Last week, I wrote a post about accommodating a child in one of my classes with wheat allergies by making cookies with spelt flour. Through the resulting discussion, I got to know about Gina Clowes and her site for families with allergies, Allergy Moms.
The point of my post, was to let other parents know that making a small change to include someone who is often excluded is no big deal. Gina told me that most parents who have food allergic kids would prefer you not bake or cook for them due to the risk of cross-contamination.
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One of the things I dread is that one of the children might have an allergy I don’t know about. Sure, we’ve covered the big things like peanuts, milk and wheat, but I haven’t had either of them tested for an allergy to bee stings or anything like that. It isn’t just the potential of an allergic response that frightens me, although the thought of allergic shock is horrible to contemplate.
I also worry about the response of other parents if I had to ask them to change something to accommodate my children.