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This is one of a series of posts to help parents and teachers as they prepare for the upcoming school year. Please note that the information below is based on my personal experience and should not take the place of guidance provided by your child's food allergy medical team. This is simply a guide that I feel may be helpful to those navigating the new school year with a food allergic child. So, you've come up with a food allergy plan for your child - now what? Like I said i

This is one of a series of posts to help parents and teachers as they prepare for the upcoming school year. Please note that the information below is based on my personal experience and should not take the place of guidance provided by your child's food allergy medical team. This is simply a guide that I feel may be helpful to those navigating the new school year with a food allergic child. My son Cade had his reaction to peanut butter the week before he was to start prescho

Nothing says end of summer like road trips and outings with friends and family. Yet, for a food allergy family, this can be extremely stressful for a variety of reasons (more on traveling with food allergies later). I will talk often about the "angels" in our lives - family and friends who stand by us, support us and get our food allergies. They are priceless on our journey, and my husband's childhood best friend, Joel, and his amazing wife, Jen, could not be more perfect

If you are taking the time to read this, I owe you a big dose of honestly right from the start. Meeting up with you like this... is terrifying. For a girl who loves keeping her two feet on the ground, taking a leap of faith into cyberspace is scary. But, if I've learned anything in the time I've spent navigating the world of food allergies, it's that FEAR is my worst enemy. It's actually not peanuts or eggs or milk, it's fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of the "what if's" a

This is one of a series of posts to help parents and teachers as they prepare for the upcoming school year. Please note that the information below is based on my personal experience and should not take the place of guidance provided by your child's food allergy medical team. This is simply a guide that I feel may be helpful to those navigating the new school year with a food allergic child. I'll be honest: I was terrified when my son Cade started elementary school. Coming fr