You wouldn’t think it, but my posts on Bean’s milk and soy protein intolerance (MSPI) and the elimination diet are…

November 3, 2016

There’s nothing like Halloween and birthday parties to get a food allergy/intolerance parent’s heart racing. Will my kid notice this…

October 17, 2016

I’m currently working on my website while eating a hot bowl of cioppino from Tadich Grill. I am the San Francisco…

March 25, 2016

As soon as Bean started preschool, my mind was blown by how superior her lunch box options were to mine as…

February 1, 2016

When you have a kid with food intolerances and allergies, birthday parties and holidays become a tight rope walk. And…

November 23, 2015

Yesterday, Bean was in the final stretch of recovering from her recent leg ailment. It’s nearly impossible to keep a toddler from…

November 18, 2015

As Halloween approached this year, I had less and less of an idea about what to do about the intersection…

November 2, 2015

As Bean became more mobile and her first birthday approached, an odd panic set in: What are we going to do with…

September 23, 2015

This is a question I’ve been asking every parent of a child with food allergies or intolerances, and I’ve found…

June 1, 2015

Last week, KQED’s Forum hosted a panel of food allergy academics to discuss a new study that shows giving peanuts to…

March 5, 2015

My heart goes out to all of you who might be traveling over the holiday weekend and are on a…

December 16, 2014

When you are first time parents, it is difficult to separate first time parent anxiety from real actual problems. You…

October 29, 2014