Your child should avoid eating the food that causes the allergy. This should keep your child free of symptoms. Food allergens can be absorbed from your diet and enter the breast milk. Talk to a nutritionist if you have questions. Consider avoiding other foods in the same food group.
Some children are allergic to two or more foods.
Occasionally the foods belong to the same food group. This happens most often to children who are allergic to ragweed pollen. These children often react to watermelon, cantaloupe, muskmelon, honeydew melon, and other foods in the gourd family. Children allergic to peanuts may react to soybeans, peas, or other beans. Most nuts from trees are not related to each other.