May is Food Allergy Awareness Month, the perfect time to help educate your family, friends and the public at large on the dangers of food allergies and ways to decrease potential reactions. We have been dealing with food allergies in our family for ten years and our go-to resource has long been Food Allergy Canada […]
Sweets From The Earth, A Canadian Family-Owned Company That Cares #Giveaway #BloggersFete
Ever since my youngest was diagnosed with food allergies at the ripe old age of 8 months, I have found myself constantly trying to find new things for him to eat. Until I stared somewhat blindly at the grocery store shelves the first time we went shopping after his diagnosis, I really had not given food […]
Getting To Know Erika Vanderende, Food Allergy Fighter and Advocate
Recently I had the pleasure of chatting with a young lady who has had to deal with several food allergies for most of her life. As my family knows first hand, this challenge is hard enough for adults and parents, so I wanted to get a young person’s perspective and share it with you. I […]
Joining The Allergy Mom Club – What One Warrior Mama Wants You To Know
The following post was written by a fellow Allergy Mom, Jennifer Downie-Dilorio in response to the negative comments an article published on GlobalNews.ca received. The article is about the petition a young man has started to have the Canadian Government intervene and have all peanuts and tree nuts banned from flights. Jennifer has graciously given […]
Take The EpiPen 101 Interactive Program Now – You Might Just Save A Life
Having multiple EpiPens® hanging around our house, in my purse, on my son, has all become second nature to us. William was diagnosed with an allergy to peanuts, tree nuts, dairy and eggs almost six years ago. We were blessed when he outgrew the diary and eggs over the past two years, but the nuts […]
May is Food Allergy Awareness Month
Every year we celebrate Food Allergy Awareness Month in May (for Canada). I will admit that I did not know this prior to our son’s diagnosis six years ago, but I am so glad I do now. This is a very important time to help increase awareness of food allergies in our local communities all […]
Anaphylaxis Canada’s 8th Annual Community Conference is May 23rd, 2015
Food allergies came into our lives almost six years ago. My eight month old son was diagnosed after he reacted to the H1N1 flu shot, which contains egg. After being tested we discovered that William was allergic to not only eggs, but dairy, peanuts and tree nuts. May is the month when we celebrate Food […]