Well, it’s official. I’m a working Flight Attendant again. Saturday morning I left home and I’m still on the road. It’s going…okay, actually. I could write a novel about these last few days, but in the interest of keeping it brief, here are the most important things we’ve discovered since … Continue reading
Two weeks ago we drove for the first time to pick up goat milk. I’d visited Real Milk’s milk finder online to find sources of raw milk in our area, and the closest one I could find that was (mostly) grain free was almost a two hour drive away. Undeterred, … Continue reading
The concept of life being a juggling act is so well known it has become part of our vernacular. Why else would we say we “dropped the ball” on something? For the most part, I agree with the analogy. I do often feel like I have all my little “balls” … Continue reading
One thing about living with FPIES (and MSPI, Fructose Malabsorption, and IgE allergies), is that often your kids don’t really get to BE kids. Either you can’t go to things that most kids do, like playdates, parties, and activities, or they wind up so restricted by all the food concerns … Continue reading
With five days of goat milk under our belts, I’m happy to report that we have good news, and we have great news! For the good news, goat milk has so far proven to be very similar to eggs in terms of FPIES food trials for Zac. No symptoms whatsoever, … Continue reading
Well. We decided to trial BOTH boys on goat milk. At the same time. I can hear you all thinking it: Why would they do something so crazy? Well, Jed has MSPI, and has been kept away from dairy products since he was 5 weeks old. However, he’s had infrequent … Continue reading
Last week I was inspired to try something new for Zac. On one of the message boards, someone had mentioned making meringue and piping it into shapes for a safe Easter “cookie” for their FPIES kiddo, and that sounded intriguing to me. We don’t have sugar or vanilla as safe … Continue reading
This weeks frugal tip is courtesy of my forced “green thumbing” thanks to FPIES. I have to garden this year, which means I need to get some seeds started NOW. Only, most seed starter kits use either plastic or “biodegradable” material that I’m not sure is safe for Zac. One … Continue reading
…aka “A Weekend at the Farm”, or “30 Hours WITHOUT the Kiddos!” A few weeks ago, Darrel suggested something that I instantly vetoed. “Why not let your parents take the boys one night? We could actually SLEEP! And they could test out keeping both boys for when you go back … Continue reading
My poor little boys had a mildly rough time last week. Because of the egg trial, I’ve been even more paranoid than normal about keeping the floors in my kitchen and dining room cleaned. If Zac gets a crumb, it’s not good…but if Jed gets a bit of egg, it’s … Continue reading
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