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...slowly, and fussed a lot. One night, my husband and I left the boys for a much needed night out (3 whole hours). I let the babysitter know that if we weren’t back in time for the next feeding to give them Similac (a milk-based formula). We returned just as one of the babies had had 1 oz of formula. I noticed that he was breaking out in easily visible pea-sized hives all over his...

Today’s guest blog comes from Ellie Sears. Ellie is a wife of 12 years and a stay-at-home-mom to a beautiful three-year-old girl. Ellie and her daughter both have food allergies. Ellie enjoys homemaking and trying new food allergy-friendly recipes. She stays active in advocating for food allergy awareness through her blog and in her hometown. Ellie blogs about life with food allergies at blessedlittlefamily.wordpress.com. What’s for dinner tonight? A year ago, I could...

...acid-based nutrition), such as Neocate. Some patients are able to drink formula, while others need a feeding tube. Join Us in Celebration of National Eosinophil Awareness Week! Every year during the third week of May, our patient community comes together in honor and celebration of National Eosinophil Awareness Week (NEAW) to ramp up efforts around the globe to raise awareness of EADs. Since being officially recognized by Congress in 2007, this special week has helped...

...Unflavored: Nutritionally complete For oral or tube feeding Peel away opening simplifies pouring, optional straw No mixing required No artificial sweeteners, flavors, or colors Flexible, unflavored base Gluten- and casein-free Nutricia remains committed to bringing you the best clinical nutrition products. For more information on Neocate Splash, Unflavored and our Neocate family of amino acid-based medical foods, please call our Customer Service Department toll-free at 1-800-365-7354, Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 7:00 pm EST....

...you have soup at the ready for a quick meal. -Patricia Novak MPH RD CLE LD Today’s guest blog post is by Patricia Novack. Patricia has 30 years experience working with children and adolescents with autism, developmental disabilities, food allergies and chronic illness. Her work includes clinical practice in both hospital and community based programs, professional training and curriculum development. The common thread throughout has been addressing feeding issues in children from infancy through adolescence....

...the ideal nutrition for infants (we do too!), there are some situations where breast feeding is not possible or has to be supplemented with infant formula. One great example is infants with severe and/or multiple food allergies. In cases where an infant formula is needed to supplement or replace breast milk, experts recommend using an infant formula which contains between 0.2% and 0.5% of total fatty acids as DHA, and at least as much ARA...

...development of allergies. Breast-feeding the infants for a year; Restricting your diet while nursing to avoid some of the most common allergies (i.e. milk, eggs, peanuts) Waiting to introduce solid food until your baby is 6 months old; Introducing solid foods one at a time, beginning with those foods that are least likely to cause an allergy, like rice cereal; Avoiding processed foods with artificial colors and flavors; and Delaying the introduction of potentially allergic...

...if the ingredients are appropriate for your child’s specific food allergies. For some more tips on allergy-friendly birthday parties. For kids who are not able to eat food at all, this is an even greater challenge. In these cases, parents get extremely creative making fun, non-edible birthday cakes. My sister Caroline has a feeding tube but up until last year, she was able to eat SOME food by mouth so we always just got her...