Finding Out More on Egg Allergies.

I went to WIC today to talk to someone more about E's egg allergy. They gave us a brochure on egg allergies and told us about a book for all allergies. The book is Living with Food Allergies by Betty Wedman- St. Louis PhD RD. and the brochure is Egg Allergy. There is a list of food to avoid and Substitutions for what the egg is for like leavener or binder. It also talks about where to find hidden sources of eggs.
So we are still learning but it is getting easier.
Also I made wheat bread today using flax seed meal and water. It looks like it turned out pretty good so I am excited. If it tastes good I will post the recipe later.
bread that is ok for egg allergy. wonder bread 100% soft whole wheat bread and the kids love it.

Signs of an egg allergy

I thought I might share how we discovered our son has a food allergy. It all started one year ago, he had hives up his face when we had eaten cinnamon rolls. At the time we thought it was cinnamon because our older son had rashes when he ate cinnamon. He then followed up by occasionally having 1 or 2 hives a day on his legs. But we thought maybe bug bites because it wasn't full fledge rashes. Then they stopped for a while and we could give him stuff with cinnamon and have no reaction. Just recently though I had learned to make homemade spaghetti sauce so one night we had the spaghetti and salad (with ranch) he had spilled it all over his chest while eating and had hives where the food was touching. that's when I called the doctor and got an appointment. we had talked about food allergies and he decided to go ahead and have him tested. the week before his first appointment with an ear, nose and throat doctor he had a bad ear infection that tore his ear drum. when it was healed we went to the ent and they stated there was fluid behind his ear drum. so we went through another round of antibiotics but not the normal kind. It then took us two months to have a follow up and check to see if there was still fluid. Of course there was still fluid at this time we decided it would be best to place tubes and take his adenoids and do the allergy testing while he was under for the adenoids. 10 days later we the follow up and that is when they gave me the egg allergy diagnosis. The doctor explained that hives are not the only sign. having fluid on the ears, runny/stuffy noses, sore throats, and upset stomachs, diaper rashes, etc are all signs of food allergies did not know, but now that I look back he has had all the signs. He had the worst diaper rashes. he has always pulled on his ears like they have bothered him. It really helped to learn about it and now we are doing our best to avoid anything that has egg so that we don't have to worry about a severe reaction or anymore tubes. I wanted to share because I wanted to help other parents. I know that there are people out there that are concerned their child may have a food allergy and this should help to give you more information to watch for. It is a scarey road but you are not alone.

Finding ways to replace Pasta

Last night we wanted to have spaghetti with Meatballs. We couldn't have the normal spaghetti noodles because they where manufactured in a plant that uses eggs. So we decided to do spaghetti squash. We also found while at a local store. gluten free pasta that was not made in a plant that uses eggs. We are so excited. So go to the recipe page to see how we used the spaghetti squash.

Finding Out Our Son has an Egg Allergy

We just found out my young son has an Egg allergy. I am doing my research and finding out he should not have eggs at all so we are going on an adventure as a family going egg-less. We have gone through our cupboards and pulled everything that has egg, was manufactured near eggs, etc. we have even given away our eggs in the fridge. Yes that even means mayo has to be watched, but we did find some at Macy's that does not have eggs. We knew he had some sort of food allergy but I never expected it to be eggs. So begins our adventure. So we found our mayo at Macy's that does not have eggs. We also found ranch without eggs. We are learning to substitute other materials for eggs. We are reading labels like crazy and learning about what things have eggs. I have been researching things for egg-less deserts. As we continue in this adventure I plan to post things that I find, recipes, and substitutions for eggs. I hope this can be helpful for parents who have kids with egg allergies. I know there are lots of blogs about living with allergies, but this is our adventure and how we experience it and the ideas we come up with. Thanks you for joining in our journey. Alicia