This blog I am dedicating to the two little girls in my life that I would love to give as normal of a life as possible! And to Our middle girl who tolerates us being crazy about allergies and has a good time helping!
To start off with I'll give you some background on our struggle!
4 years ago our oldest M had terrible break outs of eczema and we had no clue what was causing these:( I was also a few months pregnant at the time :) M is our unique Dalmatian ( as I call her during the summer). She gets tan and her psoriasis spots stay white ;) Anyway we take her to the allergist and they do the poke test on her back and we discover that she is allergic to Tree Nuts and Peanuts and numerous airborne allergens:(
That was the beginning....... Just these last few weeks we have had a multitude of other allergens to get our education on with;) Tree Nuts and Peanuts are relatively easy to avoid...... The new ones well its a little bit more difficult especially for our family which likes to enjoy Friday nights as date night to spend time together... I'll explain
My husband is beginning his own business so needless to say he is a workaholic! We go out Fridays to reconnect after a hectic week:)
Our Baby J has had a lot of tummy issues in the last 2 years...... I breastfeed until she was 18 months.... about the time she was eating solids she began having terrible belly aches and trouble using the potty. I kept taking her to UVA for checkups and begging them to do allergy testing on her and for her to see a specialist because I knew something was up. They actually refused:( After two years of my child having major issues ( and I consider constant eczema no matter what we did and her sounding like a woman in labor everytime she finally got to the potty) it was time to change hospitals and providers! I have now taken her to Martha Jefferson Hospital and they sent her straight to the allergist who within a day of us meeting him set her up and had her tested!! YAY!! .... well not really ... Good note: she has allergies so I was right.....Bad note: She has ALOT of allergies ones I've never dealt with or even considered:(:(
So after the tears stopped I came up with my positive outlook!! A blog to help others from the beginning.... a possible cookbook (my aspiration) and Just work on making sure she can enjoy food and her life as much as any child that has no allergies.
She has Allergies to Soy, Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Catfish, Codfish, Milk, and Eggs..... My Aspiration to write a cookbook is so I can make sure the recipes that I will create for my family free of these allergens can make my children's lives as normal as possible and that even if a family doesn't have any allergies that they would love to eat these items!
So please follow me in my tribulations and failures (im sure there will be some:))
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