Posts Tagged ‘food allergies’

Trick-or-Treat Food Allergy Safety – Medical Monday

Monday, October 26, 2009 5:47 No Comments

If you’ve got a child with food allergies, holidays provide special challenges.  Treats are abundant, and everyone and their uncle is handing them out to your child everywhere you go around Halloween.  So, how do you keep your child with food allergies safe and happy for trick-or-treating?
Review the Rules
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Total Elimination Diet Update

Saturday, February 2, 2008 14:37 4 Comments

As of today, I’m two weeks into my new, and totally unfabulous total elimination diet. Sawyer is 4 months old, and I’ve already dropped 7 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight (you wouldn’t hate me if you knew what I’ve been eating). After 13 days of agonizing decisions over what to eat for dinner [...]

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Breastfeeding a Highly Allergic Baby

Saturday, January 19, 2008 15:01 No Comments

Our newest addition has always had sensitive skin. First it was the newborn rash (erythema toxicum) that his pediatrician declared the worst case she had ever seen. Then came truly terrible cradle cap that spread down his neck and onto his face. There was the funny pink rash that lasted for 5 [...]

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