I hid allergic reactions as a child--and I'm not alone. I've deconstructed my memories of them in the hopes that we can better prepare our children. Read More ...
The Child who Hides an Allergic Reaction
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Peanut Friendly Baseball Game
Peanuts are ever-present at a baseball game. So how can millions of Americans with a peanut allergy watch safely? Enter the peanut friendly baseball game! Read More …
How Kids view Food Challenges
I just discovered an artifact that spelled out my fears of a food challenge as a kid. And all because my 5th grade teacher made us keep a daily journal. Read More …
Baked Egg versus Egg OIT: How do they stack up?
Allergists have been recommending baked egg (when tolerated) as an egg-allergy treatment for years. Egg OIT is an emerging technique to more rapidly introduce eggs. How do the two compare? Read More …
Food Allergy Day Trip Breckenridge
A food allergy family always has to deal with finding a safe place to eat. We have our usual safe restaurants, but it’s certainly a challenge when you’re away from your usual element. Read More …
Food Allergy Lunch Drama before breakfast
Just a few minutes after dropping my son off at school, I got a robo-call saying something broke in the kitchen so they’re serving sack lunches instead of the expected pizza. So in grand Food Allergy Parent fashion… Read More …
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 …
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 …