Hi, I'm pretty new to this list, and I hope someone can help me with this inquiry. My 18 month old son, Dallin, is allergic to milk, eggs, and peanuts. That's all I know of for sure. When any of these things touch his skin, within minutes, the place where contact was made is red, swollen, warm, and hivey (is that a word?). The way I found he was allergic to peanuts was by giving him a crumb of a peanut butter cookie when he was about 8 months old. Soon he was sneezing uncontrollably, his eyes and nose were running, and his nasal passages were blocked. (He could breathe through his mouth, though.) Similar things happened when I was holding him in my arms and measuring out some powdered milk. I guess he breathed in some of the powder. Once I accidentally gave him a cup with milk in it to drink (I thought it was his soy milk, but it turned out to be his sister's regular milk). Minutes later he was throwing up and didn't stop until his stomach was empty. So it appears that his reaction to milk is pretty severe. He has also been given various crackers or things with whey in the ingredients. Sometimes this will cause his skin to break out (when a chewed up piece gets smeared around--you know how babies are) and sometimes it doesn't appear to cause any problem. My question is this: Should he totally avoid all derivatives of milk regardless of a noticeable reaction, or is it safe to give him things that don't seem to bother him. He has also had a taste of some poppy seed bread that I made that had milk and eggs in it, but he was fine after eating it. It seems like if he seems fine there should be no problem, but I think to myself that if his skin breaks out from contact, what is it doing to the inside of him?! Any ideas or suggestions? It would be nice to not have to make the special cookies and breads for him with no-milk margarine and egg substitutes if it appeared he could tolerate that, but I don't want to be making things worse or making his immune system have to work harder than it needs to. I have four other children with no allergies, and then Dallin comes along to wake me up! Thanks in advance for any advice! Laurie ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.