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How Do You Keep Your Family Safe During Halloween?
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posted October 9, 2017
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Get your children to recognize the repercussions of everything they eat. Whether they get headaches, misbehave, get rashes or indigestion, or whatever. Point it out each time. My son really liked bacon, but it would set him off with excess energy and shaking his foot. We just kept bring it to his attention and he finally got it. I have been sensitive to soy since I was born, yet did not quite get this fact and suffered for years with headaches. It wasn't until a couple of years ago, I finally pinned it down. Now when I do come across a headache, I can point to exactly what it was I ate. Allergies can take up to 72 hours to show up. A journal works best...Good luck to all of you who deal with children who suffer and don't understand why they can't have what they want when they want. Its a process, and a prolonged one at that.

posted October 11, 2017
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We keep all nuts that are allergic to our two boys out. They can do almonds and coconut but that is about it. I will say that I have had some really upsetting support when we visit my husband though. He, unfortunately in in a white collar prison system for a couple years and there are nuts in the vending machine. You never know who sat in the seats before you and with a whole row of buts in the vending machine it is assured that someone with nuts sat there before. They are always being eaten all around us and we can't say a thing but it took me a lot of arguing with the system to allow Diphenhydramine (cause they would not allow Benadryl in because it is not prescribed- and even with the prescribed medication they gave me a VERY hard time). If people do not suffer from food allergies they don't care- not even our government. I tried reaching out to some advocacy groups during my struggle but none helped. Such a shame but I do appreciate this group reaching out and looking for input.

posted October 10, 2017
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I found Halloween candy for my son who can't have gluten dairy eggs ectect. It's called no whey chocolate and it's free of the top 8 allergens. It's great he still gets to have his Candy's. It does however contain cornstarch, so it won't work for that.
But it's a great alternative for a my Little one. Now if I could get my teenager to stay away from the allergens would be even better. But he chooses to be a teenager and knows everything. Even so it makes him sick and has attitude problems. httpsww.nowheychocolate.com/

posted October 10, 2017
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Our three kids love Halloween! We still go "trick or treating" but they know - none of the candy can be eaten before we get back home. At that time we go through the candy, remove what they can not have and let them dig into what they can have. Then the candy that they can't have is given to family members to bring home or it is brought to work. This has been the routine for 12+ years, so they know what to expect. Our children are allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and soy.
Happy Halloween - enjoy the time with your family & friends!

posted October 10, 2017
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Halloween is a big deal in my home.

I have a 5yr old and a 3yr old. The 5yr old has a list of allergies so getting sweets from other people a big no no. So this is what we do!

Decorate your house. Balloons lil pumpkin garland. Spooky fairy lights, fake spiderwebs etc. This year I managed to get a door cover that has a skeleton on the loo reading the paper. My boys think it's well funny! I buy loads and loads of "safe" sweets and put them in a bowl by the front door ready for the boys to give out.

We all dress up (I'm usually a witch) and the boys pick their costume. Then we watch scoobydoo pausing it every time someone knocks. They screem with excitement and rush to the door pretending to be scary monsters as they open the door.

They absolutely love it and it's our special thing. They don't feel like they've missed out, they dress up and gets too many sweets to eat. Lol

posted October 10, 2017

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