Resolutions for the Food Allergy Parent
Resolve to have better food allergy conversations this year. You’ll accomplish more and maybe win a few new allies! Read More …
Category: At School
Take It and Make It Allergy Friendly
How I took a school potluck, which normally excludes those with food allergies, and made it Allergy Friendly! Read More …
Back to School with Food Allergies – Questions Allergic Kids Should Answer
Is your allergic kiddo heading back to school soon, or even for the first time? Don’t forget to make sure they’re prepped! It doesn’t matter whether they’re new at this or an old pro, it’s never the wrong time to quiz your child on how to handle their allergies! Read More …
Keeping Green Eggs out of the Classroom
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 …
Why are our Allergens Villains?
A few weeks ago, Hubby and I sat down to plot the course of Allergy Superheroes for 2016. It’s hard to believe we’ve been around for more than a year, and been “open” for almost a year. We’ve had a lot of ups and downs, and learned tons of things along the way. One of Read More …
A Food Allergy Lesson from a Headache
We believe that Zax gets migraines. They haven’t been officially diagnosed, but we’ve got the family history and they certainly fit the pattern. A few years ago, we learned to medicate him at the first complaint of a headache, because if we don’t, we’ll regret it when the screaming and vomiting set in. We’ve also Read More …
Crayon Cupcake Valentines!
We had a lot of fun making our Valentines this year! We decided to make them allergy friendly, and so we hauled out an old favorite craft–the Crayon Cupcake! This is also a great way to get rid of old, broken crayons (of which we had almost a full bucket.) I removed the wrappers, and Read More …
EpiPen4Schools
I recently came across this great program! Logo used with permission www.epipen4schools.com Here’s how it works: The program offers four FREE EpiPen® or EpiPen Jr® Auto-Injectors to qualifying public and private kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools in the U.S. Requirements to qualify for this offer include having a valid prescription. The products are available in the Read More …
The Dreaded Phone Call
I’m going to disclaim this post by stating that Zax is fine, and was fine (in terms of allergies, anyway) in both of these cases. I never knew my blood could run so cold at the sound of the phone until I started getting calls from the school nurse. This happened to me twice within Read More …
Preschool Snack Time
One of the most intrinsic parts of the preschool day is snack time. For the last two years, the kids at Zax’s preschool took turns being “Snack Kid” and bringing a snack to share. They loved being the “special kid” for the day, telling everybody what they’d brought, and sharing some of their favorite foods Read More …