Finally, the sun is starting to shine. And with it, comes warmer weather. Hot days and nights are not always a good thing for a child with eczema. We are fairly lucky that heat itself doesn’t seem to worsen MIB’s eczema, but he often comes out in a heat rash if he gets too hot […]
Archives for June 2012
What actually is a saveloy?
Ages ago, MyItchyBoy was asking me why there were carrots next to the ham at the deli counter. I had to explain that, although orange they were actually saveloys. Of course, I am under 50 years, so when questioned as to what a ‘saveloy’ was, I was stumped. I explained vaguely that it was a […]
Calorie Cake
I discovered Soreen’s Banana Cake in Sainsbury today. It does say that they use allergens in the same factory, but we’re usually fine with that here. MIB has never experienced malt loaf before as the original contains milk. His face was a picture as each mouthful took about ten minutes to chew! As far as […]
A great ‘Free From’ find at the market today
Just wanted to mention someone who made my son’s day today. We were wandering around Borough Market in London at lunchtime today. MyItchyBoy was getting a bit bored when he suddenly saw some cake. Eyes bright, he scanned the labels and burst out with ‘That one’s egg free and dairy free! I can eat that!…Mummy, […]
Our latest blood test experience
A while ago MyItchyBoy showed signs of a reaction to fish. Since then, we have had a consultant appointment and agreed to go for another RAST test. This is mainly because I hold no faith in the scratch tests since the peanut experience. As the RAST test involves taking blood we agreed that it was […]