Do
your kids have food allergies or sensitivities?
I also think it's a great idea to ask each parent if
their kid has any food allergies, and then pass down that info to the class parents as to which foods are no - no's.
If
my kid had a food allergy, I'd be worried or annoyed about other parents sending random class snacks to school.
By the way, if you do suspect
your kid has a food allergy, go get him tested — one study found that only 14 percent of parentally diagnosed food allergies are actual food allergies.
Myself and two of
my kids have food allergies, so I always appreciate substitutions and suggestions like this!
My kids have food allergies so bakeries and store bought bakes are off limits to us which result in a great deal of experimentation in my kitchen.
A few years ago I noticed that I'm no longer asked if
my kids have food allergies.
Not exact matches
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For
kids whose diets are restricted by
food allergies, Mary Harris and Wilma Nachsin
have developed such permissible treats as Gingersnaps and Toffee Squares in «My
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I
have two
kids with
food allergies — lots of
food allergies — and we use Sunbutter.
I
would consider this a major WIN for
food allergy kids if I say so myself.
Dr. Rodney Ford indicates on his website that children who are diagnosed with «failure to thrive,» a condition where
kids are thin and not growing as they should, often
have food allergies including celiac disease or gluten sensitivity.
I
have made several versions, but I wanted to make a variety without nuts or nut butters or any other major allergens, so that we could pack them on - the - go or share them with friends without
having to worry about any
kids with
food allergies or sensitivities.
It
has become a great asset as I now
have 2
kids on low sodium diets and a hubby with multiple
food allergies.
You are such a blessing to all of the mom's out there with
kids who
have food allergies.
I
have 5
kids with
food allergies.
They
would even make a great
kid's birthday treat, especially for those with
food allergies!
She delivered a brief, but detailed, interactive talk story with the audience on what she went through finding out that she
has celiac disease, what it's like for her
having kids with celiac disease and multiple
food allergies, plus she answered all of the questions people
had.
Staff were very informed and knowledgeable when discussing
food allergies and intolerances, which was a bonus for us but
would be a real relief for parents of allergic
kids.
«When I saw that there
'd been a 265 percent increase in hospitalizations with
kids who
have food allergies, that was startling to me,» says O'Brien.
While some
kids have peanut
allergies and others
have dairy issues, mine goes bonkers after eating
foods with too many artificial dyes.
I'm very thankful that I don't
have to deal with
food allergies with my
kids (we do deal with Asthma though), but I am much more relaxed about it because the school they attend is FANTASTIC about addressing those issues.
If you
have someone in your home with a
food allergy, you can dedicate one lid to that person... and label it as such - so if my sister takes the
kids for a picnic, she'll know that the orange lid is for her
kid and will be 100 % safe for her, and that the green is my little guy's, and he can eat anything in that without concern.
«In the last 20 years, we
've seen a 400 percent increase in
food allergies,» says Robyn O'Brien, founder of The
Allergy Kids Foundation and author of «The Unhealthy Truth».
Even if your
kids don't
have food allergies, chances are you're hearing more and more about them and their afflictions.
Keep an eye out for
allergies, especially if someone else in your family
has food allergies, however,
kids this age should be able to eat peanut butter, soy, fish, etc..
Also this model does not consider the
kids who
have allergies or other
food related issues, which
would have been a concern in our family.
This isn't just a fight against
allergies or
food allergies... there's some data that suggest that only 40 - 50 % of
kids will in the end prove to
have a
food allergen triggered by eczema.
Even though schools do offer lunches, everyone knows that some
kids do not like school
food, or they
have allergies that will not allow them to eat certain
foods.
I know it's easy to not worry about
food allergies if you or your
kids don't
have them, but for those families who do, Halloween night can be terrifying for a whole different list of reasons that don't involve ghouls and goblins.
Moving a long distance away from family is difficult for children who don't
have food allergies — managing
food allergies on top of this big change may be more than what some
kids can or want to handle.
But when you become a SAHD, failure to research certain information — e.g. finding out info on
kids food, potential
allergies, education,
having fun with crafts & games to play (etc)-- well, you might as well scratch your balls off a grater.
That advice
has changed greatly now, as it didn't really prevent
food allergies from developing in
kids.
(I
'd be beside myself if I
had to rely on school
food for an
allergy kid!)
Kids with
food allergies, whether they
have mild symptoms or more servere, life - threatening symptoms, need a
food allergy action plan.
As a mother of children with multiple
food allergies and sensitivities, I
've had to figure out what to feed my
kids with a hell of a lot more restrictions than friggin» peanut butter.
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What's more,
kids can be bullied because they are gifted students,
have special needs, struggle with
food allergies and even because they excel at athletics.
Of course, like with a lot of health disorders, it's not always entirely clear if the number of
kids with
allergies has actually risen or if we're just better at diagnosing
food allergies now, but either way, more
food allergies are part of our everyday lives now.
Roughly 4 percent of U.S. children under age 18, or 3 million
kids,
have food allergies, according to the network.
The incredible rise in
food allergies has created a parenting environment that
has virtually every parent in a frenzied state regarding what their
kids eat.
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Simply put, people
have a right to know what is in their
food, and in the
food served to their
kids, and for those (admittedly rare) individuals who do
have these
allergies, that is more than just a theoretical «right» — a relative of mine
would likely need to be hospitalized if she inadvertently ingested tomato.
Food allergies for one, what if you send a healthy yummy homemade granola bar for your daughter and she happens to sit next to the
kid who
has the oat
allergy, or maybe you put peanut butter in it and she sat next to the
kid with the peanut
allergy, because it's not in a package we
would have no idea what is in it.
Appropriate for 8 + month babies without wheat / dairy
allergies I call this homemade baby
food recipe «vegetable lasagna» because even though it's a puree, it
has the lasagna flavor that
kids — and babies love.
Let's just be clear, this woman is complaining because
kids with
food allergies shouldn't be expected to
have the iron will of adults and know what
foods to avoid and ignore.
At GI for
Kids we
have the tools, including
allergy scratch testing and Knoxville's only lab capable of testing
food allergies locally, to help diagnose and treat a multitude of conditions.
With Celiac disease becoming a more common diagnosis, not to mention the higher prevalence in recent years of peanut and other
food allergies, you may want to teach your
kids how other children
have to eat.
Also, if you or your child
has food allergies, visit Kids With Food Allergies (K
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But instead my whole family wound up
having a thought - provoking discussion about obesity,
food allergies, the rights of parents to keep other parents from feeding their
kids, the ways in which economically disadvantaged students might feel left out by the whole «birthday treat» custom, and more.