The nut allergy thread

[Deleted]

Sept 4, 2012 12:34:06 GMT -5 scotty said:

I remember sandwich spread sandwiches and warm milk in my thermos for lunch. Or liverwurst.

I'm so sorry you grew up with child abuse in the home.

That's sad and unfortunate.

Are you okay?

[jaylea]

Sept 4, 2012 12:33:17 GMT -5 letsgetweird said:

I bring turkey sandwiches to work and I don't refrigerate. It hasn't made me sick yet.

Now I'm side eyeing myself. Should I be using an insulated bag?

Not if it works for you. Food is a lot more hardy than people tend to assume.

[scotty]

Sept 4, 2012 12:35:16 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Sept 4, 2012 12:34:06 GMT -5 scotty said:

I remember sandwich spread sandwiches and warm milk in my thermos for lunch. Or liverwurst.

I'm so sorry you grew up with child abuse in the home.

That's sad and unfortunate.

Are you okay?

Hm-mm. Nope.

*sucks thumb*

[hubes]

You know, its really hard for me to remember to slow down to 25 mph when I'm driving through town.

Hope you are all okay with the potential death than can come from my forgetfulness. I don't understand why you aren't grateful when I remember to do so.

[karmasabiotch]

We can't send anything manufactured in the same plant as a nut product. We were issued a 10 page list and then at the end it said it was not an inclusive list it was just a reminder of some of the more popular items.

I have anxiety for the children with nut allergies that are this sensitive because I'm guessing parents either disregard the list entirely or aren't careful. I'm thankful J isn't allergic to anything so far.

[bleubook]

Wow, my future children will have no hope of survival.
I mean...seriously, the kids are getting sandwiches, fruit and cookies/granola bars just like I did. And they will like it, or not.
And they will survive without refrigeration, or not.

[Deleted]

Sept 4, 2012 12:26:38 GMT -5 jaylea said:

It's all so dramatic in there.

I, for one, am just so relieved that I am not in a position with my kids where I have to not only deal with worrying that something other people like could kill my child, but their parents are at home stomping their feet over this new inconvenience.

My friend's peanut allergic child was given an PB cracker by an after school care worker in Kindergarten. Imagine her panic when she heard that! Fortunately he had an epi-pen but my gosh, she can't even trust the employees of the school - let alone other kids and parents.

YOU ARE IGNORING VEGETARIAN CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT FINANCIALLY WELL-OFF. you expect them to eat CHEESE? or HUMMUS? or SUNFLOWER BUTTER? or TOFU? that hasn't been refrigerated at optimum temperatures? YOU ASSHOLE.

[jaylea]

Sept 4, 2012 12:52:26 GMT -5 cville said:

Sept 4, 2012 12:26:38 GMT -5 jaylea said:

It's all so dramatic in there.

I, for one, am just so relieved that I am not in a position with my kids where I have to not only deal with worrying that something other people like could kill my child, but their parents are at home stomping their feet over this new inconvenience.

My friend's peanut allergic child was given an PB cracker by an after school care worker in Kindergarten. Imagine her panic when she heard that! Fortunately he had an epi-pen but my gosh, she can't even trust the employees of the school - let alone other kids and parents.

YOU ARE IGNORING VEGETARIAN CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT FINANCIALLY WELL-OFF. you expect them to eat CHEESE? or HUMMUS? or SUNFLOWER BUTTER? or TOFU? that hasn't been refrigerated at optimum temperatures? YOU ASSHOLE.

Clearly there are no poor kids with a PB allergy - because they all starved.

And there are no beans or anything for vegan kids. And you expect a vegetarian to eat an EGG or CHEESE?

Come on now.

[litebright]

My DD1's preschool doesn't do snacks because there are too many severe allergies.

When they do parties, it's fresh fruit and veggies (store bought only, nothing sliced/prepared at home; and no strawberries b/c those are so allergenic). No cookies, candy, cupcakes, etc. If you want to bring those, they have to be individually packaged and sent home with the kids so their parents can decide whether or not they can eat them.

I wish they did a snack because I enjoy packing that kind of stuff, but it's just 2.5 hours, so NBD.

The fresh-fruit/veggies-only parties seemed like such a drag until I went to them last year. The kids really don't care -- it's still a treat for them to eat anything at school, and fruit is sweet, so they chowed down. I prefer the healthiness of it, even if it does kind of make me nostalgic for the days when people would bring in huge trays of cupcakes for their birthdays.

My only beef was that it's fairly expensive to buy big prepared fruit trays, and last year other parents seemed to avoid it. The sign-up slots for fruit would just be empty until the day before the party -- so then I would step up to buy them just make sure there was actually something to eat. I was okay with that once or twice, but by the end of the year I was really annoyed. I hope it's different this year.

[bab]

Sept 4, 2012 11:41:28 GMT -5 jaylea said:

on PC&E (or CE&P) is killing me.

There is nothing to be done if you can't send PB to school - things need to be refrigerated!!!

It's a bit over the top. I thought everyone knew about insulated lunch bags and ice packs? Apparently not.

THE CHILDREN WILL STARVE!

I will never understand why people can't get over an inconvenience so small as packing something else when it's literally a life or death situation for another child.

I haven't read the thread but I can only imagine how extreme things are getting over there.

LOL

[wannabe]

the worst part of that thread was reading that some schools have a table for the kids with nut allergies. that would suck ass, especially since kids can be cruel as fuck.

[jaylea]

Sept 4, 2012 13:58:24 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

I love the poster who's all WE WERE POOR AND VEGETARIAN!, like peanut butter was the only cheap thing standing between her family and starvation.

I am still dying over the refrigeration stuff.

It's hard that there are no alternatives in our modern society.

[mrssavy42112]

Sept 4, 2012 13:31:06 GMT -5 litebright said:

My DD1's preschool doesn't do snacks because there are too many severe allergies.

When they do parties, it's fresh fruit and veggies (store bought only, nothing sliced/prepared at home; and no strawberries b/c those are so allergenic). No cookies, candy, cupcakes, etc. If you want to bring those, they have to be individually packaged and sent home with the kids so their parents can decide whether or not they can eat them.

I wish they did a snack because I enjoy packing that kind of stuff, but it's just 2.5 hours, so NBD.

The fresh-fruit/veggies-only parties seemed like such a drag until I went to them last year. The kids really don't care -- it's still a treat for them to eat anything at school, and fruit is sweet, so they chowed down. I prefer the healthiness of it, even if it does kind of make me nostalgic for the days when people would bring in huge trays of cupcakes for their birthdays.

My only beef was that it's fairly expensive to buy big prepared fruit trays, and last year other parents seemed to avoid it. The sign-up slots for fruit would just be empty until the day before the party -- so then I would step up to buy them just make sure there was actually something to eat. I was okay with that once or twice, but by the end of the year I was really annoyed. I hope it's different this year.

Well, if I was attending that preschool, I wouldn’t have been able to eat most of that because I’m very allergic to a lot of fresh fruit & veggies. Depending on the item, I can be so allergic that I can’t even eat something that touched it. See, you can never win. There will always be something. But I’d be annoyed if I was the only one buying it too.

[Chirp]

Sept 4, 2012 11:47:04 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Sept 4, 2012 11:45:05 GMT -5 hubes said:

Did someone really name their kid Rook?

Nope. He has a normal name. Rook is short for Rookie (also not his real name.)

And dude, did you see the OH NOES GMOs AND CO2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because that was hilarious!

I do think people have a point that it's more than just peanut butter though.

I threw one of those "its more than just PB" points out there. Shocker... all but one person ignored me (and that person was just saying that they notice the soy disclaimer moreso than the peanut disclaimer).


I enjoy throwing little bones of common sense out over there. They get so worked up over every little thing that it's almost too easy sometimes.

[jaylea]

Do most schools have a policy prohibiting manufacturing facility cross contamination, though? I thought it was usually just PB, or peanut products. that's pretty easy to screen for.

[bab]

That thread is a disaster. Good grief!

[lemondrop]

Sept 4, 2012 11:41:28 GMT -5 jaylea said:

on PC&E (or CE&P) is killing me.

There is nothing to be done if you can't send PB to school - things need to be refrigerated!!!

It's a bit over the top. I thought everyone knew about insulated lunch bags and ice packs? Apparently not.

THE CHILDREN WILL STARVE!

I will never understand why people can't get over an inconvenience so small as packing something else when it's literally a life or death situation for another child.[/quote]

You don't even know how much I appreciate this. I'm freaked out about DD going to school someday with some asshat parent breaking the rules and possibly killing her.

[scotty]

I like that not wanting to die from a nut allergy = entitled. As someone who has had to get pretty creative with my food, it can be done and it doesn't take a ton of money or a ton of effort. And I consider myself fairly lazy sometimes. The internet/Pinterest/etc. are good resources.

[Chirp]

Sept 4, 2012 14:09:43 GMT -5 jaylea said:

Do most schools have a policy prohibiting manufacturing facility cross contamination, though? I thought it was usually just PB, or peanut products. that's pretty easy to screen for.

One of the daycares we checked out had the full blown "no peanuts, peanut products or manufacturing cross contamination" rule. Huge signs on the door and everything.

Others were a little more lax and asked for just no peanut products.

Another one kept a crock pot full of hot water on a tv stand in the toddler room (for warming up bottles). I don't think they would have cared if you fashioned a skirt out of peanut butter covered pine cones.