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It also got a ridiculous amount of crazy, vicious, insulting and disgusting comments from Chicago Sun Times readers. John and I were interviewed yesterday for a nice little piece about the Chicago Cubs hosting a peanut free sky box for the first time Monday August 3oth. A fellow food allergy mama started a face book [...]

I’m a die-hard music fan, and an even bigger fan of seeing bands live. So when the ultimate music fest Lollapalooza comes to Chicago every year, I’m the first in line to buy tickets. For the past two years, my husband and I bring our two older kids Chloe and John with us (kids under [...]

Like most of you, I’ve  been checking food packaging for hidden allergens for so long that I think I got it down pat. Lately I have relied more on the FDA allergen labeling on food, the ones that say Contains: Milk, Peanuts, Tree Nuts. I am usually further comforted by the additional label of “Produced [...]

This is a phrase I utter more often than not, especially to school and camp officials. It’s always driven me a little batty when I get that dazed and confused look after I say my son John could die from a reaction to milk too. Or even legumes and peas  could cause my son John [...]

That was the question I asked my school’s superintendent last week when it was brought to my attention that our school district decided to do away with John’s 504 Plan and incorporate his food allergy accommodations into his IEP Plan. I was also told that if a child in our district only has a 504 Plan and [...]

Yesterday was a  day to remember. John celebrated his first communion and baby Michael received the sacrament of baptism. It was a gorgeous day filled with so much love, laughter and memories with old friends. As many of you know both of my parents passed away before any of my children were born. So often these [...]

As a mother of a child with severe food allergies, there are tough days when we have to advocate for our kids through meetings at school, tell them what they can’t have and can’t do, and then there are even tougher days when we have had to witness a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. But as a mother of four [...]

Many of you probably already know that as of last Thursday, Feb. 11th at 4:04 pm I became a mama again for the 5th time. Woo hoo!! I have to say I am very very very excited NOT to be pregnant anymore, as it has NEVER agreed with me. I get severe morning sickness that [...]

When my 9-year-old daughter was in preschool, her teacher had this wonderful and easy food project that all the children LOVED. They decorated their very own Christmas Trees: frost upside down sugar cones with green frosting and decorate with an assortment of candies, etc. Every year since we’ve done the same project over Christmas Break [...]

Christmastime is fully of merry wishes. For weeks my children speak of what they “wish” for. Today my 7-year-old John had somewhat of a different wish. After picking him up from school he said “Mom, I really wish I could order more lunches from school. I’ve only gotten to order a couple times this year.” Sigh. Today [...]