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Food Allergy Week – help raise awareness!

May 16, 2017 By ThisHapp-yMumma Leave a Comment

Food Allergy Week – help raise awareness!

This week, 14-20 May is Food Allergy Week here in Australia. With 1 in 10 babies born in Australia having food allergies it is an epidemic that needs awareness, funds and research. For more info about Food Allergy Week Visit http://www.foodallergyaware.com.au to find out how you can help raise awareness, show your support through your…

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A Catch Up for the This Happ-y Mumma Blog

May 12, 2017 By ThisHapp-yMumma Leave a Comment

A Catch Up for the This Happ-y Mumma Blog

So… if you have been to my blog of late you will have noticed the lack of updates for a while, well since Sept 2016 to be precise! Life has got hectic, and I have really struggled to get the free mind space and physical time to keep the blog updated. I have been regularly…

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Allergy Friendly Donuts – no dairy, eggs, nuts

September 30, 2016 By ThisHapp-yMumma Leave a Comment

Allergy Friendly Donuts – no dairy, eggs, nuts

A few months ago, I spotted a donut tray being sold with the Better Homes and Gardens magazine. I don’t buy a lot of magazines, but the donut tray sold me! With our 4yo Miss J having severe allergies to dairy and eggs (plus peanuts, tree nuts & kiwi), I had put donuts in the…

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Dairy Egg Nut Free Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes

June 22, 2016 By ThisHapp-yMumma Leave a Comment

Dairy Egg Nut Free Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes

Today Miss J went to her first every kids birthday party! She was so excited to get the invitation, there was no way she wasn’t going to the party. The lovely Mum of the birthday girl contacted me last week to let me know what food she was making for the party. She asked if they…

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Our First Restaurant Meal As An “Allergy Family”

June 9, 2016 By ThisHapp-yMumma 1 Comment

Our First Restaurant Meal As An “Allergy Family”

Some people will read my heading of “Our First Restaurant Meal As An Allergy Family” and raise an eyebrow and scroll by. While some others, probably people in a similar situation to us, will see the heading and think “Oh I remember when we did that” or “One day hopefully we’ll do that too”. It might…

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A Safe, Allergy Free Easter Can Be Done

March 17, 2016 By ThisHapp-yMumma 1 Comment

A Safe, Allergy Free Easter Can Be Done

Are you hoping for an Allergy Free Easter, but deep down dreading Easter due to the mountain of allergens you and your family will have to navigate? Get togethers when you have a child with severe food allergies can be stressful. Add in a day that is seemingly focussed on a food, chocolate, which can contain…

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When A Little Victory Means Alot – Food Allergies

February 26, 2016 By ThisHapp-yMumma 2 Comments

When A Little Victory Means Alot – Food Allergies

Sometimes all you need is a little ray of sunshine on a gloomy day to make you feel all is well in the world. I have found in the 3.5 years of our “food allergy journey” that a little victory now and then makes a big difference. We have been lucky to have experienced quite a…

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Miss J is Starting Kinder With Food Allergies

February 1, 2016 By ThisHapp-yMumma 2 Comments

Miss J is Starting Kinder With Food Allergies

For most families, starting Kinder or Pre-School is a time of much excitement, and some anxiousness. Will my child be ok, will they take to the new environment , will they make friends, will they like their teacher. I can tell you as the mother of a child with life threatening food allergies, the balance…

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Dairy Allergy and Miss J’s Baked Dairy Challenge

January 14, 2016 By ThisHapp-yMumma 6 Comments

Dairy Allergy and Miss J’s Baked Dairy Challenge

The Story So Far – We discovered that our now 3yo Miss J had a dairy allergy when she was 5 months old. She had a severe reaction to milk powder that was in a fruit squeezie. Up until that day I had made all of her foods, it was the first time I had…

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Jack’s Date Cookies – from a fellow Allergy Mum

November 19, 2015 By ThisHapp-yMumma 4 Comments

Jack’s Date Cookies – from a fellow Allergy Mum

These cookies are delicious, and will forever be known as Jack’s Cookies in our home. When our now 3yo daughter Miss J had her first anaphylactic reaction at 5 months of age, I felt like we had immediately been segregated from the “normal” world. We had found out that some foods are poison for our little…

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About Melissa

Mel Happ (hence the Happ-y!) is a wife and mumma blogging, tweeting and sharing about food allergies and all things that make this happ-y mumma tick. Her daughter (2012 vintage) has severe food allergies. She lives in Country Victoria, Australia with the loves of her life, Mr C & Miss J. Read More…

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  • Food Allergy Week – help raise awareness!
  • A Catch Up for the This Happ-y Mumma Blog
  • Allergy Friendly Donuts – no dairy, eggs, nuts
  • Dairy Egg Nut Free Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes
  • Our First Restaurant Meal As An “Allergy Family”

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