Tag: resources for food allergy
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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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Food Allergies and Birthday Parties
Well, it finally happened. When my daughter was almost 3, she received a brightly colored envelope in the mail. To her excitement, (and my dread) it was an adorable princess themed birthday party invitation. I’ll never forget my daughter’s eyes lighting up and her jumping for joy around our living room, chatting enthusiastically the entire…
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5 Items for Your Food Allergy Go Bag
Vomit was everywhere. It was covering the counters, splattered on the floor, and pooled in the sink. Five year old me (Katie) and my little brother were sitting on our bathroom shower mat. We bawled as we each took turns throwing up while my parents frantically tried to figure out where to even begin with…
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Food Labels And Food Allergies
I distinctly remember the first time I shopped for groceries after my son’s food allergy diagnosis. For the first time in my life, at age 30, I started reading food labels. Labels for bread, cheese, ranch dressing, crushed tomatoes, vanilla extract, cereal, everything. You name it, I’ve read the label. I have had two responses…
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50 Non-Food Ideas for Easter Baskets
Wondering how to make an awesome Easter basket for your kiddo with food allergies? Or maybe you would like a little less sugar this year. Either way, let the fun begin! Here are 50 non-food ideas for this year’s Easter basket, organized for you by category. Because I’m Type A and I can’t help myself.…
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4 Ways to Kick the Food Allergy Mom Guilt
Did I eat enough peanut butter when I was pregnant? How many pb&j sandwiches did I eat? On the other hand, did I actually eat too much peanut butter? Should I have eaten a lot more organic food? Did it happen because I ate at McDonalds those few times? Is it because I vaccinated her? Did I not…
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7 Food Allergy Questions For The School
Food allergies are a serious medical diagnosis. I wish so badly that they were not. I wish they could just be a mild inconvenience. There is no such thing as a mild food allergy, even though there are lots of common misconceptions out there about food allergies. All food allergies have the potential for anaphylaxis,…
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So My Child’s Allergist Wants Blood Work
Dread. Total dread. That is what best described the knot in my stomach when the allergist said she wanted blood work for my two-year-old son. He was diagnosed with a peanut allergy at 8 months old. Tree nut and dairy allergies quickly followed. We had delayed the blood draw for as long as possible by…
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Our Top Favorite Allergy Recipe Resources
When my daughter was diagnosed with a peanut allergy, I scoured the internet looking for safe recipes. Then I did so again when our sesame and egg allergies followed in the years to come. It was SOOOO much work to find safe brands and meal recipes. I’ve not always been very tech savvy either, so…