Kid 1's classroom is not only nut free

[keh2oblue]

Awww, poor kid. Anything with a nut or a pit, huh?

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Sept 18, 2012 13:20:44 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

Sept 18, 2012 12:44:04 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

I have a fruit allergy related to pollen too. Allergy shots didn't help me. It's mostly fresh fruit. I eat a cherry and will have a reaction, but I have eaten a slice of cherry pie without a reaction.

Bummer! They told me it was likely it wouldn't help, but thankfully it did. I'm guessing with little kids they just don't want them accidentally sharing. Poor kid Allergies SUCK!

My DH's fruit allergies are pollen related as well. He has never tried shots but has been told that they won't do anything. I wonder if he should try anyway? He is the same way--only reacts to fresh fruit, but can consume if cooked or processed.

[frlcb]

Sept 18, 2012 12:56:21 GMT -5 marynjoe said:

I get what you're saying about his severe allergies, but pass this by a parent of a child with autism after fighting for years to get him mainstreamed, and I see two parents that are both putting their child's needs first and not willing to compromise.

The difference is the child with allergies doesn't just have 'needs', if his 'needs' are ignored he could die. That is a huge difference.

[hannamaren]

Sept 18, 2012 12:35:34 GMT -5 marynjoe said:

Odd thought here: I knew a kid who had Autism, and he would ONLY eat PB&J sandwiches for lunch or he had a meltdown. What if he was in the same class with the kid with allergies? Who's rights would win out?

Parent could perhaps try to introduce apple butter or honey.
If not,separate classrooms.
But the kid that can DIE would win.

[marynjoe]

I'm NOT saying that I agree with the kid with Autism getting his way while a child with severe allergies dies. I'm saying that in our school systems, they're trying so hard to please every parent and child, avoid possible lawsuits, and follow the terms of the ADA, it's sometimes impossible to get anything accomplished. Add to that the helicopter parents who think their preshus Unique deserves to eat whatever she wants, it's not going to be easy.

I feel so sorry for that kid with allergies.

[iheartbanjos]

Sept 18, 2012 12:35:34 GMT -5 marynjoe said:

Odd thought here: I knew a kid who had Autism, and he would ONLY eat PB&J sandwiches for lunch or he had a meltdown. What if he was in the same class with the kid with allergies? Who's rights would win out?

DD's school is nut free and I would sometimes back DD a lunch with soy nut butter and jelly. We're soy free now too, but we can do sunflower seed butter so I'll try that next.

[Deleted]

I work with ADULTS on the spectrum who will throw tantrums over lunch choices. In reality hypothetical school should have the boys eat lunch separately while boy with autism works on food aversions with behaviorist. Neither boy should be isolated from peer group. They just can't eat with each other.

[Becca]

Poor kid.

Whle picking up at daycare today, I watched a toddler accidentally get some milk on their skin. Teacher started to clean him up immediately, but he was broken out in hives and swelling like a balloon. Simply due to skin contact of milk.

Crazy stuff (they had to do epi-pin and 911 and the whole deal)

Thankfully, LO is ok. (a teacher rode in ambulance with toddler, and I picked teacher up from hospital after his parents got there, so I got an update)

Allergies are scary! I feel so badly for the parents and kids who deal with such serious ones

[Deleted]

Oh man, poor kid! How terrifying for the parents too; you'd have to trust that other parents would recognize the seriousness of the situation and react compassionately. And how scary for the teachers, to have to police all of that.

[luvmagoldn]

As the parent of two kids with food allergies, I am heartened by these responses. :heart:

DS#3 is allergic to milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts and sesame. His preschool is nut free - which is helpful - but milk, egg and sesame definitely are brought in to the classroom.

I don't expect the school to declare his classroom milk (or egg or sesame) free but it does make me extremely nervous. He's had contact reactions to milk, as well as anaphylaxis when ingested. The best I can hope for is good cleaning practices, good hand washing and enforcement of the no food sharing policy.

Livintheville - your compassion and cooperation will mean the world to that child and his/her parents. Thank you.

[lindyanne]

I'd try to have the autistic boy try soy butter. If that doesn't work, I think they both have a similar right in this case. They're both a disability that the school needs to find a way to accommodate.

[ilikedonuts]

Its long lists like that that make me grateful DD's only allergy is egg and even then she can still have it in baked goods.

[SusanBAnthony]

Although I am completely sympathetic to that poor kid, I would worry that parents would screw up. I mean, I often throw ds's snack together in a early morning brain-fog, and I can remember no peanut fairly easily, and probably no nuts, too, but I would probably screw up at least once a school year. If not as a stand-alone food, then as an ingredient, yk? If you multiply that times every kid in the class, I can't imagine how exposure wouldn't happen at some point. It would be so stressful as a parent to an allergic kid to be worrying about that all the time.

[marynjoe]

Sept 18, 2012 19:45:49 GMT -5 @idaholakelady said:

And how scary for the teachers, to have to police all of that.

No kidding. I'd be terrified that one day, something would slip by me and the kid would have a horrible reaction. How scary!

[Deleted]

I had the same fruit allergies as swizzlestix. Also went away with shots. I never had a really bad reaction...usually just took a claritin and the mouth itchiness went away. I could also peel fruit and eat it no problem. And eating it cooked was never an issue.

[6fsn]

Holy cow, poor kid and his poor parents. Do the parents rotate the snacks or does each kid bring his own? I'd be with SusanB and worry about forgetting. As the parent I may just offer to do classroom snack most days.

[everam01]

These responses make me feel a little better about N's peanut allergy. It's so scary to me. We do have to carry an epi and have another set at daycare. This is NOT a nut-free facility so the teachers have to be extremely diligent.

Most kids don't outgrow a peanut allergy, and they currently don't have any type of treatment other than avoidance.

[MadamePresident]

It’s nice to see that people are so understanding of food allergies. My sisters are homeschooled partially due to their allergies not only are they sensitive to many times of food, but they also react to fragrances. My mom realized there was just no way that she could realistically get other people to not use scented laundry detergents, perfumes and lotions.

Even now that they are teenagers when we go somewhere, we will often avoid certain stores, change seats so they are away from people with fragrances, etc. It makes things difficult for them.

[liveintheville]

Sept 19, 2012 6:54:54 GMT -5 6fsn said:

Holy cow, poor kid and his poor parents. Do the parents rotate the snacks or does each kid bring his own? I'd be with SusanB and worry about forgetting. As the parent I may just offer to do classroom snack most days.

Each kid brings their own but there was a list of approved snacks so it's easy to choose something on that list. Also, I believe, they have some there if a kid's snacks don't meet the requirements.

No parents are allowed to send in homemade treats for any occasion as a prevention.