dd has a dairy allergy

[lnitti]

She just tested positive via the skin test to dairy. Her allergist said 80% of kids will outgrow a dairy allergy by age 5. He said we would check her again in a year to see if she still has the allergy.

I'm a bit confused about much of what our allergist said. He claims there is conflicting research regarding a nursing mom and whether of not it is necessary for her to cut out the allergen from her diet. He said do it if she reacts through the breastmilk. If she isn't reacting, then I probably don't need to.

Also, he told me that actual experience with food is more accurate than any allergy testing. If there are foods containing dairy that she eats and does not react to, then she should be ok to continue eating those foods.

He also wrote a prescription for an epi-pen. It comes in a 2 pack. He said it was not intended to be separated. The intention was that you would have the second injection if you do not make it to the emergency room within (I think 15 minutes) from doing the first injection. But when I mentioned this to our day care center, the director said she separates hers and keeps 1 at the center. Do I need a 2 pack at daycare and a 2 pack for home. Or do I separate our 2 pack and have 1 at daycare and 1 for home? I'm not expecting that we would need to ever use it as any reactions she had had so far have been very minor.


How can I feed both kids when my 17 month old will want everything my older daughter eats? How can we order a pizza when we have company if the pizza has cheese? My older dd loves pizza and ice cream. my 17 month old loves pizza too and I know she would beg and plead for it.

The doctor recommended rice milk, but she won't drink it. I don't want to do soy. She's never had nuts/nut products before. We've tried goats milk in the past too and she didn't want that. I am fine with her not drinking milk, but I need something for her to put in cereal and other foods that would usually use milk.

[Ruthla]

If her allergy is severe enough to need an epi-pen, I would NOT continue to give her any dairy products directly, nor would I consume them if she's still nursing. If you eat dairy, it might get into your breastmilk. It's not worth the risk.

It's much harder to cut foods out of an older child's diet than it is to never introduce them to a baby. It will be easier on your toddler if you can keep the whole house dairy-free for a while as she adjusts to the new diet. At her age, she may even eat crumbs off the floor, so keeping everybody's meals dairy-free is the safest route at this point. They make some really tasty non-dairy frozen desserts- soy based, rice based, coconut based, along with things like ices and sorbets that are naturally dairy-free.

I don't see why she needs any "milk alternative" at all at this point. I would not consider goat or sheep's milk a safe option if your child has a true allergy to milk products (they may be good for kids who only have intolerances to dairy though.) Could she eat dry cereal? Hemp milk may be a good option for her if you really feel the need for some kind of milk substitute.

[lnitti]

Apparently, the doctor give anyone who tests postive to an allergy the epi-pen. it isn't an indication that her allergy is severe. In fact, I thought he was indicating to me that it was only mild.

There is no way in heck I can make my almost 5 year old suffer with being dairy free too. It isn't going to happen. It would not be fair to her to take away her favorite things.

And even the 17 month old I would not classify as a baby when it comes to food. She eats more (quantity and variety) than the 5 year old. The only things she has not had is nut products and chocolate.

While I do try to buy stuff that is not highly processed, I also do work too and I don't have time to cook lost of stuff from scratch. So much of the stuff contains dairy in it. And even most of the stuff I do know how to cook from scratch contains dairy of some sort too! I try to cook in batches and freeze stuff to save time, but there is still only so much time I have to do that and only so much that I know how to make. I also can't afford to throw away 95% of all the food we have in our 3 freezers either!

And about the nursing - he says he advises parents to cut it out if the child does react to it, but the research on it is conflicting.

[4Blessings]

Originally Posted by lnitti

Apparently, the doctor give anyone who tests postive to an allergy the epi-pen. it isn't an indication that her allergy is severe. In fact, I thought he was indicating to me that it was only mild.

There is no way in heck I can make my almost 5 year old suffer with being dairy free too. It isn't going to happen. It would not be fair to her to take away her favorite things.

And even the 17 month old I would not classify as a baby when it comes to food. She eats more (quantity and variety) than the 5 year old. The only things she has not had is nut products and chocolate.

While I do try to buy stuff that is not highly processed, I also do work too and I don't have time to cook lost of stuff from scratch. So much of the stuff contains dairy in it. And even most of the stuff I do know how to cook from scratch contains dairy of some sort too! I try to cook in batches and freeze stuff to save time, but there is still only so much time I have to do that and only so much that I know how to make. I also can't afford to throw away 95% of all the food we have in our 3 freezers either!

And about the nursing - he says he advises parents to cut it out if the child does react to it, but the research on it is conflicting.

Why did you have the child tested? What are her symptoms? What do you consider a "mild" reaction?

Yes you can change your five-year-old's eating habits if it means the health and safety of your 17-mo-old!

[lil_miss_understood]

It sounds to me like you've already made up your mind as to what you're going to do and just came here for us to say "Yeah, that's great. Do that!" Sorry to tell you this, but you're really not going to get that here if what you plan to do is continue giving your dairy allergic child dairy in any form- which is what it sounds like you want to do.
I agree with the pps. You need to make your home dairy free.
By all means, use the food in your freezers... Just make a dairy-free alternative for your dd to eat while you're using up your stock.
I know it seems overwhelming right now, but if you give yourself a little bit of time, you'll soon wonder why it was such a big deal.

[Ruthla]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

It sounds to me like you've already made up your mind as to what you're going to do and just came here for us to say "Yeah, that's great. Do that!"

No, it sounds to me like she's overwhelmed with the test results and going through a bit of denial right now. It's all new and scary, and to be told that she may have to make even MORE changes than her doctor suggested is just making her feel defensive and even more overwhelmed than before.

Give her a little time to digest the news before making any value judgements.

I still think it will be easier to keep the toddler safe if the entire home is dairy free, at least for a few weeks while the baby gets used to the new ways of eating. You may as well use up the dairy products already in the house (for the non allergic child only!) and it should be fine to serve the older child individual servings of dairy- such as cow's milk in a glass and on cereal, yogurt at snacktime or breakfast time when the tot has something similar to eat. There's certainly no reason to limit the older child's diet when she's away from the baby sister (such as at school or daycare.)

What I would recomend, though, is to make dairy-free dinners so you can all eat the same thing, and you don't have to worry about cooking two meals every night.

But, if you currently have freezers stocked with ready-made dairy meals, it might make more sense to use up those foods on other family members, and cook up some dairy-free foods for just you and the 1yo. IMO, this is a lot more work than serving dairy-free meals to everybody, but if it's too expensive to replace all that food right now, you do what you have to do. I do suggest making only dairy-free meals in the future when it's time to restock the freezer.

There are brands of healthy, natural, non-dairy packaged foods. There are substitutions available in almost every recipe that normally contains dairy.

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

No, it sounds to me like she's overwhelmed with the test results and going through a bit of denial right now. It's all new and scary, and to be told that she may have to make even MORE changes than her doctor suggested is just making her feel defensive and even more overwhelmed than before.

Give her a little time to digest the news before making any value judgements.

You're absolutely right, Ruthla. I'm sorry, I got a little miffed by the "I have to work too" line and responded inappropriately. :
DS1 refuses to drink rice milk, too, but he will use it on cereal. He will drink the chocolate flavored milk and also liked the egg-nog flavored milk at Christmas (which is funny, since he *hates* egg nog).
There are wonderful alternatives for ice cream, including rice and coconut milk ice creams. The coconut milk ice cream is hailed as a god-send on this forum, it's incredibly rich and creamy. There's also coconut milk yogurt which is available on the market.
Earth Balance margarine is dairy free, as is "Smart Balance Light" (same company).
If you occasionally make chocolate chip cookies, Trader Joe's semi-sweet chocolate chips are dairy free. Enjoy Life also makes dairy free chocolate chips.
There's really nothing you can't make without dairy that you could with dairy- almost everything has a decent alternative (the one exception is perhaps cheese).
If you decide to order pizza, you might consider keeping an Amy's frozen dairy free pizza in the freezer for you and dd to throw in the oven while everyone else has the take out.
We use broth rather than milk for making mashed potatoes.
Um... That's all I can think of for now.
I'm sorry for responding badly before.
There are a lot of helpful ladies on this forum and we'll all be happy to help you however we can in adjusting.

[txtarheel]

My son has an epi for a dairy allergy. It was diagnosed at 9 mo after his first dairy exposure, so we didn't have to take out his favorite foods. But, we don't have a dairy free house. My husband eats some dairy - milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese. I don't cook with any dairy at all. The only processed foods that I buy are dairy free. The earlier my son learns to understand he needs to be careful with what he ingests, the better IMO.

I agree 100% with the PPs that you shouldn't give your dairy allergic child any milk products and you shouldn't eat them yourself while nursing. It really gives her the best chance to heal. Frankly, I think it's fine to feed your older daughter her favorite foods, but we all have to find our own comfort levels.

I know getting a dairy allergy diagnosis is hard. When we first got ours, I hated it, cried and figured I could never make it work. You have to rethink everything you know about food, cooking and comfort. But, keep in mind many of the mamas on here are dealing with so many foods not in their diets, it's easier to list what they can eat than what they can't. Many of us would be beyond delighted if the only thing we couldn't eat was dairy. It's just another side effect of the internet and misunderstandings...

As far as things to put on cereal or drink a glass of, or cook with - we've done well with oat milk, hemp milk (a seed, not a nut) and coconut milk. The coconut products on the market are really, really good and a good source of fats for LOs. Hemp is a great source of omegas and has more protein in it than the other "milks" out there. If you try nuts and they work for her, a lot of people are big fans of almond milk.

The Amy's brand makes a dairy free pizza. It's cheese free, the sauce is balsamic carmelized onions. It's a really tasty pizza. It's not the same as delivery, but it's a quick, easy dinner. Be warned, their soy cheese pizza has casein in it, which is the protein that most milk allergic kids react to. Several brands of soy cheeses also have casein and whey.

I feel there was more I wanted to mentioned, but I'm apparently dozing off here at the computer!

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by txtarheel

The Amy's brand makes a dairy free pizza. It's cheese free, the sauce is balsamic carmelized onions. It's a really tasty pizza. It's not the same as delivery, but it's a quick, easy dinner. Be warned, their soy cheese pizza has casein in it, which is the protein that most milk allergic kids react to. Several brands of soy cheeses also have casein and whey.

I feel there was more I wanted to mentioned, but I'm apparently dozing off here at the computer!

Interesting. I had to run out and re-check DS1's pizza after you said that. We get the single serving gluten-free cheeze pizza (and then add whatever we want on it) for him. There's no casein listed in the ingredients whatsoever... I can't say that's true for the regular crust one though, since I've never bought it.

[txtarheel]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

Interesting. I had to run out and re-check DS1's pizza after you said that. We get the single serving gluten-free cheeze pizza (and then add whatever we want on it) for him. There's no casein listed in the ingredients whatsoever... I can't say that's true for the regular crust one though, since I've never bought it.

When I last bought any of them (a few months ago), the regular crust one had casein, but the GF rice crust did not. It really annoyed me at the time because then I was eating gluten and wanted the non-rice crust. Since we can't even do rice now I haven't checked lately.

[lil_miss_understood]

Amy's does some pizzas that don't have any kind of cheese at all, too.

[Ruthla]

Tofutti pizzas are completely dairy free. The entire tofutti line is completely dairy free and kosher pareve- their stuff is popular with kosher consumers who want dairy analogues to serve with and after meat meals.

I've seen the tofutti pizzas in the freezer case, but I've never tried them. First, I couldn't make room for them in the budget, and then I had to go off gluten so they're no longer an option for me at all (and the Amy's stuff isn't certified kosher.)

I make my own pizzas at home. Lately I've been making "pizza quiche" instead- mix together "pizza toppings" and tomato sauce with eggs and "pizza spices" and put in a pie plate and bake.

[lnitti]

Originally Posted by Proud2BeAnAmerican

Why did you have the child tested? What are her symptoms? What do you consider a "mild" reaction?

Yes you can change your five-year-old's eating habits if it means the health and safety of your 17-mo-old!

We had her tested because she would occasionally get a hive or two on her - either her face, a forearm, etc. I had never seen a hive previously. The first time, I thought she had a mosquito bite - she was almost 9 months old. But it only appeared for a very short period of time.

On either her first or second introduction of yogurt (I can't remember which), approx 2 1/2 hours later she vomited. I was not sure if it was related to the yogurt or if it was a stomach bug. I had posted on another board about it and was told it most likely wasn't related since it was outside of 2 hours.

Most times if she ate something containing dairy - mashed potatoes, pizza, cheese in a pasta sauce, she was fine. But once in a while when I was cleaning her up, I would notice a hive or two had popped up. It never seemed to bother her, and it always disappeared quickly. But since the "diary food" was included in a whole meal, I was never quite sure that it was the dairy itself.

At daycare, they started giving her cups of milk to drink (until I asked them not to - so it only lasted a couple of days) and she never had any reaction at all to it that I am aware of. This was our next to last week at that day care center and breakfast and lunches were brought in by me, afternoon snacks provided by the center.

At her 12 month WCC, I asked her primary care doctor about allergy testing. I'm not sure if she just wasn't knowledgeable or what. she said that since there was never a reaction to food that I ate while ebf, she most likely didn't have an allergy. She also stated that she couldn't be tested unless she was actually eating the dairy. At the time, I was very limiting of her dairy intake since she wanted no part of the yogurt or any sips of milk.

A month or two later when we were visiting a different family doctor (that I prefer, but she is out of network, so WCC aren't paid with her), I brought it up with her. She wasn't keen on the testing, but just suggested holding off on the items dd wasn't interested in. So she still continued to have foods with milk/butter/cheese, etc cooked in or on it, but not straight-up dairy (cup of milk, yogurt, cut up cheese chunks, etc).

Recently, she got a double ear infection and broke out in hives like I've never seen before. She couldn't sleep, she was itchy and miserable. In the morning, they were gone, so I took her to daycare with strict instructions of no dairy of any kind for that day, and to only offer the food I provided. They called me at 4 o'clock to tell me they had come back a little bit and that she was not offered anything containing dairy. By time I got there at 5, they were gone again. I dropped older dd off at home with daddy so she could have dinner and I took ydd to After Hours care. She was so mad to have to stay in the car seat and not get out at home that she cried all the way to After Hours, and was covered in hives again by time I go there. She looked so awful, so itchy and swollen. They gave her a shot of benadryl there (so she didn't have to wait until I went to the store to buy it in order to start getting relief) and diagnosed the double ear infection. The doctor said the hives were most likely from the ear infection. I didn't like not knowing if the hives were strictly the result of the ear infections (very much quite possible), if it was an allergic reaction to something (dairy, or a different shampoo or lotion since I had used older dd's shampoo on her and had used a different lotion) or what. Also, my father in law gets hives like that for absolutely no reason, so that also could have been possible with her as well (I think it is called idiopathic hives).

So I bypassed both family doctors that we use, and went straight to the pediatric allergist. to have her tested. I needed to know for my own peace of mind one way or the other if she had a dairy allergy. Also so that if there was an allergy, it could be documented so that daycare would not offer her any dairy at all - at that point the only standing request was not to give her straight cups of milk.

We did a skin test to test for dairy allergies. First on one shoulder with no skin pricks, and she had no reactions. Then on the other shoulder with the pricks and she developed a hive at each location (except the negative control. The histamine was just a slight bump). She she was positive for cows milk, and the cow's milk proteins, casein, and lactalbumin.

That's our history.

[lnitti]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

No, it sounds to me like she's overwhelmed with the test results and going through a bit of denial right now. It's all new and scary, and to be told that she may have to make even MORE changes than her doctor suggested is just making her feel defensive and even more overwhelmed than before.

Give her a little time to digest the news before making any value judgements.

I still think it will be easier to keep the toddler safe if the entire home is dairy free, at least for a few weeks while the baby gets used to the new ways of eating. You may as well use up the dairy products already in the house (for the non allergic child only!) and it should be fine to serve the older child individual servings of dairy- such as cow's milk in a glass and on cereal, yogurt at snacktime or breakfast time when the tot has something similar to eat. There's certainly no reason to limit the older child's diet when she's away from the baby sister (such as at school or daycare.)

What I would recomend, though, is to make dairy-free dinners so you can all eat the same thing, and you don't have to worry about cooking two meals every night.

But, if you currently have freezers stocked with ready-made dairy meals, it might make more sense to use up those foods on other family members, and cook up some dairy-free foods for just you and the 1yo. IMO, this is a lot more work than serving dairy-free meals to everybody, but if it's too expensive to replace all that food right now, you do what you have to do. I do suggest making only dairy-free meals in the future when it's time to restock the freezer.

There are brands of healthy, natural, non-dairy packaged foods. There are substitutions available in almost every recipe that normally contains dairy.

Thank you very much for defending me. The reason I came on her was to find out if there was any merit for what my doctor was saying especially since there are some of her favorites that do contain dairy. Favorites that are shared with older dd.

My point about working as well was not to offend. It is that I understand that items are safest and healthiest when home made from scratch. But I really can't make everything that way. I just don't have the time. I barely keep my household clean (it's actually not very clean right now!) and running now without having to start make more items from scratch.

[lnitti]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

You're absolutely right, Ruthla. I'm sorry, I got a little miffed by the "I have to work too" line and responded inappropriately. :
DS1 refuses to drink rice milk, too, but he will use it on cereal. He will drink the chocolate flavored milk and also liked the egg-nog flavored milk at Christmas (which is funny, since he *hates* egg nog).
There are wonderful alternatives for ice cream, including rice and coconut milk ice creams. The coconut milk ice cream is hailed as a god-send on this forum, it's incredibly rich and creamy. There's also coconut milk yogurt which is available on the market.
Earth Balance margarine is dairy free, as is "Smart Balance Light" (same company).
If you occasionally make chocolate chip cookies, Trader Joe's semi-sweet chocolate chips are dairy free. Enjoy Life also makes dairy free chocolate chips.
There's really nothing you can't make without dairy that you could with dairy- almost everything has a decent alternative (the one exception is perhaps cheese).
If you decide to order pizza, you might consider keeping an Amy's frozen dairy free pizza in the freezer for you and dd to throw in the oven while everyone else has the take out.
We use broth rather than milk for making mashed potatoes.
Um... That's all I can think of for now.
I'm sorry for responding badly before.
There are a lot of helpful ladies on this forum and we'll all be happy to help you however we can in adjusting.

Some of this is more what I am finding helpful.

I already knew about Earth Balance, so that one was easy. I used to use it previously before Land O Lakes made a spreadable butter because I was not happy with the content in any of the other spreadable margarines. I was also delighted to find they have started making it in sticks too (easier for measuring)

The tip about Amy's - that is very helpful. I didn't know Amy's made a dairy free pizza.

ODD loves her ice cream. Cookies N Cream, cookie dough or sometimes vanilla. I will not take that away from her. dd2 has never had ice cream. ODD is picky as can be and I doubt I would be able to get her to even try a rice or coconut milk ice cream if they even make it in the cookies n cream flavor (that's the one she usually eats)

My husband I know will not give up drinking milk. Most of the milk drunk in our house is by him. I won't drink milk. I don't like the taste. ODD drinks milk usually when she see's Daddy drink some, in her cereal, and once in a while, she will ask me for some to drink. I also fear I will be hard pressed to get him to eat non-dairy cheeses as well.

[lnitti]

Originally Posted by txtarheel

My son has an epi for a dairy allergy. It was diagnosed at 9 mo after his first dairy exposure, so we didn't have to take out his favorite foods. But, we don't have a dairy free house. My husband eats some dairy - milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese. I don't cook with any dairy at all. The only processed foods that I buy are dairy free. The earlier my son learns to understand he needs to be careful with what he ingests, the better IMO.

I agree 100% with the PPs that you shouldn't give your dairy allergic child any milk products and you shouldn't eat them yourself while nursing. It really gives her the best chance to heal. Frankly, I think it's fine to feed your older daughter her favorite foods, but we all have to find our own comfort levels.

I know getting a dairy allergy diagnosis is hard. When we first got ours, I hated it, cried and figured I could never make it work. You have to rethink everything you know about food, cooking and comfort. But, keep in mind many of the mamas on here are dealing with so many foods not in their diets, it's easier to list what they can eat than what they can't. Many of us would be beyond delighted if the only thing we couldn't eat was dairy. It's just another side effect of the internet and misunderstandings...

As far as things to put on cereal or drink a glass of, or cook with - we've done well with oat milk, hemp milk (a seed, not a nut) and coconut milk. The coconut products on the market are really, really good and a good source of fats for LOs. Hemp is a great source of omegas and has more protein in it than the other "milks" out there. If you try nuts and they work for her, a lot of people are big fans of almond milk.

The Amy's brand makes a dairy free pizza. It's cheese free, the sauce is balsamic carmelized onions. It's a really tasty pizza. It's not the same as delivery, but it's a quick, easy dinner. Be warned, their soy cheese pizza has casein in it, which is the protein that most milk allergic kids react to. Several brands of soy cheeses also have casein and whey.

I feel there was more I wanted to mentioned, but I'm apparently dozing off here at the computer!

Thank you so much for this post. I think this is pretty much how it will be for us.

My husband is not going to give up cheese and milk. I just know it. In fact, if he had his way, he wouldn't even drink organic milk. But I refuse to give my ODD milk with the growth hormones (she gets regular milk at day care now, but I have no control over that), and I refuse to buy both organic and regular. So he's adjusted to it. But I can't imagine him giving it up.

I am not going to refuse to let dd1 have a drink of milk or eat her ice cream if she wants it. We've had rules on other foods as well historically - no chocolate cookies, etc unless ydd is napping or not around. ydd hasn't had chocolate yet. ydd has never shown an interest in odds before bed snack of ice cream (almost every night she has a small bowl). If she starts to, then I'll have to find a similar alternative for ydd then.

Trickier will be items that they both enjoy that contain dairy - like the goldfish crackers I posted about separately. I used to give odd Annie's bunnies, but at some point she decided she no longer wanted those and wanted goldfish crackers instead. If I could get her to eat the honey gram bunnies again that would be something good for the diaper bag that they both could eat. I also did dry cereal in the diaper bag for a while until both kids showed preference for the gold fish.

I'm totally fine with dd2 not drinking the rice milk if she doesn't want it, but if nothing else, I need to cook with something. I've bought the rice milk, and when that is gone, I have some oat and some hemp milk to try. At daycare they will be offering her rice milk in place of the milk the other kids get (in cereals, in a cup, etc). I've asked them to be conscious of her intake and offer her water too so she won't get dehydrated. They substituted other items in her menu for any items that had dairy. For example, she will be getting some french fries on the day they normally have mashed potatoes (because they have milk in potatoes).

[lnitti]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

Amy's does some pizzas that don't have any kind of cheese at all, too.

I found 3 dairy free Amy's pizza. 1st was a roasted vegetable pizza. That is a no go since I don't like mushrooms or artichokes, and only like a minimal amount of cooked onions. 2nd is the rice crust spinach pizza which may be ok. I'm not sure if I want to spinach or not. but then I found at 1 of my local stores a non-dairy rice crust cheese pizza. I haven't tried it yet, so we'll see. However, I don't see it on their dairy free list on their website, so I guess I'll have to go read the label again.

[mbbinsc]

My 3 yo DD is IgE allergic to dairy, peanut, egg, shellfish and tree nuts. We keep her spot on the table allergy free (my DH eats eggs in the am, or DS will have milk in cereal). I have DS (he is 10) cover the table with dish towel if he is eating allergen. He sometimes eats snack after DD is asleep. My DD will get hives from skin contact.

I would have thought DS would have not given up peanut butter. But he was there for DDs anaphylactic reaction and saw how bad it was (wheezing, diarrhea, full body hives, throwing up). He rushed to the ER with us and he witnessed her being treated. Having had that experience, he has not had peanut butter in our house for almost 2 years.

[lnitti]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

Tofutti pizzas are completely dairy free. The entire tofutti line is completely dairy free and kosher pareve- their stuff is popular with kosher consumers who want dairy analogues to serve with and after meat meals.

I've seen the tofutti pizzas in the freezer case, but I've never tried them. First, I couldn't make room for them in the budget, and then I had to go off gluten so they're no longer an option for me at all (and the Amy's stuff isn't certified kosher.)

I make my own pizzas at home. Lately I've been making "pizza quiche" instead- mix together "pizza toppings" and tomato sauce with eggs and "pizza spices" and put in a pie plate and bake.

One of our stores here carries the Tofutti pizza. I bought one - $5 for "3 slices". It smelled good. My odd asked me what I was cooking and both my girls liked it. it says 3 slices, but the 1 rectangle that makes the 3 slices was not enough pizza for my 2 kids. I only had a taste to see how it was and surprisingly it was pretty good. One problem is that of the rectangle, on 3 sides that was about an inch wide crust that had no sauce, cheese, etc and was really to crispy to eat. so IMO, it really was not 3 slices since half of the 2 end slices were that crust.

It was good. Wish it weren't so expensive, and wish there was more pizza and less crust. I was surprised. I honestly thought it would be gross.

We also tried the Tofutti cream cheese substitute. ydd never really had much in the way of cream cheese before. I made her a cream cheese sandwich and she liked it. Odd likes cream cheese sandwiches and bagels too. She asked for a cream cheese and jelly sandwich (which she has never had before - usually just cream cheese). She ate a little, then asked for PB&J instead. but she did eat almost half of it.

We bought the Tofutti sour cream substitute as well, but haven't tried it yet.

[lnitti]

Originally Posted by mbbinsc

My 3 yo DD is IgE allergic to dairy, peanut, egg, shellfish and tree nuts. We keep her spot on the table allergy free (my DH eats eggs in the am, or DS will have milk in cereal). I have DS (he is 10) cover the table with dish towel if he is eating allergen. He sometimes eats snack after DD is asleep. My DD will get hives from skin contact.

I would have thought DS would have not given up peanut butter. But he was there for DDs anaphylactic reaction and saw how bad it was (wheezing, diarrhea, full body hives, throwing up). He rushed to the ER with us and he witnessed her being treated. Having had that experience, he has not had peanut butter in our house for almost 2 years.

Wow! That must have been pretty scary for everyone! I keep telling odd that her sister can't have certain things anymore because they will make her sick. And I just hope that we never have to experience anything that dramatic for her to start to get it.

she begged me for some "chips" when we were at the airport observing the planes after dropping off my sister for her flight. She picked Doritos! I didn't let her eat them there I was worried about crumbs and cheese on the fingers, ydd getting them, etc. She ate them after we got home while ydd took a nap. She was happy, ydd was safe.