Thursday, May 19, 2011

First School Party

Today is Bryan's school's 1st birthday celebration. Undoubtedly birthday cake is a must have in a birthday celebration. The cake available here are mostly with egg. Bryan is allergic to eggs & is sensible enough to know that cakes are not meant for him, except cake baked by Ama (grandma) or vegetarian cake from the bakery. Feel bad that he can't enjoy the food as the rest of the kids, but really proud of his control & displine.


In order to get Bryan some food that he can safely enjoy, I volunteered to bring some from home. I was busy at wee hour this morning to fry udon with shallot, carrot, cabbage & chicken. Supposed to cook 2 packets of udon, but it didn't fit in my 10 inch or it is 12 inch frying pan. Split into 2 portions instead but due to the time constraint & my inexperience in handling portion that big, I could only get slightly more than half of the udon done. Will dispose the other half that didn't make it to the party as lunch.


Made some red dragon fruit milk jelly too last night. Came out pretty nice looking in pink, didn't need any food coloring. Was a little sweeter than usual, hope the kids & teachers like it.

Being a parent of a child with food allergy is not easy. I have to bring him his own snacks to school daily. And we only dine in a couple of places which have been tested safe for him. But I feel blessed that Bryan's allergy isn't life threatening & have faith that he will eventually grow out of it.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Happy 1st anniversary

Yes, juicing for 1 year! It was a great accomplishment for me, seeing how Bryan's skin is getting better by the day. There will many more years to come I am sure!
The improvement seems miraculous now but it didn't come by easily. He was shedding some much skin during the 1st six months that I wished I had the time to vacuum the bed daily. Bath time was another challenge, luckily I got my husband, who was the brave hero to handle the screaming & crying boy. Nowadays, my mom in law or the foreign helper at her place can bath him without any trouble.
Really thankful for everything! And I wish that all parents of children with eczema & adults with eczema have the chance to try out vegetable juicing. :)