Comments on: Does your child have food allergies? http://babyshrink.com/2009/02/does-your-child-have-food-allergies.html Child and parent development by licensed psychologist, Dr. Heather. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: babyshrink.com » Blog Archive » Food Allergies, Your Child’s Behavior, and YOUR Guilt http://babyshrink.com/2009/02/does-your-child-have-food-allergies.html/comment-page-1#comment-2978 babyshrink.com » Blog Archive » Food Allergies, Your Child’s Behavior, and YOUR Guilt Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:58:52 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=408#comment-2978 [...] flexible when you CAN be. I appreciate the comments left by Hot Wife, KiwiLog and Margaret after my last post, and I urge you to review them, and their resources, if you’re interested. Here are some of [...] [...] flexible when you CAN be. I appreciate the comments left by Hot Wife, KiwiLog and Margaret after my last post, and I urge you to review them, and their resources, if you’re interested. Here are some of [...]

]]> By: Hot Wife http://babyshrink.com/2009/02/does-your-child-have-food-allergies.html/comment-page-1#comment-2976 Hot Wife Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:12:40 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=408#comment-2976 The most helpful thing for me was finding a support group, far more helpful than the allergist. I was able to learn practical application from others who had been in my shoes. But I think the challenge of food allergies never stops. The most helpful thing for me was finding a support group, far more helpful than the allergist. I was able to learn practical application from others who had been in my shoes. But I think the challenge of food allergies never stops.

]]> By: Margaret Evans R.N., B.S.N., C.P.C.C. http://babyshrink.com/2009/02/does-your-child-have-food-allergies.html/comment-page-1#comment-2975 Margaret Evans R.N., B.S.N., C.P.C.C. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:15:29 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=408#comment-2975 Addressing food allergies and sensitivities is worth every minute you spend figuring out how to do it! I am a nurse, a life coach and a mom of 4 grown children who faced these challenges. Their health, their happiness and their behaviour were transformed when I removed the offending foods from their diet. They did follow the diet through their school age and adolescent years and continue to make healthy choices in adulthood. How do you do it: 1. You make an unwavering commitment to it as a mother and resist the temptation to give in. 2. You connect to what you value and what is important to you and this is what you focus on when the going gets tough. You do the same with your child. 3. You help your young child to role play the various experiences she might come up against so she has a repertoire of answers for other people's questions and comments 3. You create delicious and healthy alternatives so your kids don't feel deprived. There are loads of resources out there to do that. Giving them carrots sticks won't work! 4. You enlist their participation in cooking and in creating alternatives for birthday parties etc. 5. You offer empathy for their circumstance and give space for their feelings but you don't allow them to turn it into a long sob story. Everyone has challenges so help them find the resilience to manage theirs. This builds life skills that stretch far beyond the issue of food. 6. Find support. It might be your friend, your mother, or someone else in your kid's class facing similar experiences. This topic is now very common in the world so find someone to talk to. I have loads of experience and wisdom on this topic and am delighted to share it. Please check out my website at www.dynamicchoices.ca for some downloadable ideas. Print off the signs and symptoms sheet and see how many things on the list you tick off! I coach people one on one and in groups to identify the offending foods and to remove it in a way that is successful in the midst of their busy life. How might your life and the life and potential of your child be different if you removed that offending food in a positive way? I challenge you to be creative and find the way to do it - your child's health and happiness will be profoundly impacted. Margaret Evans R.N., B.S.N., C.P.C.C. Addressing food allergies and sensitivities is worth every minute you spend figuring out how to do it! I am a nurse, a life coach and a mom of 4 grown children who faced these challenges. Their health, their happiness and their behaviour were transformed when I removed the offending foods from their diet.

They did follow the diet through their school age and adolescent years and continue to make healthy choices in adulthood. How do you do it:

1. You make an unwavering commitment to it as a mother and resist the temptation to give in.
2. You connect to what you value and what is important to you and this is what you focus on when the going gets tough. You do the same with your child.
3. You help your young child to role play the various experiences she might come up against so she has a repertoire of answers for other people’s questions and comments
3. You create delicious and healthy alternatives so your kids don’t feel deprived. There are loads of resources out there to do that. Giving them carrots sticks won’t work!
4. You enlist their participation in cooking and in creating alternatives for birthday parties etc.
5. You offer empathy for their circumstance and give space for their feelings but you don’t allow them to turn it into a long sob story. Everyone has challenges so help them find the resilience to manage theirs. This builds life skills that stretch far beyond the issue of food.
6. Find support. It might be your friend, your mother, or someone else in your kid’s class facing similar experiences. This topic is now very common in the world so find someone to talk to.

I have loads of experience and wisdom on this topic and am delighted to share it. Please check out my website at http://www.dynamicchoices.ca for some downloadable ideas. Print off the signs and symptoms sheet and see how many things on the list you tick off! I coach people one on one and in groups to identify the offending foods and to remove it in a way that is successful in the midst of their busy life.

How might your life and the life and potential of your child be different if you removed that offending food in a positive way?
I challenge you to be creative and find the way to do it – your child’s health and happiness will be profoundly impacted.

Margaret Evans R.N., B.S.N., C.P.C.C.

]]> By: KiwiLog http://babyshrink.com/2009/02/does-your-child-have-food-allergies.html/comment-page-1#comment-2973 KiwiLog Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:37:23 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=408#comment-2973 Food allergies are definitely a big problem, but thankfully more and more resources are becoming available to help parents deal. KiwiLog has some great posts about this issue--check them out! http://kiwimagonline.com/kiwilog/category/allergy-awareness-with-robin/ Food allergies are definitely a big problem, but thankfully more and more resources are becoming available to help parents deal. KiwiLog has some great posts about this issue–check them out!

http://kiwimagonline.com/kiwilog/category/allergy-awareness-with-robin/

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