Mommy Musings

Last night Skip put the girls to bed.  Once Charlie was asleep, he spent a little time with Emmy.    He read her another story and they told jokes, as is their routine when Skip's actually home for bedtime.  He was just about to leave when she started crying.  Apparently she was crying about her peanut allergy.  She told Skip that she doesn't want to be different any more.  She asked why she can't be normal like everyone else.   Break my heart! Skip managed to calm her down and she woke up this morning without another thought about it.  As kids do, she bounced back quickly.  But still, my heart hurts for my sweet girl. We try to make Emmy's life as 'normal' as possible, despite her allergy. Yes, she knows the seriousness of it and that she cannot ever have any peanuts.  She always makes sure to ask if something has peanuts in it.  She checks to make sure we have her epi-pen every time we leave the house.  But we don't let ...

I came across this article the other day on Twitter.  As a food allergy mom, it sparked my interest. Basically, there is a mom in Canada is filing a human rights campaign against her daughter's school for not being accommodating enough to her severe allergy to milk and eggs.  The mother would like to ban both of these items from the school.  The school has already made a lot of accommodations for her daughter, but the mom doesn't feel like it's enough. Now first off, I see both sides to this issue.  I am the mom of a severe allergy child...one whose life is in danger if she ingests peanuts.  I have also been a teacher and a camp counselor.  It is hard to make exceptions for one child {or a few} when the majority of kids are able to eat a certain food.  But in the cases of a deadly allergy, it always needs to get done .  I feel for this mother, I really do.  I also think that there is only so much a school can, and should have to do.  T...