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Can You Outgrow FPIES? Rare Food Allergy

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Can You Outgrow FPIES a Rare Food Allergy (Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome) – the short answer, obviously, YES.   (What is FPIES?!) There are many common food allergies and FPIES is definitely one of them. In fact it often goes unnoticed and your child may end up having unnecessary testing due to failed diagnosis. When […]

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Food Allergies Rising| Ignorance Ensues

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I use this picture for FPIES awareness. This is the picture that changed our lives. Our daughter had always thrown up and we never knew why. This day after her breakfast was her most severe FPIES attack.

In recent years there have been increases in food allergies and with that increase we’ve seen a ton articles like this.  I’ll sum the article up for you.. The woman is complaining that children without allergies cannot bring “the lovely, homemade, buttery, gluten-stuffed cake.”

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Our Top 5 FPIES Kitchen Essentials | Food Allergy Awareness

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Having a child with an allergy isn’t easy, but these kitchen gadgets have made our experience in the kitchen a bit more enjoyable.  Finding everyday products that are ready to go was nearly impossible so with all of these we’re able to control the ingredients, nutrition, and of course we have fun doing it! 

5 Top FPIES Kitchen Essentials

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Celebrating the Holidays with FPIES

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Since Sweet Baby’s FPIES diagnosis I’ve tried to find out anything and everything I can about FPIES.  (new here? no worries! read our post – what is FPIES)  I would like to say I know all there is to know, but then I’d be lying.  There’s so much still unknown about FPIES since more research needs to be done and every single case is different. Our situation could be better or worse than the next.  One thing that doesn’t change is how we approach it in certain situations, or how much we let it control our lives.

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Help spread FPIES Awareness by pinning and sharing the above image. With your help we can help those without a diagnosis!

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