So my peanut allergic son is 4 and in sunday school. In my day, sunday school was a bible lesson, a few songs and thats it, maybe an hour's worth of time. These days kids need variety (so I am told, I am also the 5th & 6th grade sunday school teacher). Not surprising Sunday school, includes the occasional snack, candy rewards and surprise! birthday treats.

How do you impress upon a teenage teacher the importance of a food allergy? so I wrote this letter.

(CHILD'S NAME): Peanut & Orange… Continue

With pre-school changing caregivers and volunteers clearly identify young children with food allergies to keep them well. Contemporary Pediatrics Magazine reviewed ALERT CLOTHING COMPANY in September, "Child Safety- a fashionable way to stop food sharing." Bright, colorful t-shirts, sweatshirts & tote bags with the message of food allergies clearly stated in a cheerful child friendly way (a royal blue elephant shooting stars,"Food Allergy...NO nuts for me!", dancing dinosaurs,"Food Allergy..… Continue

Can someone explain to me why food allergies are so polarizing? (this is a blog post that I wrote for WEGO Health).

I just don't get the anger and hate that is brought toward food allergy kids and their parents?

Any ideas? It's so frustrating and so sad.

Ok I can get my head around home baking / cooking and such . But most ingreadients are just as scary as anything else on the shelf. Any tryed and true products anyone would recomend that they would and do use? I'm new at all of this, lost, overwhelmed, alone,and trying so hard to get it right .I'm dizzy from all the manufactures phone calls i 've been making.We are only Peanut / tree nut free ( thankgod for at least that) PLEASE & THANKYOU!!!
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My son was diagnosed with a peanut allergy at 14 months old. He had put a piece of PB toast to his mouth and did not want it. He then had hives on his face and his eye was swollen after he rubbed it. That is as far as it went, thank goodness. Since then his SPT was positive, 15/32(not sure what this is) and his Immunocap was 4.18 KU/L.

After feeling like I was given a death sentence for him, I have educated myself on Peanut allergy and am becoming less fearful, not crying everyday and gaining c… Continue