When we found out my grandson had an egg allergy, he wound up in an ambulance going to the ER. He had three doses of epinephrine before we made it to the ER. He was near one year old at that time. EVERYONE who is in contact with him, since that time, is well educated about his allergy. He is old enough now to understand when we say "no, you can't have that. It has egg in it and is *icky* for you." He accepts this. No, he is not able to read contents, yet, but he also doesn't go around willy-nilly sucking up other people's food. My daughter buys all of his snacks, etc. for daycare, all with no egg content, fresh fruits and veggies are great! She educates anyone who has him for any length of time. He plays with other children at daycare every day. With the caregiver and our educating he has NEVER had an allergic incident while out of our care.

Education is the key to anything of this sort, not denial of foods to those not effected.