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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 [...]

Last week I wrote about my son not being able to order an item on the lunch menu because a new brand was offered. As many of you already know, I took issue with this not only because it was one of the few items my son could eat, but because I was more concerned about [...]

With Halloween over and out, I am happy to report we had another successful candy-filled holiday. The parties at school were a smashing success and all the children devoured the treats from my book. It was especially nice to see many of the children outwardly comment how delicious the cookies were. I could tell it [...]

It has been a weekend of First Events. My sister ran her first marathon here in Chicago. I hosted my first food allergy book launch for friends, family and an extended family of food allergy mamas. And on a more serious and personal note,  my friend’s son suffered a serious food allergy reaction to cashews, his first [...]

This week was a particularly good week for food allergy awareness at my son’s school. First, I got a phone call from a mom running our school’s Fall Fundraiser asking if I wouldn’t mind baking an allergen safe cake for the ever popular Cake Walk. In addition, the committee is asking for two local Vegan and [...]