And we’re the proud new owners of…..

TWO new Epi-pens. Ok, not really proud, but couldn’t think of a better title. We found out last week that the boys are both highly allergic to peanuts. We are now those parents that people are annoyed with because other kids can’t have peanut butter. Sorry.
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We got the boys allergy tested due to a few flare ups here & there, and we are sure glad we have this info ahead of time. It sure wouldn’t be fun to learn the hard way! The results come back on a
0-4 scale, with 4 being the most severe. Here is the outcome:

Landon:
Peanut: 4
Egg White: 3
Milk:  2
Wheat: 2
Soy: 2

Hudson:
Peanut: 3
Dog Dander: 3
Cat Dander: 2
Soy: 1

Unfortunately, some of these foods are trial & error to see how they do over time. Some items that they have a mild or moderate allergy to might be fine, but we just have to watch closely. Some things they can outgrow, but probably not the peanuts. We obviously aren’t giving them any peanuts or peanut butter, but the Dr. did say that items packaged on the same truck with peanuts or made with peanut oil are fine. Unless we see a reaction from these foods, we will carry on feeding them things that have been fine all along. For instance, they’ve been eating animal crackers just fine, but the package reads: “this product is packaged on equipment that also packages peanuts and tree nuts”. They haven’t had any reaction, so these are fine to eat. This is good news especially because Landers is so darn picky!

Also, we are thanking daddy for passing down all of his allergies. It’s interesting that Jason is allergic to peanuts on a scale of 2, and can eat peanut butter and peanuts just fine.

So… for us the new black is now called almond butter! Who knows.. maybe we can start a new trend! ;)