Posted in Life With Allergies on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
According to a team of researchers based at Indiana University, difficult babies can, with good parenting, become the most socially skilled and academically gifted children in first grade. The big qualification here is “with good parenting.” Babies who were rated as “diificult” and who received what the researchers defined as bad parenting ended up being [...]
Posted in Life With Allergies on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Roo has outgrown her egg and chocolate allergies! It seems like her immune system is starting to even out. We’ve had a pretty healthy winter so far (as opposed to the previous three, where Roo would have one cold or flu after the other for three months straight), and Roo has grown a lot. We [...]
Posted in Life With Allergies on August 14, 2007 | No Comments »
When we first discovered my daughter’s allergies I was overwhelmed and felt like I couldn’t handle the situation. Then I realized there was no one else that could handle it either and that I was just going to have to learn. I learned how to cook all over again from scratch — literally. I couldn’t rely on the shortcut convenience [...]
Posted in Life With Allergies on August 14, 2007 | No Comments »
My daughter has multiple food allergies. By saying that I have conjured up in your mind an infinite number of connotations - health food nuts, fad diets, the annoyance of not getting peanuts on the airplane any more, or maybe the way that certain foods make you feel not-so-great sometimes.
It would better describe our life [...]
Posted in Life With Allergies on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
For the Gluten-Adverse, a Menu That Works
By JENNIFER ROMOLINI
Published: July 25, 2007
The NY Times Dining and Wine section notes the growing options for gluten-free diners in New York. There’s also a dining guide, a recipe for gluten-free breadsticks and links to several gluten-free blogs. It is so nice to see the mainstream press covering food that [...]
Posted in Life With Allergies on July 24, 2007 | No Comments »
After analyzing more than two months of detailed food diaries we’ve come to the conclusion that Roo has outgrown her diary allergy! (She tested negative a few months ago, but we had some inconclusive trials with the actual substance.)
Not only does this mean greater food options, it also gives us hope that she may outgrow [...]
