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How to Plan a Flight with Food Allergies
“As soon as I saw you, I knew you would be an adventure of a lifetime.” – Winnie the Pooh I love that quote. I feel that exact way when I look at my two children. They are so full of life, eager to learn, and ready to explore all the wonderful places they read about…
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How To Talk To Kids About Food Allergies
I don’t want to scare him. When my son was diagnosed with a peanut allergy as an 8 month old, I was terrified. Suddenly, food was now a threat. I was thrown head first into the world of label reading, hand washing, EpiPen remembering, home cooking, and constantly worrying. But I am his mom. And…
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How We Handled a Food Allergy Mom Trip
Well, we finally did it! Lauren and I went on a trip together, just us two food allergy moms. A few months ago, we were thrilled to receive an invitation to attend the Food Allergy Meet Up in Brea, California from the Instagram account @allergicemma (click HERE for their website) a food allergy ambassador for…
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6 Things No One Told Us About EpiPens
Have any of you seen the 1990 monster comedy “Tremors” starring Kevin Bacon and Reba McEntire? If you have not seen it, I highly suggest adding it to your watch list! There’s comedy, romance, cheesy scares, and just the right amount of character underdevelopment. PERFECTION. To claim that I LOVE this movie series is an…
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How to Make a Food Allergy Emergency Kit
Okay, so I’m 100% that weirdo that literally lives on sci-fi movies. My favorite genre? Alien invasion and monster movies! 😍 Seriously, I want to go make some popcorn just writing about it! One of my all time favorite movies is Tremors II: Aftershocks. It’s about underground monsters that come up through the soil or…
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Quick Guide to Talk About Food Allergies
My family recently moved into a new neighborhood. We’ve loved meeting new neighbors and watching our kids make new friends. However, the topic of my kids’ severe food allergies came up much faster than I was expecting. We were out in our driveway, playing with some sidewalk chalk, when our neighbor’s daughter saw us. She…
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8 Signs of a Great Allergist
Find Your People. Katie and I say this all the time. Even if it takes awhile, find those people who will encourage you in your journey with food allergies. Part of this support system will be a stellar allergist. Not a mediocre allergist. A STELLAR allergist. In my son’s young life of 5 years, we…
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How To Do Playdates With Food Allergies
Have you ever seen that parenting meme that goes, “Currently approving my kid’s friends based on which parents I think will drink coffee with me on playdates”? Pre-kids, I used to sip my coffee, scroll through my morning Facebook feed, and chuckle to myself whenever I saw that meme. Little did I know, I was…
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When Your Grief is Tied to Family
It is very normal to feel grief after you receive a food allergy diagnosis for a child. Grief can hurt profoundly, from the inside out. It develops in different ways and moves at different speeds. It can embrace you gently, like a long lost friend arriving for a surprise visit. Or it can show up…
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Our 5 Family Food Allergy Rules
These are the 5 rules our food allergy family follows to teach our kiddos how to navigate life with food allergies and stay safe. 1. We Never Eat Our Allergens This is rule number one and although this seems so obvious, it’s far from just that simple. Kids are well, kids. Food allergies are a…
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