ped said that we have to be very diligent about making sure that he has no peanut products. We were quite surprised that he experienced this reaction, as he has shown no other allergies up to this point and we have no family history of food alleriges on either side.
From what I have read, I need to call Disney and add a notation about this allergy to all of our PSs? We have been to Disney numerous times, so thankfully, I am very familiar with the restaurants, what is served, etc. I am not too worried about the sit-down restaurants, but I am concerned more with the counter services and hotel offerings. We are staying at the GF and the AKL. Will the counter service restaurants also be able to provide me information? Obviously since he will only be 15 months at the time of the trip, he will eat mostly kid meals (I foresee him eating a lot of mac & cheese and spaghetti). Do I need to be concerned about this? I have already planned on bringing some of the Gerber Graduate veggies and buying fresh fruit at the parks and hotels to supplement his meals.
Off the top of my head we have PSs at:
California Grill
Boma for dinner and breakfast(I heard this restaurant can be a problem? is the kid's buffet safe?)
Tony's
Ohana for breakfast
Kona for breakfast and possibly lunch
1900 Park Faire for breakfast
Marrakesh
Prime Time
Chef's Mickey's for breakfast
Plaza in MK
F&W Festival
Anyway, I am just a little confused right now. I would appreciate information from anyone has any experience dealing with this. My dr. said that he can very likely outgrow this, but that the more he is exposed to the allergen, the less likely that will happen and the more severe the reaction can be. Is that the case? If he does have a reaction, will the first aid station be able to me? The dr. told me to keep some benadryl on hand with me all the time. I honestly don't think he has a life-threatening allergy (yet, anyway) because I know he has had to have trace amounts of peanuts a lot prior to this. I cook with peanut sauce and he is always taking bites of DH's Cliff Bars which contain nuts. Also, I eat PB ALL the time so I know he inhales it constantly (not to mention me always kissing on him!

Sorry this was so long! Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
Thanks!