For the first month after a diagnosis

The First Two Weeks

There is a folder from the allergist's office on your counter, and the internet is offering you nine thousand things to learn tonight. You do not need nine thousand things tonight. You need three, then a sequence. This kit is the sequence.

What it is

One PDF, written by the parent who runs this site. The guide walks the two weeks in order: tonight (three things, then stop), the first three days (the injectors, the plan, the kitchen floor to stand on), week one (the label habit and the pantry audit), week two (grandparents, babysitters, school, the first restaurant), and a chapter on what can wait, because most of what is frightening you tonight belongs there.

The last five pages are printables built to be used, not admired:

• The pantry audit: every label in your kitchen, three verdicts, no guessing.
• The caregiver handoff sheet: one page that makes a grandparent safe to leave alone with lunch.
• The reaction log: the details your allergist will ask for, captured while they are fresh.
• Week one and week two checklists: the whole guide compressed to one fridge page each.

Two bonuses are linked on the download page: the free chef-card builder and the Universal Allergen Chart, both already on this site. They belong in this box, so they are in it.

Before you buy

The clinical content on this site is free and stays free: every allergen profile, every where-it-hides word list, the weekly recall roundups. The kit does not gate any of that. What it sells is the order of operations and the paper: which things to do on which day, and the printables that make the habits stick when you are running on four hours of sleep. If money is tight this month, start with the free profile for your allergen and the newsletter; they cover the core. The kit is the shortcut.

It is educational, not medical advice. Every clinical decision in it points back to your allergist and your child's written action plan, on purpose.

Common questions

Does it work for any allergen? Yes. The sequence is the same whether the diagnosis is peanut, milk, sesame, or something outside the Big 9; the guide points to this site's per-allergen pages for the words specific to yours. The labeling-law section is written US-first, with pointers for Canada and the UK.

Is this a subscription? No. $147 once, yours to keep and print.

My child was diagnosed months ago. The kit is built for the first month, and parents further in tell me the handoff sheet and audit still earn their place. Read the free pages first and decide.