tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post7357945163553750794..comments2023-06-24T07:01:51.675-07:00Comments on Food Allergy Bitch: Easter Treats, Love, and Food AllergiesFood Allergy Bitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10243380102426383939noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-48769974636466834602013-04-05T11:20:58.903-07:002013-04-05T11:20:58.903-07:00Hopefully this link can post -- for all of us Food...Hopefully this link can post -- for all of us Food-Allergy-Mama-LegoQueens!! <br /><br />http://pinterest.com/pin/195202965071405439/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-43450848714711566732013-04-04T20:04:48.842-07:002013-04-04T20:04:48.842-07:00I love this postI love this postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-84477316787128649712013-04-04T05:43:05.614-07:002013-04-04T05:43:05.614-07:00I totally agree with you and wish I had realized t...I totally agree with you and wish I had realized this when my son was younger and I was so sad that he could not have candy like the other kids. I did try to hide that sentiment from him but why did I waste my own feelings on it? Seeing that his non FA sister doesn't even like peanut butter or mac and cheese he probably would not have liked it either. It's time to focus on living and forget about the salt packed, sugar laden totally bad for you food that they can't have. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-89730887604245035232013-04-03T09:01:47.637-07:002013-04-03T09:01:47.637-07:00Really enjoying your blog! Might you be interested...Really enjoying your blog! Might you be interested in an interview for a book on allergies that I'm helping my client develop on personal stories of families with food allergies. Drop me a line if this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of: alex [at] prolancecommunications [dot] caAlexandra M.http://www.prolancecommunications.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-26505097282625371612013-04-01T08:20:31.192-07:002013-04-01T08:20:31.192-07:00I think we have to separate food from love - food ...I think we have to separate food from love - food is just food - but easier said than done of course. <br /><br />I counter the left out feeling with the prettiest & tastiest cupcakes I can make - freeze them - and then bring them along to any event where she might not have anything to eat. The other kids frequently want what she has!<br /><br />Love your articles, keep them coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-72190901533273298392013-03-31T22:07:42.748-07:002013-03-31T22:07:42.748-07:00Aaaaah, Legos. I have been trying to figure out wh...Aaaaah, Legos. I have been trying to figure out what I will switch to when my son is too old to e placated with bubble wands and stickers. Legos it is! <br /><br />But in seriousness, I do appreciate the sentiment. We were with grandparents this afternoon and I was glad that the kids were focused on hide and seek and then shooting off paper rockets from the arage with the fun uncle, instead of just spending the entire afternoon choking down on junk food.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519365851813107611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-90812027211681398472013-03-31T13:53:04.615-07:002013-03-31T13:53:04.615-07:00We do the Lego thing now...Legos for everything! F...We do the Lego thing now...Legos for everything! Funny thing is my non-FA kid would rather get the Lego too. He got a chocolate bunny today, ate one bite and declared he didn't like it. (he's 3). He ate a ring pop from my 5-year-old FA son's basket instead! Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166585282012706388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-80372188083981798022013-03-31T13:47:32.793-07:002013-03-31T13:47:32.793-07:00We are a Lego-Mom-and-son-team as well. I never w...We are a Lego-Mom-and-son-team as well. I never wanted 150 pieces of anything in my house, yet now we couldn't even count. We should probably have a special insurance policy for his room alone with wall-to-wall shelves of Legos. <br /><br />I think for me, as I saw our food-obsessed society metaphorically tearing him down, excluding him, breaking his heart, I provided tools that enabled him to "build" an interest in something else, develop skills, have fun on his own terms, and prioritize the importance of food. Sure, perhaps we could have done with half the inventory, but he does not focus on food, would rather DO something than eat something, and can have a conversation with anyone of any age. He leaves a sustaining impression with his "engineering" and articulation skills. <br /><br />Hopefully it will all pay off at the dentist office as well!<br /><br />liseetsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10254362475236294279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272905162914577099.post-34171117988550860802013-03-31T10:39:51.940-07:002013-03-31T10:39:51.940-07:00Sometimes I think we project a layer of loss onto ...Sometimes I think we project a layer of loss onto our kids' experience that they don't feel . . . the loss *we* feel that they can't share in the food-related experiences that we have nostalgia for. That is, after all, one of the pleasures of parenting . . . reliving your own childhood through the eyes (or the tastebuds?) of your kiddo. But they don't have this nostalgic burden . . . they can experience pleasure with a different experience or a different food, and that's great. They'll have their own treasured memories. And it's good for their little bodies when they don't eat so much sugar. <br /><br />HOWEVER . . . I do think it's genuinely hard on our FA kid (well, mine anyway) when they are the only ones without a sweet treat or when they perceive their treat as grossly inferior to that of the non-FA kids. My child is 9, and she still struggles with this emotionally.<br /><br />I tiptoe around trying to explain to non-FA friends or teachers that we adults sometimes perceive a loss with these "altered" traditions than the kids don't feel. Somehow the teachers twist that in their minds to mean that it's totally okay -- nay, somehow *character building* for my child! -- to give cupcakes to all the kids except my kid . . . who gets a tootsie roll from her treat box. Frankly, I wish they would make a better effort to do fully safe/inclusive treats or just skip the superfluous sugar. The kids get plenty of that, for **** sake.<br /><br />Happy Easter to you -- glad your kiddos are having fun searching for cash! Mine love the egg hunt, regardless of what's inside. They used to make me hide the eggs multiple times over the course of the day, just for the fun of repeating the hunt. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com