Article Category: Ask A Mom

Who Needs To Know About Your Child’s New Food Allergy Diagnosis?

When your child is newly diagnosed with a food allergy, a million thoughts start running through your head. Will I ever go out for dinner again? Will I ever be able to travel?

Rita’s Ice Custard And Happy Kids With Nut Allergies

We went into a location in Fort Myers, FL and were excited to learn about their allergy awareness. The italian ice flavors are all tree nut free which was very exciting.

Is Starbucks Really Making The Move To Accomodate Food Allergies?

For all of you skeptics out there, the answer appears to be “YES!”. Great news out of Starbucks that they will start to carry a variety of snack products all at 220 calories or less including choices that are gluten free, nut free, egg free, dairy free and more.

Thanksgiving Thanks To Whole Foods From A Mom Of Kids With Food Allergies

I’m in the city, New York that is, shopping for my kids with food allergies. I died, went to heaven and woke up at a new Whole Foods on the Upper West Side.

How many epipens do you carry with you?

We always carry two epipens with us no matter where we are.  This allows us to have a back up should we need to use one and it fails for some reason.  Secondly, if we are far from a hospital it can allow us additional travel time.  In addition, we do keep all the expired ..more

Do you keep any foods with the allergen in your home?

There are a few, yes.  Our children have numerous food allergies and it would not be reasonable to keep all of them out of their lives.  As parents we teach our children to protect themselves by identifying what is safe for them and what is not.  It is our opinion that it is better to ..more

What do you do when you get an invitation for a birthday party?

First I find out where the party is and what is on the agenda.  Usually, I try to bring similar “safe” foods to those being served at the party as to not make my children feel left out and I always bring our own “safe” cake.  One time my husband accepted an invitation to a ..more

How do you read every label? Do you find it overwhelming?

This is an absolute must.  It does take at least three hours per week at the grocery store to check and recheck each label.  Manufacturers have been known to change ingredients without notifying the public or changing the design of the labels.  This has happened to me a few times so we make it a ..more