Category Archives: Allergies
Food Allergy Awareness Week 2013, Food Allergies touch every part of lifestyle
It’s the end of Food Allergy Awareness Week 2013. Food allergies seem to be all around us and actively in a lot of communications, not just in our house, but with others. But for those of us managing the lives of our anaphylactic children, food allergies touch every part of our lifestyle. Food allergies permeate […]
Airocide Review, Air Purifier, Allergy, Asthma Relief
The Airocide air purifier, which uses NASA technology to clean the air with no filters, is phenomenal. A few months ago, an Airocide air purifier was sent to me by the company. My family has been “air purifier-less” for several years, thinking that there was nothing that could do the big job of purifying the air […]
Re-Introduction of Food, Food Allergy, Food Challenge Process
Some of you may have read that we had a successful re-introduction of oats recently (blog post here) and celebrated with us. The all-out celebration was to be short lived. We’ve found our teenager’s tolerance level for oats is about 2 tablespoons before on-set of mild allergic symptoms. Unable to fully integrate oatmeal into our […]
Food Allergy Awareness Month, Brooklyn Event, May 9th
Please join us on May 9th at 7:30pm at Hi-Ho Batik, 184 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. We will have a reading by Susan Weissman from her memoir “Feeding Eden”, a raffle for a basket full of allergen-friendly goodies, gluten-free cupcakes, and wine (for the mommies). Feel free to bring your kiddos, your girlfriends, mothers-in-law […]
3 Green Products, Cleaning Supplies, Spring Cleaning, Earth Day 2013
Happy Earth Day 2013! In honor of Earth Day, here are three different companies, and my review of their earth-friendly products. The first is ECOS and their fabulous line of green cleaning products, the second is VEGIEFRESH, a new mineral based product that will keep your fruits and veggies fresh without using bags in your […]
Caregivers, Yearly Check-up, Put Your Own Mask On First
At the beginning of every flight, the flight attendants remind us to put our own mask on first, then put a mask on our child. I was recently reminded of this by an acquaintance and it stuck with me as a caregiver to a child, wife, and working mom. At a trip to my board […]
Food Bloggers Against Hunger, Take Your Place
How do you stretch a grocery budget when specialty bread costs $5.99 a loaf? I’ve thought that many many times. However, I’ve not been in the position of choosing between going hungry or feeding my child. During Hurricane Sandy, I wrote about going to the shelters to see if there was anyone in need. Now, […]
Oat Re-introduction, Food Challenge, Food Allergy
Last week, during Passover and before Easter, our teenager and I made the trip via subway to her Allergist for an food challenge to see if we could re-introduce Oats after twelve years of strict avoidance. This decision was made by her Board Certified Allergist after a blood test, which checks for IgE antibodies in […]
Name Bubbles, Labels, Review and Give-away
Name Bubbles (www.namebubbles.com) are waterproof, dishwasher, laundry, microwave safe, and freezer friendly labels that offer a quick and easy solution to keeping track of your family’s things. They began as a way for busy parents to label their children’s lunchboxes, tupperware, bottles and foods while at daycare and camp. What they realized is that those […]
Life Before; Food Allergen Labelling and Protection Act of 2004
This week I found myself explaining to my 15-year-old what life was like before the Food Allergen Labelling and Protection Act of 2004 law took effect in 2006. The explanation was precipitated by teenager finding, then eating my husband’s Kashi Indigo Morning Cereal. I know, you inhaled, right? Exhale. She ate it after I called the […]
