Today a friend asked me: "Why can't you give babies egg whites?" and I had to admit not knowing. I then waffled on about how egg whites coagulate a lot faster than the yolks - I am not sure why that is either.
Anyway. I did a google search, and this is what I found out:
It turns out that most people who are allergic to eggs are allergic to the whites and the primary culprit is the protein ovalbumin. Apparently, most people outgrow this allergy by the time that they are 5 years old.
These are the two website that I looked at:
When Can My Baby Eat Eggs? Egg Allergy Information
When can I feed my baby eggs and egg yolks to avoid an allergy?
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