Alot of us parents of allergy kids and even our selves with allergies may read all labels on our foods though do you read lables on your skin care and soaps, cosmetics, and “personal care” products ????
Unfortunately, ingredients are listed using their Latin names, which may not be instantly familiar.

An example is “arachis oil,” which is the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) name for peanut oil.

So As a exercise go have a look at your products you have around the house and READ THE LABELS it might shock you not to mention the dangerous ingredients that they are full of that arent a ALLERGEN ....
Is your Personal products making you SICK???

Below some common food ingredients that you may read on products ...

• Avocado (Persea gratissim)

• Bitter almond (Prunus amara)

• Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa)

• Coconut (Cocos nucifera)

• Cod-liver oil (Gadi iecur)

• Egg (Ovum)

• Hazelnut (Corylus rostrata/americana/avellana)

• Melon (Cucumis melo)

• Milk (Lac)

• Mixed fish oil (Piscum iecur)

• Pea (Pisum sativum)

• Peanut oil (Arachis oil)

• Sesame (Sesamum indicum)

• Soy (Glycine soja)

• Sweet almond or almond oil (Prunus dulcis)

• Walnut (Juglans regia/nigra)

 This sure wasn't one of the first things I myself thought of when we started our Allergy journey hence why wanted to share.

We Can not give to your family what you don't have....

Another words most of us parents especially Mum's tend to forget ourselves and give all we have to our families and especially our children. Now is the time to start to change your way of thinking , and start to take care of ourselves as well if not first as we can't give out much or be strong for our children if our buckets are empty.

This is a strong message the universe has been sending me this week after recent events , by energy levels and feel good levels are just reaching rock bottom after the event of seeing our youngest son have a anaphylaxis episode on Tuesday afternoon.

So my message today for every parent out there especially us parents of allergy children to do at least one thing a day for yourself , most of us haven't done a thing for ourselves since our child has been diagnosed ,doesn't have to cost money could be as simple as running a nice hot bath for yourself and light a few candles and sit and relax try not to think about things you have to do , take time to try to have an empty mind. There are so many things we can do for ourselves and when we are running around after our children and trying to think about everything , making sure all bases are covered when it comes to our child's safety and their allergies , we normally forget about the most important person and that's ourselves. Without our inner batteries charged or our buckets filled we end up running on empty and this in the end doesn't help any one. A simple daily ritual would be awesome and yet we could also make a ritual weekly being a bubble bath for example Thursday nights.
So for all you Mum's out there its time to get your girly on and Start feeling human again eventually even if you can leave your child or children with a spouse or a grandparent or even a friend , maybe get your hair done , go shopping or even a walk listening to your favourite music.You will so be surprised the difference this will make you feel and the difference your day will be.

Taking care of yourself is not a selfish act but an act of necessity ( our children and families need us to be the best we can be).

Lets work on filling our buckets up together  (more ideas along self-care ) :) Heidi

Feel free to comment some ideas you may have come up with and want to share

 So our journey continues only today's Doctors appointment was with a difference . Have you ever found that if you look after your Allergy or intolerant child so well and they are growing well , that they tend to sweep under the carpet for the time being , until such time things change ??
 Well not here with this little brown duck , just out of the blue i was prompted from accepting the way things are as out of my control and we have what we can control under wraps , well for no longer time to poke and motivate the doctor and specialist into some Action in really finding out what my baby girls allergy condition really is and to start with a Management plan or at least look for one.
 It's so amazing what us as humans can do or accept ..... accept as normal as for them in their life as it is , though when a conversation with another starts you soon get the reality check that having a little girl four weeks off turning 3 and only able to eat 3 foods is not ok anymore. There has to be more answers and she cant fight for the answers i have to be her voice , no matter how weak and worn out i feel its up to me in which she trust with her life to get things in Action and be the voice she is too young to be. Well young and little though at nearly 3 she is far from silly , to hear her little voice say " mummy i can have that when i GET BIG " just makes you want to cry knowing i really don't know anything else to say to her except to say " Yes when you GET BIG".
 I suppose what has prompt me to take Action yet again is all my little Angel wants it to have a cupcake or a tinker bell birthday cake ... her little not yet 3 year old voice says. Well i have 3 and bit weeks to get creative with her request and obviously not a real and edible cake though something that looks like a tinker bell cake ... mmmm creative mind is at work on how can i pull this one off , trust me i will not give up on this challenge set before me.

 Well really was no real plan for this blog it really was just to give our allergy journey a voice and to help others in doing so , making sure others know they are not alone on this journey and together we can support and share ideas.

Please feel free to contact me or write a comment and look forward in helping other families on their allergy journey's.

This photo was borrowed as a example of cake my princess would so dream of ...