Elijah’s Echo
Elijah Silvera would have turned five years old today. His death following ingestion of a grilled cheese sandwich at preschool still strikes a chord for many food-allergic families because it goes against type. Read More …
Category: Food Allergy
Tropical Sand Cup
We’ve come up with a different take on the traditional “Dirt Cup” and made it an allergy-friendly recipe. Last spring, Enjoy Life Foods gave us the ingredients for making their dirt cup. It was very good! My wife thought she might have had a slight reaction to it though. Since Enjoy Life Products are top Read More …
Epinephrine Abuse Experiments
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen to your epinephrine if you thoroughly abused it, I have some insight! A few years ago, I stopped disposing of expired EpiPens. I had the vague intention of having a family Epi Practice Party, but instead they just sat there. Then I began thinking about the few studies Read More …
When Food Allergies Undermine Authority
While I don’t usually see Food Allergies and Discipline as related, I have encountered a few situations in which food allergies have undermined authority. I’m sure other food allergy parents can sympathize with some of these situations. Read More …
Thankful Thursday – Love Remembers Trailblazer Advocate Award
I was truly honored and amazed last month when I learned that I had been awarded the Love Remembers Trailblazer Advocate Award from Compassion for Anaphylaxis! Quite honestly, this came as a happy, complete shock. We’d been promoting the nominations for this award on social media, but Dean didn’t even tell me he’d nominated me Read More …
The New Look of Don’t Go Nuts
We got to try the brand-new, re-launched Don’t Go Nuts bars! How do they taste? Read more to find out! Read More …
Goodbye Incredible Edible Gluten-Free Food Fair
Fairs. Most of the food allergy fairs, expos, and conferences are on the coasts. I understand that, they are huge population centers and it’s a numbers thing. A few more pop up around the country, but here in the Rocky Mountain Region there isn’t a whole lot. A few years back we discovered a local Read More …
Balancing Anxiety and Risk
Public playgrounds can be intimidating when you think about all the allergens other kids may have left behind, but it’s important to balance that anxiety by looking at how great the risk really is. Read More …
Enjoy Life Foods Pancake and Waffle Mix review
Pancakes. If you’ve read my posts before, you’ll know that Sunday is Pancake Day around here. I’ve been making pancakes almost every Sunday for several years now. It’s become such a tradition that my two boys expect pancakes on Sunday, even on vacation. It was a little tricky at first with my older son’s egg Read More …
It Matters Who You Ask
Make sure kids know the right questions to ask regarding food allergies. Self-advocacy is SO important! Read More …