tomatoes--would you wait?

**Vickie** · Feb 7th, 2009, 09:59 AM

so we were thinking of introducing Hannah to some pastas and tomato based sauces (home made of course

) next month. But I had an allergy to tomatoes as a baby/young child (eventually outgrew out). Anyways would you wait on the introduction of it or not? So far Hannah's shown absolutely no food allergies, and she's tried quite a lot of things

Hevz · Feb 7th, 2009, 10:36 AM

Hmmmm...I would maybe wait till 12months but then again soooooooo many baby foods etc contain tomato I'd be surprised if she's not already had something with a little tomato in it (unless you've made it all yourself and know exactly what she's had).

You may be best speaking to your Dr about this, I think babies can have intolerances to tomatoes sometimes but not usually true allergies (as you don't grow out of a true food allergy).

Does this link help babe???

http://www.foodreactions.org/intolerance/index.html

Good luck babe, decisions, decisions eh

kelly2903 · Feb 7th, 2009, 10:42 AM

i personally think that children get allegies because they are not introduced to things early enough, for eg............ kids that arent introduced to pets dogs/cats ect tend to get the allergy of them! was your allergy bad??? i would just try her! xxx

isil · Feb 7th, 2009, 13:56 PM

I'd just try her too, after all there is only a chance that she has inherited your allergy. And if you outgrew it it was probably quite mild (?) so even if she did have a reaction it shouldn't be too serious. Being able to have tomatoes opens up a world of sauces and stuff so if she wasn't allergic, it'd be so useful for you! Alasdair has had them, he was fine.

**Vickie** · Feb 7th, 2009, 13:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bethanylee

I'd just try her too, after all there is only a chance that she has inherited your allergy. And if you outgrew it it was probably quite mild (?) so even if she did have a reaction it shouldn't be too serious. Being able to have tomatoes opens up a world of sauces and stuff so if she wasn't allergic, it'd be so useful for you! Alasdair has had them, he was fine.

Thanks! Think we'll go ahead and give it a try in a few weeks (big shop next week so I'll go buy some)

tinytoes · Feb 7th, 2009, 15:54 PM

i've never had an allergy so it's not quite the same, but I do use tinned tomatoes in my cooking for Ted. He has had chicken casserole and a pork and rice reipe which both contained tomatoes and he's been fine. He was really fussy for a while, but now I can give him foods containing all sorts opf veges if there are tomatoes in it too. I guess he likes the sweetness.
The recipes (the same food as OH & I eat, I just dont add salt) also contained onion and garlic - he much prefers food when it has flavour!

Feb 7th, 2009, 09:59 AM	#1
Vickie Mum (Mom) Administrator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 75,703	tomatoes--would you wait? so we were thinking of introducing Hannah to some pastas and tomato based sauces (home made of course ) next month. But I had an allergy to tomatoes as a baby/young child (eventually outgrew out). Anyways would you wait on the introduction of it or not? So far Hannah's shown absolutely no food allergies, and she's tried quite a lot of things

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Hevz Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Swinton, Manchester, England Posts: 4,581	Hmmmm...I would maybe wait till 12months but then again soooooooo many baby foods etc contain tomato I'd be surprised if she's not already had something with a little tomato in it (unless you've made it all yourself and know exactly what she's had). You may be best speaking to your Dr about this, I think babies can have intolerances to tomatoes sometimes but not usually true allergies (as you don't grow out of a true food allergy). Does this link help babe??? http://www.foodreactions.org/intolerance/index.html Good luck babe, decisions, decisions eh

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kelly2903 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: west yorkshire uk Posts: 3,492	i personally think that children get allegies because they are not introduced to things early enough, for eg............ kids that arent introduced to pets dogs/cats ect tend to get the allergy of them! was your allergy bad??? i would just try her! xxx

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isil Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,145	I'd just try her too, after all there is only a chance that she has inherited your allergy. And if you outgrew it it was probably quite mild (?) so even if she did have a reaction it shouldn't be too serious. Being able to have tomatoes opens up a world of sauces and stuff so if she wasn't allergic, it'd be so useful for you! Alasdair has had them, he was fine.

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Feb 7th, 2009, 15:54 PM	#6
tinytoes Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: France Posts: 2,912	i've never had an allergy so it's not quite the same, but I do use tinned tomatoes in my cooking for Ted. He has had chicken casserole and a pork and rice reipe which both contained tomatoes and he's been fine. He was really fussy for a while, but now I can give him foods containing all sorts opf veges if there are tomatoes in it too. I guess he likes the sweetness. The recipes (the same food as OH & I eat, I just dont add salt) also contained onion and garlic - he much prefers food when it has flavour!

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