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...Keeping your baby’s food safe is always a priority. Being a parent is arguably the most relevant job we will ever come across! We make sure everything in our home is safe for our little bundles of joy to sleep, play, eat, and explore. At times it can be stressful and challenging, especially when your child has a food allergy. Safety is often the first thought on any parent’s mind, and food allergies...

...Tips for Everyday Life’ by Linda Cross) The best way to get through to a toddler or young child is to communicate with them in their language and on their level. Teach them through activities they enjoy! Storybooks: Guide for preschoolers with peanut and tree nut allergies Taking Food Allergies to School Starting School With a Food Allergy Children’s Allergy Storybooks in Spanish Videos: Binky Goes Nuts (part of the ‘Arthur’ book series) Music: Kyle...

...is the belief that testing can definitively confirm or rule out an allergy to a certain food. However, food allergy testing is not always 100% accurate. Sometimes allergy tests don’t identify a food allergy even though the patient appears to have an allergic reaction to that food (this is called a false negative). Other times an allergy test suggests a person is allergic to a food that they actually tolerate (this is called a false...

...UPDATE April, 2016: If you would like to read an updated version of this blog post, please read FPIES –What Who When Which Why and How? Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) is a rare food allergy that affects an unknown number of children. Unfortunately, treatment is often delayed because of misdiagnosis. In this Nutricia sponsored video featured on our YouTube channel, Fallon Schultz, founder of the International FPIES Association (I-FPIES, formerly IAFFPE) shares the...

...Our post today is a guest blog entry from Lynda Mitchell . We’d like to thank her for guest blogging for us. When the Kids With Food Allergies Foundation opened its doors in 2005, Tracy, one of our members, told me her son had food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES), a rare allergy condition affecting the GI tract that was sometimes mistaken for an eosinophilic gastrointestinal condition. When Tracy shared her story, I came...

...Despite a lot of research, the exact cause of food allergies and the reason the number of kids affected is on the rise, is still something of a mystery. One very common question on the subject is “Are food allergies genetic?” While no one has identified a “food allergy gene,” research does show that if Mom, Dad or both parents have a history of any type of food allergy it translates into a...