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Sep. 20th, 2006 11:33 amZoe just threw a fit and sobbed for awhile because she doesn't want to go to preschool today. Oh goody. And today is the beginning of carpool so she will be asked to get out of the car and walk inside without mommy. I can hardly wait. Don't worry. I handled it correctly. She knows she's going anyway and is cheerfully eating lunch at the moment.
Okay, there is a child in both my girls classes who is allergic to nuts. They sent a note home telling us not to bring anything for snack that even MIGHT contain nuts. Each child bring their own snack and are not supposed to share or trade, but I'm guessing they just don't want to risk kids handing food containing nuts to someone who can't have it. I understand that. But do you know how many crackers and cereal bars and other such things say "may contain tree nuts" on the packaging? Since I don't want to send cheese with Luci (limiting dairy severely) and can't send anything that might have nuts in it, that really limits her snacks to fruit and veggies. Our staples of granola and cereal bars with whole grains in them (therefore, some protein) are no-nos apparently. She really needs some protein fairly often. I try to give her protein about every two to three hours to stave off meltdowns. What can I possibly give this child for protein that is a finger food, non-messy snack, that doesn't contain milk or nut products? Arg! She begged to take an oatmeal bar to snack today and some raisins. I hope it is okay. The packaging says "may contain TRACES of tree nuts". Is that too dangerous?
Okay, there is a child in both my girls classes who is allergic to nuts. They sent a note home telling us not to bring anything for snack that even MIGHT contain nuts. Each child bring their own snack and are not supposed to share or trade, but I'm guessing they just don't want to risk kids handing food containing nuts to someone who can't have it. I understand that. But do you know how many crackers and cereal bars and other such things say "may contain tree nuts" on the packaging? Since I don't want to send cheese with Luci (limiting dairy severely) and can't send anything that might have nuts in it, that really limits her snacks to fruit and veggies. Our staples of granola and cereal bars with whole grains in them (therefore, some protein) are no-nos apparently. She really needs some protein fairly often. I try to give her protein about every two to three hours to stave off meltdowns. What can I possibly give this child for protein that is a finger food, non-messy snack, that doesn't contain milk or nut products? Arg! She begged to take an oatmeal bar to snack today and some raisins. I hope it is okay. The packaging says "may contain TRACES of tree nuts". Is that too dangerous?
