If mealtime is stressing you out, your child feels the same too! Consider the following tips for parents to help your family have a more relaxing mealtime experience.
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This is a tip I got from my fabulous allergist. In Canada, you can buy topical anesthetic cream, gel or patch to help reduce your child's pain during bloodwork or immunization. I use the patch and call it the "magic patch" that helps take a lot of the pain away. Read more about it here.
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If you tell have been telling your child to eat more vegetables and it did not work, it won’t make a difference if the dietitian says the same thing. Parents - you are a very important role model. Don’t tell them what to eat... show them!
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FPIES is cruel because you have to persevere with the food challenges even if they scare you. Each food challenge brings about a roller coaster of emotion. But there are some silver linings…
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Managing your child's FPIES can be very draining. Burnout among food allergy parents is a real thing!! Where we direct our energy matters. Constant worrying over something that is BEYOND your control is draining. It leads to anxiousness and most importantly, it makes you feel helpless. Read more…
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If I wrote a letter to my daughter with a thin body it would read something like this... You are more than a girl who is thin. I know that it delights you when others comment about how thin you are. They don't know how their comments about your body also make you fearful...
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If I wrote a letter to my daughter with a fat body it would read something like this... There is nothing inherently wrong with your body. The world is cruel. Friends, family and even doctors may imply that your body "needs to be fixed"...
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