A great allergy kit!

Do you have allergies, severe allergies? Does someone you know and love suffer from severe food allergies, especially a little one in your life? Our 3 year old has severe food allergies, she has anaphylactic reactions to peanuts and tree nuts along with a few other few items that cause reactions that are a little less worrisome(hives). As a result we have been searching for items that she can wear or carry that let other caregivers (preschool teachers, friends parents, dance teachers, day care providers to name a few) that she has severe allergies. On my hunt for items like an alert bracelet I found a company called AllerMates and they specialize in all things allergies! Lucky for us, they provided us with some products to review here on our blog and to share with all of you!

This is the kit that we got, it contained a Wheat Gluten free lunch box and reusable snack bag, a multi-charm allergy alert bracelet, individual peanut, nut and wheat allergy bracelets, and two sets of label stickers one for gluten free and one for no nuts.

This lunch bag is the perfect size for a child's lunch and it is labeled right on it "I'm wheat gluten free." This label is visible right on the bag and makes anyone who sees your child's bag aware that they should not consume wheat gluten. The lunch box also had a reusable zippered snack bag that was labeled gluten free as well, this is the perfect size for a small snack like Gluten free pretzels, cookies, cereals or other loose snack.

Then there are these fantastic label stickers, we have one that says "proud to be wheat gluten free", and one that says "I'm not nuts, just allergic to them!" you can put these onto packages such as a sandwich bag, snacks you may send for the entire class, or your child could even wear them if they were going on a field trip or something and this would be a very visible label of their allergies to make someone who may not know your child or be the usual teacher (example- a parent volunteer on the trip etc.).

 

This is the AllerMates multi-allergy alert bracelet. This bracelet has snaps to keep it on the child and has several tags that can be placed on the bracelet to customize it to your child. This bracelet is a fantastic option if you have a child with several different allergies including food allergies, medicine allergies and several other options. Extra buttons can be purchased through the website which cover some of the less common allergies, the most common allergy buttons are included in this kit, nuts, peanuts, egg, wheat, dairy and asthma.

 

These are the individual bracelets that show a single allergy on each bracelet. These are a great option for a child who may only have one or two allergies or medical issues they need a bracelet for. There are several options on their website covering many different allergies, each allergy has it's own special character - Wheat gluten is Professor Wheatley! These are really cute and silly characters that make something that can be very scary for kids, parents and caregivers a little less scary.

 These are two pictures of my three year old wearing the multi-allergy alert bracelet. On the smallest snap setting it fits her wrist and on the largest it fit mine, these will fit most any kids and some adults with smaller wrists. We really like this specific line of allergy awareness products because of the bright colors, fun characters and the fact that the bracelets can be worn together or as the multi-allergy. Please visit the AllerMates website for their entire line of allergy related products including EpiPen cases.


**Thank you to AllerMate for providing us with these products for review. I was not compensated for this review and all of the thoughts are my own and I only recommend products that we believe would be beneficial to my readers.**