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July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Tips for Dealing With Your Child’s Food Allergies

by Mary Butler

Taking a trip down memory lane this week reminded me of everything I’ve been through and everything we’ve been through as a family while dealing with allergies, whether food or chemical. Along the way, I’ve learned a few things that I think are helpful and want to share: When talking to your children about food, use the words “safe” and […]

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July 1, 2020

The Butler’s Allergy Journey: John’s Chemical Allergies

by Mary Butler

The day John started preschool was nerve-racking, to say the least. If I’m being honest, I barely trust most family members to take care of him because of his allergies, so to hand him over to strangers at the age of two, for an entire day, was really tough. The fact that they had to feed him, although it was […]

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June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

The Butler’s Allergy Journey: Allison’s Food Allergies

by Mary Butler

Allison was an extremely fussy baby. She cried ALL of the time. Since I had experience with John screaming a lot because of his cow’s milk protein allergy and I was breastfeeding again, when Allison was just two and a half weeks old, I cut out dairy. At three weeks old she had mucousy poop and at four weeks old […]

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June 29, 2020

The Butler’s Allergy Journey: John’s Food Allergies

by Mary Butler

World Allergy Week, hosted by the World Allergy Organization (WAO), began yesterday. It aims to raise awareness about allergic diseases and related disorders that are occurring with greater frequency around the world. In honor of this, I thought I would venture down memory lane over the next week and share my own family’s history with allergies and how it has […]

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