A week of ups and downs

Trigger warning: I talk about food, weight loss and comfort eating It has been a week since my last post, but it feels like a much longer interval. It has been a busy week, and I feel like a few things have changed. First of all, an update on my daughter’s food challenge in midweek.

The food challenge

Trigger warning: anaphylaxis I haven’t written much about my daughter’s food allergies yet. Of all the issues that our little family is dealing with, this is probably the one that I have the least grasp of, the least understanding or control. I know there is trauma there to process, but it feels like it’ll be

The start of the chapter

I had my first real meltdown of my 30s when my daughter was about 6 months old, in 2018. She had terrible eczema. Her skin was constantly raw, most of the time she had to wear mittens or socks on her little hands, to try to prevent her scratching herself and slicing her skin. We