[Avogadro]

Sorry, I don't belong in this section but given that your son is only 10 months old I would have thought it reasonably easy to control his food. Will there be any food preparation facilities where you are?

You could even take a heap of those Rafferty Pouches for meals. Obviously fruit (peeled) is fine - you can buy it fresh.

[Shizella]

Thanks ladies,

The card idea is a fantastic idea, I will definitely do that.

No kitchen facilities in our hotel so we are just going to have to take things like the rafferty pouches. Although DS isn't too fond of the savory ones.

[Jenflea]

We had Zyrtec drops prescribed by our allergist at 6 months, so 10 months should be fine. We just gave 2 drops instead of 4, or similar.

[Akatara]

If you can't get an epipen you could ask about predisolone.

He might be too small for and epi pen anyway?

I would not give him anything you have not prepared yourselves. Any chance you could change to a place with a kitchenette?

Make sure you get travel insurance and it covers anaphylaxis

[boy0hboy]

I think if you are going to do it now would be much easier than taking a mobile toddler. If you do though you need to research thoroughly and have a good plan of attack if anything happens.

Know where the hospitals are and the emergency numbers.

Translated cards advising of the food allergy are great but I'd say it would be better if you can take food for your son. We got cards from Select Wisely when we travelled.

I think you need to realise that peanut allergies are one of the most common allergies to cause anaphylaxis and while you think his allergy is "mild", there really is no way of knowing whether it will cause an anaphylactic reaction until he consumes it. Just because his results on a skin prick test were low it doesn't mean he can't have a severe reaction.

The other issue is cross-contamination - especially somewhere like Bali where peanuts are common and food prep standards not as good as here.

We got our travel insurance through Worldcare as they provided cover for anaphylaxis.

So now for my personal opinion and based on my kids allergies (tree nuts, shellfish, peanuts, wheat, eggs and dairy!)... I would try to change the destination - I wouldn't feel comfortable going to Bali with nut (and shellfish in our case) allergies. We went to Japan a couple of years ago and it was easily done as nuts are not a huge part of their diet. We also always make sure we stay in self contained apartments so that we can cook a lot of our meals.

Good luck with your decision!

[boy0hboy]

This article has some good tips - http://www.deliciousbaby.com/journal/2008/...vere-allergies/