I'm Co-Hosting a Food Allergy Chat on The Motherhood!

Last year, I was privileged to join the amazing Lori Sandler of Divvies and several other terrific bloggers and various parenting experts in a wonderfully successful live chat series on The Motherhood web site, a parenting forum that I love. We explored many aspects of food allergies including summer camp, play dates, sleepovers and much more. Here is a link to that chat.

In their infinite wisdom, The Motherhood decided that more food allergy chats are a great idea! Hooray! I appreciate that this parenting forum is so open to addressing the problem of food allergies, and tackling it from many angles. So here are some more details on what will be a fun and informative live chat.  Can't attend? You can click the link below (the one right after "Where: The Motherhood, right here") and submit a question. They will also provide a transcript a few days after the talk.

You're invited to The Motherhood for a Live Chat!

What:  A live, all-text talk on The Motherhood, called Managing the Anxieties Around Food Allergies.  We're continuing the Navigating Food Allergies series with a solutions-oriented class on handling the anxiety and feelings of isolation that can come with managing food allergies. Dr. Jules Spotts will join Lori Sandler and a fantastic group of bloggers to talk about how it's going for you and to learn and share ways to make sure allergies don't define your kids or your family.

When: Tuesday, June 5, at 1 p.m. ET. We will chat for 30 minutes!

Where: On The Motherhood, right here - http://bit.ly/KIHxQo

Who: The all-text chat will be hosted by Lori Sandler, founder of Divvies Bakery and author of The Divvies Bakery Cookbook, and psychologist Dr. Jules Spotts. Co-hosting are these amazing people:

Barbara, Food Allergy Initiative, http://www.faiusa.org/Carmen, Mom to the Screaming Masses, http://momtothescreamingmasses.typepad.com/Christina, A Mommy Story, http://www.amommystory.com/Clarissa, The Posh Parent, http://theposhparent.com/Eleanor, The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, http://www.foodallergy.org/
Emily, West of the Loop, http://www.westoftheloop.com/Jenny, The Nut-Free Mom, http://nut-freemom.blogspot.com/Kelly, Food Allergy Mama, http://www.foodallergymama.com/Sarah, The Allergist Mom, http://theallergistmom.com/Sloane, Allergic Girl, http://allergicgirl.com/

Co-host Twitter IDs:@FoodAllergyInit
@mttsm
@mommystory
@theposhparent
@FoodAllergy
@westoftheloop
@nut_freemom
@foodallergymama
@TheAllergistMom
@allergicgirl

Host Twitter IDs:
@Divvies
@theMotherhood
@EmilyMcKhann
@CooperMunroe
@eolson426
 
I hope you can join us!

Navigating Food Allergies: Join Our Live Web Chat!

As I've mentioned previously, I am co-hosting a live, interactive class called Navigating Food Allergies: At Camp, On Sleepovers and Playdates on TheMotherhood.com and I hope you'll join me!!

When: Tuesday, April 12, at 1 p.m. ET

Where: TheMotherhood – here’s the link to the page where the class will be held.

What: The class is called Navigating Food Allergies: At Camp, on Sleepovers and Playdates. Join the experts to talk about ensuring your kids have fun and safe experiences in these environments away from home. Lori Sandler, Divvies Bakery (http://www.divvies.com) will lead a discussion with Sandy Rubenstein of Camp Wingate*Kirkland (http://www.campwk.com) and Renee Flax of the American Camp Association (http://www.acacamps.org), who have worked with many families managing food allergies. Come with questions and your own best approaches. The focus is all about making sure your kids are taken care of physically, emotionally and socially so they can have fun!

The class is sponsored by ConAgra Foods and hosted by TheMotherhood.

To find out even more info about The Motherhood as well as the Navigating with Food Allergies series, click here.

Can’t wait, and I hope to see you there!