Author: foodallergymom
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Meal Train Options for Allergy Families
When my oldest was born, we spent close to 2 weeks in the NICU. I had no idea how exhausted I was going to be, nor would I fully appreciate the heaviness of the emotional toll that experience would have on my family. At the time, my husband and I were blessed with a fantastic…
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9 Tips for Food Allergies & Babysitting
Leaving your kids with a babysitter can be a challenge. Throw in the medical needs of food allergies and well, I’ve heard from a lot of food allergy moms that they just don’t ever leave their kids. I get it. This was a challenge I did not expect after my son’s food allergy diagnosis. However,…
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Extra Activities And Food Allergies
At 18 months old, we signed my son up for his first real activity, soccer. Well, as much as soccer can be at that age. He had the energy, and we were ready! I was still a relatively new food allergy mom as my son had been diagnosed at 8 months old with a peanut…
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20 Food Allergy Conscious Brands
My daughter was first diagnosed with food allergies before the age of one. Then, my son was just two months shy of his first birthday when he was also diagnosed with a food allergy. Hence, my family manages 3 food allergens for 2 children, aged 5 and under. 😳 Anyone that is a parent knows…
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Food Allergies And Medical Trauma
“What do you think she will look like?” I asked my husband while affectionately rubbing my ginormous pregnant belly. He smiled at me, “She’s going to look just like you, Honey.” I remember that sweet comment and that perfect moment so vividly. It was February 2018, and I was due with our first child. Daydreaming…
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13 Food Allergy Back to School Tips
“Katie, go to bed already. It’s almost past midnight.” My husband used to say that to me amusedly the night before the first day of school. We are both educators, so he understood that I was always a bundle of excitement and nerves at the beginning of the school year. I loved setting up my…
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How to Plan a Food Allergy Road Trip
Oh, road trips! How I adore thee…..and dread thee simultaneously. 😂 When I was a kid, long road trips were the absolute best! My parents would wake my brother and I up around 2 in the morning on the day we were leaving. To my dad, beating the traffic was essential. And of course, my…
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The Food Allergy Mom Book List
How am I going to talk to my son about his food allergies? This question became ever persistent in my thoughts after our first year as a food allergy family. The first year had felt like I was drinking from a fire hose. I knew basically nothing about food allergies prior to my sons’s diagnosis.…
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4 Ways to Manage Food Allergies at BBQs
My awesome husband, Mark, is a legit carnivore. He loves meat so much that he was probably a T-Rex in his past life! Seriously! Hence, we are constantly grilling, smoking, and searing a variety of meats in our home. For me personally, one of the toughest parts of living the food allergy life is not…
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11 Ways We Manage Eczema
Eczema is an old family friend. She used to visit me when I was a kid, and now she enjoys random pop-up visits with my daughter. Her stays are way too leisurely and she tends to complicate almost every fun summer activity that I plan. She’s long outgrown her welcome, but sadly, she’s taken up…