i'm sorry. if I offended you. I just share what I learn with other people.
Believe me, I do understand your position, because i've gone through it with
my kids as well. I had a step daughter who had betwetting issues and i
learned that 80% of bedwetting cases was due to dairy allergies, whether the
parents are aware they are allergic to it or not. Even if they are aware of
an allergy most people don't make the connection with bedwetting.
Unfortunately, my step daughter's mother didn't want to cooperate in helping
me resolve the issue. SHe thought it was just easier to keep spending $10 a
week on diapers for a 6, 7, 8 year-old and not want to be bothered with
challenging any foods in her diet. She tried challenging milk for a little
over a week and then gave up. Because it workd some times and not others she
just assumed it was of no consequense and dismissed the whole idea.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, i was fighting my step daughter because she
insisted on agreeing with her  mom. I also dealt with telling people at
other events she was allergic to dairy, so they made ice cream sundaes for
everyone else and gave her a cup of crackers. Now what kid wouldn't feel
alienated from something like that? Why couldn't they have just thought of
an entirely different treat all together? I'm sorry if I typed too long
again, but I wanted to stress that I do understand how you feel. I go
through it every day as well. If you want to email me seperately to save
space for the talk list you certainly can. Sue [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patty Majerik" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Is it me?


> I don't think anyone who has not had firsthand experience with food
> allergies really "gets it"--- and this does not include most of the
> waiters we will ever encounter, unfortunately!
>
> I attended a "Mommy & Me" type class with my milk-allergic daughter when
> she was 2 & 3 years old and was always amazed at how many of the other
> moms would bring unsafe snacks when it was their turn to bring the snack,
> even though I handed out a sheet to each of them with suggestions for
milk-
> free snacks AND verbally asked them almost every week to please bring the
> packaging with them so I could doublecheck the ingredient list.  It would
> make my blood boil when they would disregard all these requests and then
> put a cupcake in front of my daughter!  I'd have to run over and take it
> away from her and the mom would usually say something like, "No, I don't
> have the package but it is JUST a regular vanilla cupcake!"
>
> OK, done venting!  On the positive side I will say that our entire family
> does eat healthier as a result of my daughter's allergy, and maybe in that
> way, we are all the better for it in the long run.