Good tips.

Wouldn’t this be a nightmare? But I guess its second nature to the parents of allergy sufferers. I think if I had an allergy sufferer, I would be taking my own prepared meals out and about. You just can’t be too careful with your kids health

This was an interesting mini article. Thanks for posting!

I think I would be so stressed if I had to eat out with a kid with severe food allergies. You just can’t control what happens In the kitchens!

great tips. it must be so hard around christmas and easter when a lot of things revolve around food.

sounds awesome and looks great

Food allergies are just so hard to control with hidden ingredients in everything nowadays!

Thanks for tips very helpful

All good suggestions. I think parents should encourage their children to ask about allergens in foods from an early day. Parents need to prepare their children from day one to take responsibility for their allergy and under their loving guidance it will hopefully become second nature.

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  • • mom57522 replied
    • 30 Jan 2015 , 9:45 pm

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  How about educating the child about what they can or can’t have, if they’re old enough?

Thanks for sharing. Some great tips.

Thanks for the good advice! Luckily for me my kids are just picky with no food allergies (at this time anyways).

If you are inviting anybody to a party or meal of any type it is a good idea to ask if anybody has any food allergies. Some are so highly allergic to nuts that if they even inhale the smell of it they can be seriously ill. Unfortunately sad but true! That is one of the reasons why a lot of schools are “nut free” and have signs up on the office and all the classroom doors. Well, I know one school that definitely does. I noticed it the first time I went there. It is very difficult when you have a relative who is highly allergic both to gluten and dairy foods. I am always nervous cooking for that family. Just dairy free isn’t as bad as you can buy lactose free bread, cream, milk, icecream, yoghurt. It is surprising how many foods have milk in them, including biscuits. I have a friend whose 2 daughters are both lactose intolerant which is in cows milk. Gluten is a whole new ball game. Gluten is in products containing wheat, rye and barley. Some people also react to oats as they have a similar protein in them. Even a lot of confectionery has gluten in it. What’s more you need to check a product each time you buy it as gluten may have been added to the ingredients since the last time you bought it. I know a guy who bought a small snack size chocolate bar. He forgot to check the label when he bought another one a fortnight later. It had gluten in it. Luckily he hadn’t binned the packaging as within a few hours he started feeling symptoms and had an upset stomach for a few days. He also got caught with another product before that. Now they check every label every time the buy anything. Even some icing sugars have gluten in them. It binds it so that when you add butter or milk, it won[‘t go runny. If they make a gluten free birthday cake for a special occasion they have to make sure they use gluten free icing mixture. It does get a bit easier with “practise”.

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  • • mom94125 replied
    • 19 Oct 2015 , 1:34 pm

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  great comment, cheers Kylie for sharing this post

Great article, thank you for the tips. In today’s world with the allergy as common as is, I’m hoping my LO won’t develop any. We’ll have to wait and see…

great article thanks I grew up with allergies and it was not so hard you just had to know what you could eat and what you could not. there where not all these food bans like there are today. I think that they are a little over the top making it harder for parent with children that are fussy eater when food is banned because people have allergies. I think it is just taking the liability away from the parents teaching the child, thats what my parents had to do.

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  • • june11 replied
    • 15 Feb 2015 , 8:37 pm

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  Thats OK when the child is old enough to understand. I very much doubt a child under preschool age is going to understand or remember some of the details when it involves a lot of different food.

Amazing thanks

Such a great article but as someone said for a allergie mum this is all year round ad it is not always easy.

Oh wow, this is my life and has been for the last 5.5yrs since my first (and then also my second) was diagnosed with his allergies.
It’s not only the holiday season, but ALL year round.
I hope this article is read by many, especially those WITHOUT allergy kids so they can try to appreciate how much stress and anxiety we go through EVERY time we leave the house with our kids. Many of our friends have just stopped inviting us over or inviting us to go out with them as they just cant be bothered vacuuming before we come, or find it all too hard to deal with.
The other thing I have trouble with is that people think we are over reacting…. seriously, have you ever seen your child having an anaphylactic reaction? I have and it’s not something I ever want to experience again!
Please, please, please accept and respect your friends rules and reactions to food if they have allergy children.

My 3year old GD has Histamine intolerance as well as a severe allergy to dairy, soya, fish and lilies. Feeding her, even at home, is a nightmare. Going out my daughter Always takes food for my GD and has to take a medical bag with her. Having allergies is not easy to cope with as a parent or as a child.

Wearing a allergy bracelet is also a good move.
Thanks for sharing this informative article, great tips and points.

Very smart article. Thank you.