Infant Travel Advice: Epi Pen
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Need Advice from Moms of Kids with Severe Food Allergies!
Asked by G.K. from San Francisco
on December 18, 2008
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A pediatric allergist confirmed today what I suspected already--that my 2-year-old son has a severe peanut allergy. He's had two exposures/reactions to peanuts alread...
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- Hi G., I feel for you. We are Asian and my 22-month-old son also has severe food allergies (mainly to cow's milk, soy, peanut, and eggs). His pediatrician and ped...
- be sure to watch out for peanut oil in things as well. A friend of mine has a son with severe food allergies. She lets him have sweet tarts, starburst taffy, and a...
- I do not have any children with allergies...but I myself am a severe peanut allergy sufferer...I actually cannot have any nuts whatsoever. I can tell you that my child...
Peanut/Nut Allergies Lack of Support from Moms at School
Asked by D.S. from Chicago
on April 26, 2009
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My son has peanut & nut allergies. We recently enrolled him in a new school (he is in Kindergarten). The teacher sent a note to all the parents in the class that on ...
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- I don't think the parents "ignored" the teacher's note. Think of the family structure nowadays - we don't have a whole bunch of families where both mom and dad live t...
- I don't think the other parents did it on purpose. The other parents would probally feel terrible that they forgot about your child's allergy. It takes time for everyo...
- Your post states that the note requested that parents don't send nut items on "snack day". By reading that, I assumed that meant that if I was sending snacks to schoo...
Looking for Food Allergy Studies and Advice
Asked by K.W. from Pittsfield
on June 19, 2008
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I have a 5 year-old with severe life threatening food allergies that include wheat, milk, eggs, oats, barley,rye, peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame. I have had to previo...
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- Hi Kathy! Boy do you have your hands full!!! Unfortunately I don't have any information on clinical studies for you but I do have some product information you may fin...
- It's obviously up to you about home schooling, but I know our son's schools have been very attentive to food allergies, right from kindergarten on. And personally, as ...
- I just wanted to jump in with another book idea. I read Kenneth Bock's book Healing the 4 new Childhood Epidemics. It's about ADHD, Autism, Allergies and Asthma. It ...
Newly Diagnosed with Peanut Allergy - HELP!
Asked by K.S. from Boston
on August 7, 2009
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My daughter was just diagnosed with a peanut allergy. We had started a month ago with a dot of peanut butter on her lips and no reaction. So, we moved up to a cracker ...
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- I certainly can relate - and I don't have all the answers to your questions, but my now 4 year old was dx with the peanut allergy when she was about 18 months. We als...
- Here are two resources my friend uses: http://seacoastallergy.blogspot.com/ http://www.foodallergy.org Best of luck, J.
- Hi K., As hard as it is to avoid all peanut and nuts my advice is to avaoid at all costs. With alot of kids an allergy seems mild to us as parents but they can quickl...
Advice from Moms with Kids W/ Peanut Allergies
Asked by L.M. from Dallas
on November 12, 2010
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Earier this week we found out my 13 month old has a peanut allergy. The experience was pretty scary, but now she's doing great! We are armed with EpiPens and Benadry...
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- My daughter has a level 4 peanut allergy. We carry the Benedryl and epi pen everywhere too. Chick Fil A fries all the chicken in peanut oil and Chilis is a big peanut ...
- I don't have a child who is allergic to peanuts, but my husband is allergic. It was discovered when he was a baby as well. The trickiest parts that he has had to dea...
- My son was diagnosed at about 13 months also, and although it seemed overwhelming at first, now it's not that big of a deal for us. Our allergist told us not to worry...
One Child with and One Child Without Severe Egg/dairy Allergies -- Advice??
Asked by S.S. from Denver
on September 4, 2008
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We just found out this week that our 4.5 month old daughter has severe egg and dairy allergies. The allergist recommended removing all dairy, egg, nuts, fish, and soy...
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- S., Our situation is not as extreme but very similar. My daughter 18m is also sensative to dairy products and my son 3 in november is not. When we changed my duaghte...
- Depending on the severity of the allergy you may need to keep it out of the house. But be careful, I have a 2 yr old. She is allergic to all most all food. She can ...
- I too have one with dairy/egg allergies and one without. To add to the chaos I am a vegetarian and no one else in the family is. I have to tell you I try to eliminate...
Bees!
Asked by L.A. from Dallas
on February 25, 2011
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While enjoying the beautiful day with my kiddos in the front yard, I noticed a few bees hanging out among the (ahem...) weeds in our flower bed. I, personally, think ...
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- FYI... You never know when you could become severly allergic to a bee sting. My grandmother became deathly allergic in her 60s. I think it is always a good idea to k...
- Lots of good advice already. Only thing I did not see addressed was the question about epipen for young children. Yes, there is an epipen JR for young children. Nice o...
- First off, Im deathly allergic to bees, scared to death of those little things, I run and scream when I see them. But I can answer your questions: A) Bees fly from ...
Where Are Parents' Rights??
Asked by D.G. from Modesto
on May 5, 2011
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This one tops the blunders of the elementary school that the last of my young children attend. Today I received a phone call from the principal's secretary telling me...
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- Your wishes should have been followed! The point is, you said NO, and I can't believe a principal would disregard that and do what he/she wanted. I hope no one has m...
- OMG!! I would call the superintendant's office today. Then the school board. You explicitely told them no. What if you had gotten the permission slip and had ...
- Oh my gosh, I would have been livid. They were completely out of line. It's so strange that you posted this because I had the exact same situation yesterday except I...
Traveling to Costa Rica
Asked by M.C. from Dallas
on May 15, 2009
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Hi,
My family is considering taking a trip to Costa Rica. My son will be 23 months at the time. So I would like advice/what to expect. Also, my son has a food al...
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- I have a friend living in Japan whose younger son has several life threatening allergies such as eggs and peanuts. She had a friend write on a card in Japanese what hi...
- I haven't been to Costa Rica, but I have a child with a food allergy and agree that you should have something written up - not just the food allergies, but what needs ...
- Hi M., You will love Costa Rica, that's where I am from, although I been living here in the USA for 16 years now, but went back with my own children 3 years ago and b...
Allergic to Tree Nuts
Asked by L.W. from Philadelphia
on June 9, 2009
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hello... i just found out that my 3 1/2 year old daughter is allergic to tree nuts. just wondering if anyone can offer any thoughts, advice, tips on how to handle it. ...
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- Remember that each time she is exposed the reaction will be worse. A lot of items are "manufactured in a factory with tree nuts". This can be important when checking...
- My daughter is allergic to tree nuts as well. Your daughter is young, but you need to stress to her the importance of always asking about any questionable foods...sam...
- Hi L., My 4 year old son has a tree nut allergy. On the advice of our doctor, we eliminated all products containing tree nuts AND peanuts. We switched to soy butt...
