Advice on toddler with egg allergy at parties
My daughter will be 2 this month and has a pretty severe egg allergy (hives, severe vomiting, difficulty breathing). We were at a 4th of July party today with other families with young children and our girl had an allergic reaction :(. She is okay thankfully but I’m unsure how to navigate this new world of kids being more independent in shared eating settings.
In today’s case, we watched her carefully the whole time, mostly just worried about general safety with open stairs, being around the pool etc, and we never saw her eat anything with eggs. There was plenty to eat that did not contain eggs and I gave her those (hot dogs and bun, beans, chips and guac). On the buffet table there was potato salad, and on snack trays there were mini quiches, both of which we made sure she stayed far from. Perhaps she picked something off of the ground or maybe one of the other toddlers hands touched the egg-containing food then touched her?
In the future, do we ask the host to make sure nothing is made with eggs? If they can’t accommodate we don’t go? Do we just have to accept she might have allergic reactions at parties? Would love to hear what others have had success with at this challenging age.
Edited to add: Ya’ll are right and I feel like a horrible mom :( The buns were brioche hamburger buns (I had assumed they were processed Pepperidge Farm or similar). Thanks for all the advice! We will definitely be packing our own food to parties from now on, always.