Another thing I think too is that you can't be allergic to something you've never had, you have to be exposed to it first. And you can have something 1000 times and be fine, but then develop an allergy the 1001th time.
But, you might want to consider exposure in the womb as the first exposure (our allergist does) or through BF.
I'm not really sure on the reasons behind not feeding allergenic foods until after 3, I am sure at one point it was thought to reduce the possibility of developing allergies, but not sure if that is still the case. We haven't fed Spencer any nuts or "may contain" nut products ever, but we have a huge family history of allergies/asthma and frankly I will only do that at the allergists office or parked outside the ER.
We have no peanut allergy so would it be safe to try it?
Specific allergies are not inherited, only the tendancy to
be allergic is. For our family we have 3 of the kids first cousins with anaphylactic allergies (nuts, eggs, kiwi), my sister to seafood, DH has asthma (as do a large portion of my family) and tons of relatives with alot of intolerances (milk, eggs etc) so I am scared of feeding my kids commonly allergenic foods.
Oh, and as far as I know, coconut is not actually a nut, though the FDA in the States now lumps it in with tree nuts.