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It Works...For Us

He successfully slept in the crib overnight for the first time!

This week was a milestone for our family. Our 6 month old infant with the polyester allergy, slept the entire night in his crib in the nursery.

As we discussed in a previous post, this has been exceptionally difficult to achieve, in part due to the nature of his allergy and trying to find a way around the polyester laden crib…

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They Just Don't Get It

They Just Don’t Get It

That’s a sentiment of so many parents with a child with a special need. Whether that need is severe like down syndrome or MS, or something more invisible like asthma or a severe allergy, it is very common for parents to feel like others just don’t get it.

But why do we feel this way? In our experience it is in part due to some, including physicians, dismissing what we have observed for our…

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How Hard Is It To Sleep?

How Hard Is It To Sleep? For a baby with #polyester #allergies, it can actually be quite difficult.

As we indicated in the previous post, mattresses are something that has polyester in them.

The mattress we had for our son when we discovered his allergy was 100% polyester. So, the hunt to find another solution began.

The first stop was to a new mattress. As we explored this, we were disgusted by what we found. First, even mattresses that claimed to be 100% cotton often times had polyester…

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Polyester is EVERYWHERE!

Polyester is EVERYWHERE! Can you ever get away from it? Read about our journey with a polyester allergy.

If an alien landed and then came out and said they were allergic to oxygen, where would you send them?

Unfortunately that’s they way it is for people with polyester allergies, especially children. It has been really eye opening for us as we’ve explored all that has polyester in it.

You must read your tags carefully, even 100% cotton clothing may still have polyester.

Pretty obvious polyester…

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