TIPS : FLAX SEED

hi all,

as you all know i always try to find other things to substitute for eggs in my recipe. due to allergies in my family.
recently i tried a few recipes that required eggs, and instead of eggs i have been using flax seed. and it works just perfect. everything came out the same as it wold be with eggs. this is a big news for me. now i could cook more recipe and makes more new dishes without changing my sons diet. im very pleased to say that this was a great finding. i hope that i could help other moms out there who have a question and been dealing with food allergies.

i will post some more new recipe pretty soon. till then have great day.

TIPS : egg replacer

i started to look online for recipes with no egg then i came across this egg re-placer or substitute. i ordered it online and it is very easy to used. you can make almost everything that required eggs with this thing. soon after i found out that whole foods supermarket carries this. i used this to baked a cake, muffin, bread. but one thing NEVER tried to make scramble egg or any type of fried egg with this thing. i LEARNED that the hard way. but you should try it and i know you will like it. this becomes handy for baking. hope you will give it a try and let me know.

TIPS: another lesson i learned as a parent dealing with food allergies

    When my son was 2 months old we found out that he has a sever case of eczema, and also allergic to dairy. So, when i was breastfed i have to go on a diet. We even had to change his formula to NUTRAMIGEN. Here i am just dealing with having a baby now i have to deal with food allergies. At about 15 months we found out he was allergic to egg, dairy, wheat, gluten, peanuts, tree-nuts, soy, red kidney beans. the list go on and on and on... so i started look online for support i came across a website www.gluttenfreemall.com; I started ordering food from there for my son. And another place to go is whole food supermarket. it was very hard for me to came up recipes or ideas for my son to eat. The more researched i did, the more i found out that there are a lot of kids with food allergies. As he got older, i became more concern of his diets. Specially when he's at the growth spurt. i realize that i have to do this on my own, meaning i have to find different ways to create different dish to fit his diets.

     At the age of 4 he ways hospitalized again for his eczema, and its also the year that he have asthma. it was really a tough year. I mean how do you explain to a 4 yr old that he cant have all the food to eat and certain food will make him sick. but also at this age i learned that my son was a very smart kid, i mean how many 4 yr old can tell that he is allergic to certain food. The good thing is that he always know what he can have or cant. 

    Now at 7 yrs of age i can say that i am a proud mom, my son has outgrew, the SOY, WHEAT, GLUTEN,  BAKED EGG. so all i want to share is that this journey is not an easy one. we've had ups and down. and sure is there is always HOPE. i never lose FAITH that my son will outgrew his food allergies, and i hope all the parents who read this will do the same, and trust me you are NOT alone. :)

     

TIPS: for parents who have kids with eczema

As you  all know i have a son who is allergic to almost everything and he also have eczema. since we move to Colorado, his skin has become clear and haven't had any breakouts for almost 2yrs. I owe it all to his doctors at National Jewish and most importantly GOD.

anyway, if you have kids with eczema and could not sleep at night because of the itchiness you might want to try this. bathe him for 20 mins, let him play in the water for a little bit. it is best if you used unscented soap (dove sensitive, cetaphil, aveeno) after that DO NOT dry his skin up. just lube him up with his ointment (aquaphor, vaseline) then put a damp clothes on him with damp socks on his body. after that put a dry clothes pajamas on him i prefer used the long pants and long sleeve clothes for both. you want to cover his body as much as you can. as for the face if he have any. i used to wrap his face with a long gauze ( i used to tell him that we make him look like power rangers) he loved it. :) this also helps their skin to stay moist. hope this helps you guys. and I'm open to any questions you guys might have. (i know how it is to have a child with severe eczema and so much allergies) 

thanks for reading, God Bless.