Pizza is the Enemy!

[Cupkatemom]

How many of your kids have adverse reactions to pizza? There is something about the combined mozzarella (high lactose) and grease that sets my girl off. The problem...pizza is at every birthday party, classroom celebration and sleepover. We make home-made pizza at home now and it satisfies the craving and there are no adverse reactions, but I offer her caution to eat take-out. Any tips on how to handle for all these celebrations without drawing attention to her?

 

[my little penguin]

Pizza does not bother my kiddo ( school lunch did though )
He had food allergies from age 5-10 so I get the food is everywhere thing.
Basically she can eat it and feel bad or chose to bring her own what ever.
We packed safe food either similar or of DS chosing for years.
Boiled water in a thermos keeps hotdogs warm for 8 hours.
Pyrex portables keep homemade piazza warm as well.
Bring a slice or two for home and heating it in the nurses microwave ( I am sure the GI would give a letter to the school ).
Bringing other food instead.
If anyone asked -which they did at first -the food wasn't different just safe for him
Or wouldn't make her sick per her doc in this case
After a while the kids knew that was just what DS ate - no biggie and didn't ask anymore
Parents would tell me what they were serving PTA/party etc...
Ahead of time so I could plan what to bring .

Good luck

 

[Maya142]

My daughter ate pizza about a billion times and got really really nauseous. Then, one day she'd had enough and stopped eating really greasy pizza (she will eat homemade pizza or the kind with less cheese).

When she does eat pizza, Lactaid helps (she is lactose intolerant). If she doesn't eat it, she just makes an excuse ("I'm lactose intolerant, or "Really greasy foods make me sick"). For the most part, everyone has been very understanding and after a little while, it just becomes "normal".

 

[Cupkatemom]

I guess I should see my post as a positive...her Crohn's is getting under control so here I am worrying about the "little" things. Thanks guys! I am sure it will get easier for her in time.

 

[SupportiveMom]

This is an issue for us too. Lactaid only helps so much and not all of the time. If she has some say at a function (like a sleepover before they order) she will politely say something & they normally will order her wings or garlic toast or some side the pizza place sells. It took a while for her to feel comfie enough to speak up.

If it isn't possible and she is really hungry she will just rip the cheese off. There is normally someone happy to take her cheese. I always make sure she has granola bars just in case to tide her over.

 

[sammyb22]

I take off all toppings

 

[Momtotwo]

Homemade pizza is fine for my son with light sauce. Pizza was the second food he self eliminate before diagnosis. First was milk. It was a sign that something was wrong. He kept saying he was sick of it because of too many parties. My friend with Crohn's can't eat pizza even though she is in remission. She blames the tomato sauce.

 

[sammyb22]

I find that it is the grease, I literally take the entire top off and I am fine.

 

[DanceMom]

My daughter struggles with salsa. She loves it, chooses to eat it, and suffers the consequences the rest of the day.

 

[CDJ]

For Josh it is the tomato base that causes him problems with pizza. He is fine with the cheese. Some places here will do a "white pizza", meaning no tomato base. But we don't often have that out, I will make it at home though and he is okay with it.

 

[Henrietta78]

Yes! My heart just sinks when I see those boxes emerge at a party! However, even though he is only 5, my kid is good about not eating what he know will hurt him...he once warned a mom at a birthday party that too many cheese crackers could give her "wet farts"...she had NO idea what to make of that. We do our own homemade pizza every Friday night, and if I have advance warning I will bring him his own non-dairy cheese pizza.

 

[sammyb22]

Yes! My heart just sinks when I see those boxes emerge at a party! However, even though he is only 5, my kid is good about not eating what he know will hurt him...he once warned a mom at a birthday party that too many cheese crackers could give her "wet farts"...she had NO idea what to make of that. We do our own homemade pizza every Friday night, and if I have advance warning I will bring him his own non-dairy cheese pizza.

Bless his heart, looking out for everyone!!

 

[maxx445]

We are experimenting with soy cheese pizza to see if that is an alternative since my son says the mercaptopurine doesn't interact well with dairy. I hope it is edible.

 

[Henrietta78]

Maxx445...keep an eye on soy cheese...many contain casein, which is a milk protein many people have allergic reactions to. Daiya makes a decent vegan cheese with out too many additives. If the lactose in dairy is the problem then you are probably OK with a soy cheese. Trader Joe's has a good soy cheese but it does contain casein.

 

[maxx445]

We bought Daiya i made sure it didn't contain casein.