Last year I attended my first ever Anaphylaxis Canada Community Conference in Toronto, Ontario and wow, what an eye opener it was. My son, four soon to be five year old William, has Food Allergies and was diagnosed at the age of 8 months. Ever since then my husband and I have been trying to figure out the best and safest way possible to feed William. For the first two years that meant no dairy, eggs, peanuts or tree nuts. William has thankfully outgrown the dairy allergy and I pray he will outgrow the rest to. In trying to find the right path for our son and our family to take we have devoured books, checked out websites and reached out to other Food Allergy families for support and guidance. We have a wonderful doctor who is great with William, but I always seem to come up with a question after I have left his office. Attending the Anaphylaxis Canada Community Conference last year was a blessing. You can read a bit about our experience in this post, if you’d like.
This year the 7th Anaphylaxis Canada Community Conference is going to be held in Toronto on May 10th, 2014! Tickets will be available soon and I urge anyone with a family member with Food Allergies to attend. There is a wealth of knowledge just waiting to be shared and a great opportunity to ask the experts those questions that plague us in the middle of the night.
Do you know of anyone with a Food Allergy?
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Suz
I have never heard of this conference, but what a wonderful idea! I will be sure to pass it along to friends who would benefit!
Thank you Tammy!
Conferences are such a great way to learn and connect with others – I bet you found some great support systems there
Yes Kate, I totally did and I am looking forward to heading back this year!
We have been lucky and haven’t ran into any food allergies yet but I have heard some horror stories. This conference sounds like a great resource for so many!
Jonnie
It was an eye opener for sure Jonnie and I look forward to attending this year..
This is such a great idea, I had no idea it existed but I bet it must be great to get in a whole room filled with like minded people going through the same things!
Yes it certainly is Jennifer!
At my kids’ school there are about 20 children with peanut allergies. I cannot imagine what kind of constant dilgence that the parents must take with the kids.
Wow, 20 kids? It seems high, but I guess it depends on the number of kiddos in the whole school. Thankfully conferences like this are making it a bit easier to deal with food allergies..
There are so many children with food allergies and even though my kids don’t have them, I keep my recipe collection well stocked with mostly allergen free recipes. Across the board, allergen free is often healthier for everyone. I have many of these recipes on my website – you might find some good things there (www.naturalgirldiary.com). I can’t imagine how stressful it must be for you as a parent to have to be on high alert on this matter, but bless you and may your adverse experiences be few and far between!
Stephanie
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Thank you so much Stephanie, I appreciate your kind words and your endeavors to help those with food allergies. As a food allergy parent I can tell you that it means a lot. 🙂 I will definitely check out your recipes, thank you!
Suz