React with Respect This is the theme of Food Allergy Month this year. The campaign encourages others to be respectful (not dismissive, impatient, or mean) when learning that someone has a food allergy–especially if it requires them to take added precautions. This is certainly a courtesy we want others to offer us in restaurants and Read More …
Welcome to the new 2nd Gen Allergy Mom! As you can see, I’ve rebranded the blog! It will now be easier to see the connection between 2nd Gen Allergy Mom and Allergy Superheroes thanks to the new blog address: allergysuperheroesblog.com Please redirect your browsers and bookmarks to the new address. (I’m still working out kinks Read More …
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’s birthday, which has nationally become known as Read Aloud Day. This is a great opportunity to increase literacy in younger children by sharing Dr. Seuss’s extensive collection of great kids books. Many preschool and elementary school teachers include crafts inspired by the books as a way to increase excitement and Read More …
Well, I’m a few months late, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t still plug the excellent FABlogCon! What is FABlogCon, you might ask? Well, it’s none other than the Food Allergy Blogger’s Conference! Hubby and I were thrilled last year when we discovered that FABlogCon 2015 would be in our neck of the woods! Read More …
You don’t need to feel guilty about eating foods your child is allergic to. Having foods that you enjoy is a part of taking care of yourself, and all kids need parents who take care of themselves. As long as you are taking precautions to keep your child safe from exposure, you are being a good parent. Read More …
Back during Christmas break, I decided to do a bird feeder craft with the kids. We all know that the traditional pinecone birdfeeder has peanut butter, but considering that birdseed often contains sunflower seeds, I figured birds (and squirrels, darn them) would be perfectly fine with Sunbutter. So that’s what we did! It was superhero Read More …
Zax turned 6 at the end of October! This year, he requested a Lego birthday. With the help of the internet, I managed to find some easy and fun Lego games for us to play. We started out by decorating Lego minifigures. Then we had a “balance Legos on a spoon” race. Followed by “pin Read More …
Happy November! I hope everybody had a safe and enjoyable Halloween! Ours was jam-packed! Between the last two weekends, we trick-or-treated four times: at our rec center, Boo at the Zoo, at Zax’s school, and then in our neighborhood. Talk about candy overload! Even after removing all of the unsafe and unlabeled items, we still Read More …
Have a Happy, Safe, and Spook-tacular Halloween, everybody! Peanut and egg free Halloween lunch!
To be honest, I’ve never worried very much about trick-or-treating. Dressing up in a fun costume and racing from house to house is fun in and of itself, regardless of whether you can eat all the candy once you get home. Yes, my kids always receive some items that they can’t eat, but (nearly) everything Read More …