Being an allergy mum is all about trial & error. Some recipes are easily converted to be egg free or dairy free, others are complete fails. It took a lot of test driving a lot of different recipes before I found a cupcake recipe I could use for my daughter that...
Allergy & Anaphylaxis
Always read the food allergy label
Always read the food allergy label, I do and here's why. A few years ago my husband & I were shopping, me wearing the baby & him pushing our multi anaphylaxis daughter in the trolley. We needed oats for breakky so I asked him to grab the same old homebrand we...
Epipen Shortage
Important information has just been received from Anaphylaxis & Allergy Australia. Please keep your expired Epipen with you for use in an emergency until stock becomes available. Talk to your pharmacist or Chemist to keep up to date with expected arrival dates.
Happy Birthday Kiddipedia
Kiddipedia - Happy 1st Birthday! As you may know I've been writing about all things eczema and allergy for Australian parenting site Kiddipedia. Kiddipedia is Australia's top parenting website for everything you want to know. From family friendly recipes to...
Reduced EpiPen® injection time
Mylan the manufacturers of EpiPen® & EpiPen Jr®, announced on June 13th 2017 that they had secured permission from the Australian TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) to make changes to the administration of the Autoinjectors. It is important to note here that...
What Allergy & Anaphylaxis parents want you to know
This is a piece I recently wrote for Kiddipedia for Food Allergy Week. The feedback has been amazing & I am really hoping it changes attitudes & feelings towards allergy parents, Enjoy. I didn’t start writing this article. I started writing a much different...
Note to self: Don’t forget the Epipen!
Don't Forget the Epipen! As many of you know I have anaphylaxis & carry an Epipen so does Miss Allerchic. Having both experienced anaphylaxis before I always thought I was pretty good at remembering to carry the Epipen (adrenaline auto injector) when we step out....