No Easter Candy?

Photo GummyBears! by TamyCherry

For many, Easter is a fun-filled holiday packed with Easter egg hunts, dyed eggs and lots of sweets and treats.  However, for a few Easter is a stressful time filled with many can'ts and no's.  My son has had food allergies and sensitivities his whole life and artificial dyes, artificial sweeteners, and refined sugars (white sugar and HFCS) literally possess my son when he eats them.  This afternoon he happily gobbled up a treat size bag of gummy bears his sister brought home from a school egg hunt, but in about 45 minutes he was bouncing off the walls.  In three hours, he managed to....
Read the whole story and some possible ways to ease the stress here on Today's Mama.