Anaphylaxis - Living Without Article

Anaphylaxis - Living Without Article

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This is such an inspiring and positive move!!

Dr appt

Mason had his 6 mth appt on Friday. He is still down in the 10th percentile for weight and in 50th for length. His dr agrees that with his reactions to the cereals a trip to our GI is a definite. I get to go about scheduling that this week.
In other news I'm feeling in a bit of a rut with food.  It's always such a challenge keep things fresh and fun.  I've been introduced to some wonderful new blogs by other moms dealing with food allergies.  I'm excited to try our these new recipes and also to try new ones from other tried and trusted sites.  I will claim no ownership or creative rights to them.  I'm just not creative in that forum.  I will give credit where credit is due and share my pictures and experiences.  I'm hopeful that my family (kids) will be just as open to trying new and fun foods!!

Keeley McGuire: Giveaway: Allergy Friendly Foods ~ Sunbutter, SunC...

This is a new blog I came across....the more support the better!!

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Student's death a catalyst for school action on food allergies

Student's death a catalyst for school action on food allergies

Here we go....

Well over the last few days I have tested some solids with Mason. On Sunday night I gave him the rice cereal to try again and he managed to projectile vomit for a couple of hours. Tonight I tried oatmeal and with the same results. Its frustrating to experiment with a 6 mth old and his belly. We'll be taking him for his 6 mth check up and then follow that with a trip to our pediatric GI dr.
On top of this Kaitlyn is having another mysterious hive break out. She does have a cold with congestion but other than that nothing has changed. I dread doing a round of tests with her but we need to find out what's going on.
I've included a picture of her belly....

Family: Child dies in school from peanut allergic reaction

Family: Child dies in school from peanut allergic reaction

Life gets so busy.....

Well here we go again.....it has once again gotten away from.  I've decided to change the way I post.  I was just posting as things came up.  Well the major problem with that is that as they come up I get so caught up in the moment I forget to post about it.  Like Kaitlyn having more hive break outs and Tyson have a reaction when eating Doritos.  I also can't forget about Mason also being intolerant to eggs.  Oh yeah there is also my hive breakouts.  So with that I am looking for an allergist for myself as well.  See things are going on I just forget to post.  So from now on no matter how boring it may seem I'm going to try to post something 3-4 times a week.  I've decided to post pics of recipes new for us and how much of a success it was for us.  (If you have little ones you know how difficult introducing new foods can be.)  I'll  also share stories and news about the allergy world.  On that note there have been some very sad and heartbreaking stories of children losing their lives to deadly reactions to food.  As much as it hurts to think of this I feel like I want to pass the news on for a couple of reasons.  I want others to realize just how deadly this disease can be.  I'm not crazy or over protective of my little ones....I'm vigilant!!!!  I also want others to keep these families in your prayers.  I will never forget Tyson's life threatening reaction for eating ONE cashew and ONE walnut.  I will never get those images of my baby's face being so swollen it looked like it was melting away and his wheezing and coughing.  I will never forget how scared I was.  I thank God that he spared us and let us keep Tyson here on earth with us.  My heart breaks for these parents and families who have lost there kids.

Well now that I feel a very strong urge to go hug and kiss my kids I'm gonna wrap up.