One Happy Little Boy!

For the last two years

Cohen has been peanut free.

At about 18 months old,

we began noticing that Cohen would react

to peanut products when he would eat them.

He would break out in a rash around his mouth

and on his face.

It was never severe,

but enough for us to be concerned.

He saw an allergy specialist 

where he was diagnosed with a peanut allergy.

We have had yearly check ups

to monitor the allergy.

This year when they tested him,

both his skin test and blood test came back negative.

A great sign!

With this came the challenge...

Reintroduce him to peanut products and 

see how he would react.

On Tuesday we had our "challenge day."

He passed his challenge!!

No reaction at all to any of the peanut products!

When he ate a spoonful of peanut butter,

he sat quietly for a second and then said 

"Ummm...I like it!"

The poor kid has been wanting to try peanut butter

for a long time now!

We are so thankful that he has been given

the okay to eat peanut products!  

This was a picture of the happy boy

after his test results came back negative.

(The blue hair is because he also got a hair cut that day.)