Home Introduction of Baked Egg
It has been determined that it should be safe to introduce egg in a baked form into your child's diet. If your child experiences any possible reaction or concerning symptoms, stop the food and contact us for further instructions. Once your child has clearly tolerated baked goods with 1/8 to 1/4 of egg per serving, you can add similar products up to three servings a day, as well as commercially prepared baked goods that are otherwise safe. The following is a genreal plan for the introduction of baked egg - you can do this as often as once a day to start, although you can also progress as slowly as you like and do this over weeks or months rather than days:
- Begin with any baked egg recipe - cookies, cakes, muffins, cupcakes, brownies - and use one egg for a recipe that makes 12-16 servings. Your child can have one full serving to start, therefore will get 1/12 to 1/16 of an egg to start. You can also use a recipe with 2 eggs and give one-half serving.
- If there is no reaction to these products, you can increase so that your child can get up to 1/4 egg per servings.
- If these products are tolerated with no signs of a reaction, you child may have them up to 3 servings a day.
- After two to three months, you may introduce pancakes or waffles.
- You can then contact us to discuss the possibility of introducing straight egg if you desire. Up until this point, you also need to continue to avoid mayonnaise, custards, ice creams, meringues, and other foods with concentrated, less cooked eggs.
