All posts tagged "allergies"
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Gloria Fallon | October 30, 2012
Twinning: Having One Twin With A Peanut Allergy Means Lying To The Other
As I learned more about peanut allergy and anaphylaxis, I decided that this was a situation so dangerous...
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Lindsay Cross | June 20, 2012
Lazy Mommy Vindication: All That Antibacterial Soap Is Wrecking Kids’ Immune Systems
My daughter loves dirt. She could play in a pile of dirt for hours. She's the kid who...
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Shawna Cohen | June 8, 2012
It’s All About Location: Food Allergies More Common In City Kids Than Rural Ones
When I bought my son his very first pencil case at age 5 – a little plastic one...
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Mollie Hemingway | May 15, 2012
Does My Daughter Really Have A Deathly Nut Allergy? I’m Skeptical
In the time since my daughter was diagnosed as being deathly allergic to walnuts, pecans and filberts, and...
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Gloria Fallon | March 19, 2012
My Name Is Gloria And I’m A Peanut Allergy Mom
Peanut Allergy moms run the gamut from militant psycho to dangerously uninformed and I fall somewhere in the...
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Bolaji Williams | October 10, 2011
I’m A Mother – And A Bully In The Kitchen
This summer, after my family and I spent a delightful week at the cottage with our very good...
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Mollie Hemingway | September 19, 2011
I’m Letting Down My Fellow Mothers Of Allergic Kids
Last week I went to Back to School Night at my daughter's school. I can not possibly express...
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Sheri Segal Glick | September 12, 2011
Cooking For A Vegetarian, A Carnivore And An Allergic Child Is The Death Of Me
Are you one of my Facebook friends who posts pictures of stuff you cook (or, even worse, grow)...
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Sheri Segal Glick | July 11, 2011
Allergy Nation: Lies And Triggers Will Make Us Paranoid
When an allergist confirmed that my son is allergic to fish and seafood, my heart sank. Although it...
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Mollie Hemingway | May 12, 2011
Airline Refuses To Seat Peanut Allergic Kid
I have a kid with a severe nut allergy. We carry EpiPens with us wherever we go. It's...