With Good Intentions

The kids don't have school on Tuesdays, so we spent the morning at the gym. I took my GI Jane class, Wyatt took a kids fitness trial class, and the other boys played in the gym nursery with Ms. Melissa.

Wyatt absolutely LOVED his fitness class. He asked me if he can take it every Tuesday! He also said "Mom, I didn't even get really sweaty like you either. I don't need to go home and take a shower!" He was so well behaved during and after his fitness class that I am thinking I would be crazy not to sign him up for that class every Tuesday.

The other boys made some Halloween crafts and came home covered in stickers, so they must have had fun too!

I let the kids play outside before lunch, but the weather was not looking good. Then as soon as we came in for lunch it started raining and turned windy and cold.

So after naps I decided to make cookies with the kids. We even picked out a recipe that didn't contain nuts or milk so that Shane could eat them.



Unfortunately, it didn't go as smoothly as planned.......

Somewhere along the way there must have been nut contamination or an ingredient was incorrectly labeled because my little Shane had a severe allergic reaction to the cookies. After eating a cookie his eyes swelled, he got huge welts around his mouth, and his lips and tongue swelled WAY up. He had trouble breathing and I could tell that it was going to be a big reaction. I gave him a whopping dose of Benedryl and waited to see if that would stop the reaction, but I got his epi pen out just in case.


Luckily, the Benedryl stopped the reaction and I didn't end up having to use the Epi Pen. But the Benedryl wiped Shane out and he wanted to sleep. I was afraid to put him to bed until I knew that he was going to be ok, so we kept him up. The poor little guy laid on some towels on the kitchen floor and tried to go to sleep.

I was so upset. I clearly read every label and re-read every label and there is no reason that Shane should have reacted like he did. The only thing that I can think of is that there was some nut contamination somewhere along the way.

I feel so guilty for putting him through all of that! He is so pleasant and I should just let him enjoy eating the foods that I know are safe for him. I just always feel like he is missing out on so many good foods that I try and include him and it just backfires! So, I am going to keep him in his bubble of safe foods and know that he is happy and content and doesn't know what he is missing...... except for some breathing problems and some Benedryl!