Category Archives: Allergies

Don’t let food allergies come between you and your jelly doughnut

Every now and then, I get hit with emails that seem to have uncanny timing…. This was the subject line: “Allergy-Free Beignets for Mardi Gras by Elizabeth Gordon” I was just bemoaning the fact that the frozen doughnuts in the … Continue reading

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Why I do what I do to protect my child from food allergies

For reasons I have yet to understand, people react very strongly when parents take precautions to protect their food allergic children. Last year, there was an incident in PA where a child had a granola bar waved in his face. … Continue reading

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No need to stress about Halloween if you have food allergies

Halloween is rapidly approaching, and for those of us who are parents to a food-allergic child, the planning and plotting start. I am not one to stress about such situations. I simply do some legwork ahead of time and let … Continue reading

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Preschool and food allergies? No worries here.

It’s been about four weeks since Ava started preschool, and I am happy to report that she is loving it — and I am, too. When I posted about this back in the summer, I was all worried and apprehensive … Continue reading

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Are camps safe if your child has food allergies?

Tweet One area mother might not think so. Lately, I’ve been writing about sending Ava off to preschool and the (slight) anxiety that can arise when thinking about someone else managing her food allergies. Along those lines, I received a … Continue reading

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Counting down the days to preschool

I posted this before, but it’s so moving, you should watch it again. Tweet I’ll be sending Ava off to preschool in the fall. Very nice place 1 mile up the road at Grace Fellowship Church on Seven Valleys Road. … Continue reading

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Will the hives ever end?

I feel like every time I turn around, Ava has some sort of hive or irritation on her skin that I can’t explain. She bumped her chin on the edge of the kitchen table the other day, and a big … Continue reading

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Host family in Lancaster/York area needed for peanut allergic student

Susan Costley and her daughter, Jessica, are local coordinators for ECI (Echanges Culturels Internationaux), a French non-profit cultural exchange group based in Aix-en-Provence. Students are set to arrive in Lancaster on July 11, but Susan is scrambling to find a … Continue reading

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July 4th specials at Kima’s Konfections

Kima’s Konfections on North George Street in York is running some July 4th specials. Here are the details I got from an email: Kima’s Konfections will be open on Monday from 10 a.m. to noon for 2 hours to arrange … Continue reading

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Daily dose: Food allergy roundup

Tweet Some ramblings from around the interweb: Earth Balance launched a new organic coconut spread and MindfulMayo. The coconut spread is only available at Whole Foods (there is one in the Inner Harbor). Earth Balance also has a website that … Continue reading

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