Doesn't Your Child Like Pizza?

We were at a birthday party last weekend and they were serving pizza and cake at this inflatables place. Nathan is allergic to the pizza they were serving so I purchased 2 hot dogs with no buns and gave them to him. A little girl sitting across him apparently doesn't like pizza and wanted a hot dog. The dad told her she can only have pizza and told her to eat her pizza." Then the dad gave me a strange look. "Whatever."

A few minutes later the mom of the little girl walks over by me and says "doesn't your child like pizza?" "He is ALLERGIC," I answered. Maybe she thought I spoil my child and will buy whatever he likes. Then another mom joined in the conversation and the pity party started along with questions.  "Oh poor guy, What is allergic too?, Will he outgrow them?" How long has he been allergic, etc.?

No More GROUPON for me.

It seems that Groupon makes light of a child with peanut allergies. Well after this I am no longer a customer of groupon and hope others in the Food Allergy Community will follow....Here is the post on Groupon:

The Groupon Kidz Quorner: Your Ultimate Tree House

Hey, kids who have unlocked the awesome secret of reading! Here's your guide to building the ultimate tree house, tree fort, or awkward tree duplex you share with your former best friend who changed during summer camp. Let's get started!

Find a tree in the backyard that can support your ambitious plans and the growth spurt your lying mother insists is coming "any day now."

A well-armed tree fort needs plenty of ammunition. Fill your tin buckets with as many collected chestnuts, pine cones, dog bones, unseasonal snowballs, and dad tools as you can find lying around.

A good fort layout is still available in the 1952 Dennis The Menace story arc entitled A Few Good Menace, where noted terrible boy Dennis the Menace starts a counterfeit money ring.

Ditch that outdated "No girls allowed" sign in favor of the modern "No peanut allergies allowed."


Why go up into a tree, when you could go down into a well and become a TV star?!

http://www.groupon.com/groupon_says/groupon-says-47268927

Our House Nathan and I Drew.

Indie Candy

Nathan tried some new candies called Indie Candy, he really liked the candy and better yet it was all natural and safe for him. Indie Candy is gourmet candies that are naturally allergen free. They make seasonal/holiday candy, Nathan likes the chocolate lollipops (seen eating here), Watermelon Zoo Animals and their Pineapple Flower Lollipops, I don't think there is much sweet stuff he doesn't like.


Visit Indie Candy at www.indiecandy.com.

Allergy Hot Lunch and Peanut Free Table

A few nights ago, I got a call from Nathan’s new teacher. We discussed the hot lunch plan available to children with gluten or food allergies at school. I told her I wanted to try the allergy-free hot lunch choice with Nathan. I also discussed this earlier with the district nurse at our meeting. The lunch is prepared at another location and then brought to the school. We would start the hot lunch today. I know many allergy parents would probably not trust a hot lunch and feel safer with making a child’s lunch but with Nathan he is very picky. If I sent cold lunch everyday he would eat the same thing…..everyday. I want him to have a variety of foods to eat.

Then we discussed the peanut free table. Nathan has an Allergy Care Plan for School. One question on the plan is:

Does child need to sit at an allergy free table? I left this field blank.

Nathan sat at a regular lunch table at daycare with the teacher and kids. I feel I needed more information on this topic before I answered the question. The table at school is only peanut free, Nathan is allergic to more then just peanuts, what about a milk free table, or an egg free table?? I can’t have him sit by himself. Nathan’s teacher told me that Nathan does sit with a teacher - just him and a teacher - I told his teacher that I don’t want that arrangement; I can’t believe he is the only allergy child in this elementary school? I would like other kids to sit with Nathan, how lonely it would be to just be with a teacher. She suggested that they could maybe sit one friend with him if that friends’ lunch is peanut free. She said they checked and it hasn’t been. She then said she was going to talk to the nurse and try to make other arrangements.

Today the district nurse called and we talked about the seating arrangements for lunch. She couldn’t believe that Nathan was the only allergy child and there is more but maybe not sitting at the table. I told her that I would fine with Nathan sitting at the end of a table and a teacher also at that table. She is going to look into it and let me know.

What do you do? Does your child sit at an allergy table? Does your child sit alone? Please leave a comment.

Why me? Why do I have Food Allergies?

I knew this question would be coming....

 Last week I asked Nathan about lunch time in kindergarten, I asked him how he likes it, is everything going good? He replied “its fine, I sit at the allergy table with a teacher.” I asked if there were other children at the table and he replied “no, just me.” This really hurt me.

Then Nathan told me that he wanted to eat chicken nuggets like the rest of the hot lunch kids? And then came more questions, why do I have food allergies, when am I going to grow out of these allergies, why can’t I eat all foods other kids eat? Why, why, why? My heart was broke and I was in tears. I wasn’t ready to answer these questions - I didn’t know how to answer them - I didn’t know what to say – I only had tears.

First Day of Kindergarten

Today is the first day of kindergarten for Nathan. He is excited to go, I am nervous. His backpack is full of allergy free snacks, juice boxes, birthday treats and his lunch. All of his stuff is labeled and his has a new red band for his allergy bracelet.