I spoke with my sister in Charlotte, NC and was surprised to hear that her school system has been strict with food allergies and labeling with what gets brought to school for almost six years. They serve Sunbutter and jelly sandwiches and if you bring in any snacks, it has to have the store label [...]
Posts Tagged ‘food allergy’
Thoughts from a Food Allergic Child’s Mom in the Peanut State.
Posted in family, food allergy, peanut free snack ideas allergy classroom birthday, tagged education, egg allergy, food allergies, food allergy, georgia, peanut allergy, peanut free, peanut industry, school, sunbutter on June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How I Protected My Egg Allergic Daughter and Still Gave Her the Flu Shot
Posted in food allergy, tagged egg allergy, flu, flu shot, food allergies, food allergy, immunization on October 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I wanted to share my experience of getting my two year old her flu shot yesterday morning. She has an egg and peanut allergy. Flu shots have egg in them, so if your child has an egg food allergy, please go to the allergist and let them handle the immunization.
It is up to the parent [...]
Peanut free snacks and companies who make them
Posted in food allergy, peanut free snack ideas allergy classroom birthday, tagged food allergy, peanut allergy, peanut free snack ideas allergy classroom birthday on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As a result of online research, here are some companies that have peanut-free products. As always, read the labels to be sure.
Dare Foods (even have a no peanut symbol on packaging)
http://www.darefoods.com/usa-en/nutrition_centre/peanut_free/index.shtml
Divvies
http://www.divvies.com/
Enjoy Life
http://www.enjoylifefoods.com/ (has a store locator where you can buy their products)
allergy friendly, free of 8 common food allergens
Another list – again, be careful and read the [...]
Now my daughter has an egg allergy in addition to peanut.
Posted in food allergy, tagged child food allergy, egg allergy, food allergy, kids food allergy on August 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Here we go. First, the peanut allergy and now a suspected egg allergy. I gave her a bite of real scrambled eggs and she made a face, spit it out and shivered. I watched her for a few minutes and then she developed some small red bumps or hives around her mouth. I gave her [...]
Traveling with a peanut allergy
Posted in food allergy, peanut free snack ideas allergy classroom birthday, tagged child food allergy, food allergy, peanut allergy, traveling with food allergy on July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am preparing to take my daughter on a trip in two weeks on an airplane. I called Delta and Northwest airlines. Northwest does not serve peanuts but their snacks might contain nuts. They will make an announcement at the gate if requested.
I also have to get a doctor’s note to travel with her benedryl [...]
My daughter’s food allergy and food allergies in the news
Posted in food allergy, peanut free snack ideas allergy classroom birthday, tagged child food allergy, food allergy, peanut allergy on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well my daughter is sick and last night I gave her benedryl so she could breathe since she was so congested. So now I have rescheduled our allergy appt to next Friday. She can’t have benedryl in 7 days before the skin test. So we will wait another week to find out what all she [...]
More Food Allergy Links
Posted in food allergy, peanut free snack ideas allergy classroom birthday, tagged food allergy, kids food allergy, peanut allergy on June 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I scheduled an appointment with an allergist and we go next week. It won’t be pleasant doing the skin allergy test, but I need to know if my daughter is allergic to anything else in addition to peanut butter.
I just read on BabyCenter that it is normal to go through emotional stages when your child is diagnosed. [...]
Food allergy advice and articles
Posted in food allergy, peanut free snack ideas allergy classroom birthday, tagged child food allergy, food allergy, nut allergy, peanut allergy on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My 18 month old daughter had a reaction this week to peanut butter. We think she has a food allergy and went to the doctor. He prescribed an epi-pen for emergency and told us to restrict feeding her any nuts at all and get a blood test when she turns 3. I still want to [...]
