My eldest child was diagnosed with a life threatening peanut allergy over 13 years ago. As time passed we added more allergens to that list. By the time my third child was 1 year old we were avoiding milk, egg, soy, peanuts and tree nuts. Thankfully, due to oral immunotherapy and passed oral food challenges…
Category: Managing Food Allergies
Southern Nights
This past March break we went on our first family holiday outside of Canada since 2012. We stayed in a condo with a kitchen on the island of Key Biscayne, a 20 minute drive from Miami. I wrote part of this while we were away… Southern nights Have you ever felt a southern night? Free…
One Step at a Time
At the end of August, my youngest daughter Jaya successfully passed an oral food challenge for almonds. Since then, I have been giving her almond milk regularly and she seems to be tolerating it. Late last month, we returned to her allergist for a second oral food challenge – this time for walnuts. I bought…
Brotherhood of the World Blogger Award!
Thank you to Kathleen O’Hagan of Allergy Bites for nominating me for the Brotherhood of the World Blogger Award! I first e-met Kathleen through a Facebook group for Parents of Kids with Food Allergies in Toronto/GTA. It is quick and easy to become friends with a fellow food allergy mom as we have already have…
Our Allergic Life 