Why I Don’t Like the Special Needs Label
The first time someone referred to my son as special needs it struck me like a slap across the face. It wasn’t intended that way; I just don’t consider him special needs. But I guess his food allergies are special needs. I just don’t want them to be. I want him to be normal, whatever [...]
Zucchini Pancakes
Here’s a recipe for Zucchini Pancakes that I adapted from All Recipes so that its food allergy friendly (milk, egg, peanut). My husband and I loved them. My son thought green pancakes were cool to make but wasn’t too keen on trying them. Next time, maybe. Thanks go to Selfish Mom and her tweet about [...]
Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
I made ice cream cone cupcakes for my son’s birthday. He asked for a Buzz Lightyear cake but I wasn’t feeling that adventurous this year. I got my inspiration from The Divvies Bakery Cookbook: No Nuts. No Eggs. No Dairy. Just Delicious! since the recipe needed to be food allergy friendly. While there’s a specific [...]
New Enjoy Life Cookies
I realize its ironic to write a post about cookies when I’m dealing with gestational diabetes. Cookies are not on my diet. However, my little guy is quite the cookie monster and was super excited to see these arrive at our doorstep.* We sampled all four the first day but he had a clear preference [...]
Interview with Child Nutrition Expert Dr. Keith Ayoob
I recently interviewed child nutrition expert Dr. Keith Ayoob via Skype and I learned a lot from the experience… like that I need better lighting in my home office and I need to actually look at my web camera rather than the screen. But more importantly, I learned a few tips about providing good nutrition [...]
Baked Milk Challenge
I thought I’d end Food Allergy Awareness Week by sharing the results of my son’s latest allergy appointment. First a little back story: he was first diagnosed with milk, egg and peanut allergies two years ago via skin test. Since then, only he’s only been retested for peanuts, which came back higher. Last month, we [...]
Tips for Dealing with Food Allergies
This post is intended for first-time food allergy moms and for anyone who is not a mother to a food allergic child. Of my son’s food allergies – milk, eggs and peanuts – milk has been the hardest to manage because it hides in so many products on the grocery store shelves. I’ve had to [...]
What I Learned at the FAAN Conference
Sunday marked the beginning of Food Allergy Awareness Week and I’ve seen a lot of great information out there: FAAN’s page dedicated to this week MSNBC Video featuring Nicole Smith and her son A Twitter party on Monday evening – search #FAAW to see what people are tweeting about this week. I’m planning a few [...]
When A Child Begins to Understand Food Allergies
We were at my sister’s house for dinner. My nephew asked for a glass of chocolate milk. So my son, who is allergic to milk, asked for one as well. Before we could respond, my three year old nephew said this to my two-and-a-half year old son. “You can’t have milk. It will make you [...]
The Food Allergy Mama’s Baking Book
I made a cake the day my son was first diagnosed with food allergies. No, not to celebrate. I was taking a cake decorating class and had made it in preparation. Before his appointment, I suspected he was allergic to milk but it wasn’t until after that we learned about his egg allergy. And I [...]
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