Eggpaste? March 6, 2008

I thought I was being so careful. Diligently scrutinizing the ingredients of any food or products that I gave Peanut. He never touched any piece food if we didn’t know what was in it, how it was cooked and where it was processed. 

It never occurred to me to check his baby toothpaste. Why would there be egg in toothpaste? But, as I patiently watched Peanut go through all of his toys and tear apart his room, rather than nap this afternoon, I mindlessly picked up his toothpaste and read the ingredients. And, there it was, Ingredient #10 “lysozyme (from egg)”. 

I have to be even more careful. It is not enough to just watch everything that Peanut eats, I have to read (and re-read) labels of everything Peanut touches.

Irony December 5, 2007

Peanut has a peanut allergy. We just found out last night. Luckily, we discovered this by way of a blood test and not a scary allergic reaction.  We are shocked. It never occured to us that Peanut would have a food allergy. And, here I was so carefully reading every food label making sure he didn’t have high fructose cornsyrup, added sugar or preservatives when the enemy all along was his namesake.I imagine I will now enter a whole new peanut-free world. New online groups, new doctors and new worries.I wonder, do I have to change his nickname?