Food Allergies and Kids

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As every mom is scrambling to share her child’s camp bunk and class for next year, I have a pit in my stomach, and my anxiety level increases drastically. If her child is in Austin’s class, then she will be receiving major notifications that there is a child with severe food allergies. It will be imperative that she is very careful as to what she sends for snacks and lunch. Well, that is my child. I am sorry… But, I am not sorry. *  *  * When my first child began eating solid foods, I had described him as a picky eater. It was veryRead More →

Erin Konheim Mandras - Kick the Scale Blog

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Cross-posted to Kveller.com My husband and I took a trip away this past weekend, just the two of us, without the kids. This, in itself, is a rarity, and something we needed, enjoyed, and did not take for granted. I love my children, but even I needed a break from hearing the morning screams of, “Mommy!!!”, the temper tantrums, and hearing brothers fight over a stupid toy that, I swear, neither of them really wants to play with anyway. Our lives as a couple picked up right back to the days before kids. We roamed the streets of Boston for hours and scoped out someRead More →

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Immediately following my blog post, Destined for Food to be the Focal Point, I was contacted by a friend on Facebook, who I had been connected to by a mutual friend. She expressed an uneasy concern about how my description of Austin’s symptoms and issues matched that of her, at the time, six-month-old son. We spoke in detail over the phone and through text messaging, and we both concurred that all signs pointed toward food allergies. However, pediatricians do not advise testing until babies reach the one year old mark. She, a Rutgers University graduate with a psychology degree, and I, a Michigan State University graduate withRead More →

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Over two feet of snow. Storm Jonas. Blizzard of the century. All highlighted stories we, in Baltimore, Maryland, have heard leading up to this horrific snow storm. Though the news stations, weather channels, and meteorologists have done a superb job at preparing us for this dreadful weekend, it was very hard to believe it would actually happen. That, or I was just in such denial in an effort to block the thought of being locked in my house for two full days with our 4 and 2-year-old sons.  For a rigid and routined person, the thought of not having the ability to plan my dayRead More →