Last year, for Food Allergy Awareness Week, I wrote about the things I’d learned in the 2 years since my daughter’s diagnosis with a peanut allergy. This year, I’d like to share some things that I, as a parent of a child with a severe food allergy, would like for…
Parents can be confused and frustrated when their child is not talking. The child may have no known childhood developmental disorders or medical diagnosis, yet for some reason the words won’t come or the child is very difficult to understand. As pediatric speech-language pathologists (SLPs), we encounter these children daily….
I don’t often feel blue about having a child with special needs. My oldest has cerebral palsy, but after initially being told he wouldn’t survive his birth, we have always felt blessed just to have him in our lives. So I don’t want this to sound like a complaint. It…
In light of recent events that occurred in St. John parish, one of our readers who is also a social worker asked me to share the following information and resources with the community. ————————————————————————————————————- 1 in 5 women will be sexually abused in the US at some point in their…
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Did you know this week is Food Allergy Awareness Week? 2 years ago this week, I had no idea about life with food allergies, much less that there was an awareness week, when my husband and I let our then 18 month old twins try their first taste of peanut…
Well the first annual Northshore Parent Easter Egg Hunt happened this past weekend and it was a wonderful success! Over seventy-five families came out to hunt Easter Eggs, make crafts, take pictures with the Easter Bunny, and nibble on some sweet treats. The weather was absolutely perfect and shady Paul…
This is a pretty new blog so if you don’t know me, let me take a minute to tell you some of my background. In 2007 my son was born in almost complete heart failure and the next day he suffered a massive stroke as one of the side effects…
The holiday season (and life in Southeast Louisiana) is all about food. Everyone has their favorite treats that they only get this time of year and everyone is ready to share. But, if your child is one of the estimated 15 million Americans who have food allergies, so many treats…
My son Charlie has a full dance card of medical issues–he had a stroke at birth resulting in cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and epilepsy. Charlie was born in Arkansas in 2007 and we promptly moved home to live near our families. The following year Ivan headed towards the New Orleans area…