mommy2krj

First off....hugs! You at least have the experience of already living for quite some time with things, so it isn't quite the unknown for you. I think some experience/knowledge would have been incredibly helpful for us, maybe eased some of the initial panic. But I also know dealing with young kids with a disease is a whole different ball game. My little...

Hello! Welcome to the boards. I'm not so great at reading the results so I'll let some of the resident "pros" do that. My 6 year old was just diagnosed in July of last year. He had a stomach ache every single day for 6+ months. I put the plus in there because I know we brushed it off as a child trying to get out of doing things for a while before I really...

Oh I'm feeling your pain on this one. I wanted to smack my stepmother over the head on Christmas Day. We go out to her mother's house for lunch. There's a lot of running around for us on Christmas day and this is our 2nd stop after my dad & stepmom's house. Breakfast is also kind of rushed because of this. That said.....I packed a lunch for my 6 year...

My little guy needs to take Singulair on occasion. We've found that the Singulair works best when he's exposed to cats....well...actually a combination of Singulair at night and Loratadine during the day with a dose of Benadryl if needed. He is ridiculously allergic to cats and it can take him a week to get over an exposure. I ask about the chewable tablets...

Awww man! I was hoping their candy would be ok! I love the UnReal candy (when I'm at a store that carries them!) I love their peanut butter cups. So far we seem to be ok with the processed in facilities that also process wheat...so I may get them anyway. Hmmmm.....

I agree...though I'm fairly certain it's a dander thing with my little guy as all he has to do is walk into the house...not even be in the same room as the animal. I've come close to saying I'm allergic to dog slobber given the St. Bernard my BIL has (man that dog's slobber!) but they already have their son's birthday parties at other locations so my...

Awww...that just makes me sad. The things we do for those we love. I've talked to my husband about getting rid of our dog. He's a cocker spaniel and fits right in with his own ridiculous allergies! But I'm fairly certain that, while it may not be a severe reaction, both my husband and my little guy react to him. We love the dog and he's been part of...

I thought I had read something about a connection of some sort. I tried telling my sister in law about it as her youngest son has had all sorts of breathing issues and been on steroids multiple times in his short 3 years. My brother in law is a bit, um...pigheaded about some things.

Thank you for all the replies! His pediatrician said that his "asthma" was allergy induced. He only ever has coughing fits and only when his allergies are kicking his butt. The inhaler has NEVER done anything to help. Ever. We went through a couple of inhalers during a particularly nasty allergy season before we figured it out. He had two inhalers...a...

Ok...my little guy did end up getting glutened on Thanksgiving. He ate a piece of fruit off his cousin's plate that was resting on a dinner roll. Add in the little other things that could also be a cross contamination issue and we have the resulting constipation and tummy issues. Now here's a different issue though and I'm not sure if there is a connection...

Ahhh...yeah, I don't know about the egg free part. Sorry. Thankfully at this point we're only gluten free. Hopefully they'll work for you or at least, with you! Good luck!

Sorry about that Mommida! From what I understand, you can special order birthday cakes there (they ask that you do so they can ensure it's gluten free)....the cake I spoke of...my mother in law just went and asked and they just happened to have one. I *think* all they really have to do is replace that cookie crunch in the center with one of their...

I did talk to a manager at Dairy Queen. She was quite concerned that we ended up with a non-gluten free cake when we were trying to get a gluten free cake. Between the two of us though, we did figure out that the cake that we had gotten was indeed gluten free. Apparently they have a general label that they put on ALL of their cakes (gluten free or not) telling...

Phew! I messaged my local DQ this morning. Apparently they use all the same generic labels but I guess they are supposed to say "if it contains the cookie crunch layer" which this cake did not. The girl that got back to me was really very concerned that we had gotten a cake that was labeled wrong but after really looking at the cake again and her explanation...

Thanks everyone! I don't think I've ever been so happy going to see the doctor about strep! Then today happened. *sigh* It's his brother's 16th birthday. Grandma got a Dairy Queen ice cream cake....it even said gluten free, had the sticker on it all that fun stuff. But people are human. I let the little guy eat a whole piece of that cake. Then my husband...