How Do You Decide? Costco Cakes

Our son is nine now and more independent.  There are so many gray areas on handling his food allergies…  How can we help him handle these?

Costco bakery ckaeEven within the food allergy community, there are so many differences on how families handle different.  Costco make beautiful cakes at a great price.  And they have that super mousse layer with lots of icing on top.  These cakes come with an allergy warning on them- and they should.  The bakery area is a shared space where they seem to make many different products, many with nuts.  I have tried to ask about food safety there, but the bakers are non-native English speakers and the talks were not productive.

So our guy with his sky-high allergy test numbers doesn’t eat these cakes.  But other responsible food allergy families have done the same considering and come to a different conclusion.

Home made cakeIt does help that both dear husband and dear daughter have a talent for baking and decorating custom cakes.  Son always has something special and sugary to eat at parties.

It is definitely a balance for our son to respect others’ decisions but stick to what is best for him.  How do you decide ?

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