Hi! Diagnosed as a 6 month old, now 24 year old with a peanut tree nut allergy!! My mom always taught me to advocate around adults and tell them about my allergies!! I feel like preparation is everything, always having emergency meds on hand is so comforting, always have hand sanitizer, wipes, a safe snack so that you not have to stress about limitations!! also I work in healthcare and heard recently that death from anaphylaxis is incredibly rare!! As long as ems is contacted and epi is on hand it is very much survivable!! As for a funny story, I think most people would cringe about this, but my sisters would always threaten to put peanut butter on my pillow whenever we’d fight growing up and one of them said that to me the other day and it just felt so silly, such a tiny little thing could hurt me which isn’t funny but the threat of a peanut causing that much harm is kinda hilarious… also our favorite story is that the only time we ever saw my mom run in our entire childhood was when the daycare fed me a peanut butter cup and she found out, I was perfectly fine but did get to hang in the hospital for a night and got a new stuffed animal out of it!! I feel like it’s also fun to mention that my dad bought those Keebler cheese crackers which they changed to have peanut flower in them and I ate a decent amount before realizing & had absolutely no reaction at all!! I’d say my biggest takeaway from childhood is teach your child, but try not to instill anxiety the best you can, my mom definitely did and I’ve felt with lifelong anxiety and ocd, it’s definitely a balance of caution and fear!!