Frustration

It is so frustrating to know your child is having or had a reaction to some type of food and you don't know if it was cross contamination, poor labeling, a new allergy, or something he picked up off the floor. The chipmunk is throwing up and I know it is not from an infection. He did this a week ago and I figured it was from a new brand of coconut milk I had added to his smoothie. It was the only thing new he had ingested. This time no new can of coconut milk to blame it on. But I had some new brand of dolmas and he started throwing up within 10-15 minutes of nursing him. It is so much more difficult to pin down the causitve food when breastfeeding is involved. His usual form of allergy reactions have been rashes and hives, throwing up is a new reaction to endure. It is gut wrenching to watch your child and wonder if it is going to get worse.

A New Style of Baking

We went to a neighborhood brunch and I knew that the usual stuff would be there, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, and other stuff that wouldn't be right for our allergy diet. So I began our entry into allergen friendly baking on unsuspecting neighbors. Oh I still brought my french toast casserole that everyone expects, and made a dish of the scrambled eggs, since it will probably be the only time the others kids will get it anymore. But I also brought cinnamon rolls and pumpkin bars. Now the cinnamon rolls weren't great looking since it didn't rise like normal glutan cinnamon rolls, but my 16yo daughter thought it was store bought because it was slightly crunchy on the outside and oh so gooey on the inside. The pumpkin bars disappeared before my husband got through the line, my kids assured him they were tasty. Good thing too, those pumpkin bars will be hitting the breakfast table once in awhile. Next time I make them I will take pics and post the recipe.