It's been a while since I've been here on the blog so I'm not thrilled that today is a vent rather than something useful.
But when someone says something to me and it sticks in my brain all day buzzing around, I suppose that means I have to write it down. Damn bees in my bonnet.
So today at school it was the dreaded "muffins for moms/doughnuts for dads" annual nonsense. I truly detest this event but that's a whole different post.
At the end of the event we were trying to figure out what to do with the dozens of left-over doughnuts and someone suggested saving them for the 5th graders to enjoy after their field trip.
Now, it should be noted that I had already combined the "nut free" doughnuts with the "regular" doughnuts because I assumed the whole tray was going to the teacher's lounge.
Me: Do we have any peanut or tree nut allergies in the 5th grade? Because if we do I already mixed up the doughnuts so that wouldn't work.
The responses ranged from:
"No I don't think so."
"We only have one that MUST sit at the peanut-free table and he's not in fifth grade."
"We have a few kids but they have to ingest the food to get sick." (Really? You know that for a fact, do ya?)
And then this gem from someone on staff at the school: "We don't have any issues ever since your daughter left." And then she LAUGHED.
What. The. F*ck. (Language, I know. But seriously.)
I just looked at this person - a hard stare, actually - and then walked away.
How dare you be so stupid to deem my daughter's allergies a "problem".
How dare you be so arrogant to find that funny.
There is nothing funny about food allergies. Ever.
I probably could have said something but in this case you just can't fix stupid.
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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Happy Almost New Year!
Yes I have been a total slacker on this blog.
Life is like that.
I still have posts to write about our dining experiences at Walt Disney World (mostly positive) and I'll get to those.
It's been crazy around here with the holidays.
Also, we think Olivia had an allergic reaction to food a few weeks ago.
Long story short: Olivia used to love the regular Krispy Kreme doughnuts (the pre-boxed doughnuts you can buy at the grocery story). The label read as if they were safe. I checked ingredients and labels online and it all seemed OK. Until about a month ago. Liv came home from ballet class feeling totally fine, ate one doughnut, and then went to bed a little bit later.
She woke up a couple hours later and had thrown up IN HER SLEEP. That's right. She threw up in her sleep. I still can't wrap my brain around that.
When she came in our room she was flushed and shaking and said she felt "weird" and dizzy. We cleaned her up, had her brush her teeth, and then she went back to bed. She was fine the next day but we kept her home from school because she was afraid of being sick again.
We have no proof that it was the doughnuts but in digging a little deeper I did discover that while Krispy Kreme says they don't knowingly add peanuts to their products they can't guarantee that the products are peanut and tree nut free because they can't guarantee that their suppliers are a peanut/tree nut free supplier and cross contact may occur.
And so...we've eliminated Krispy Kreme doughnuts from the house.
I think the episode scared Liv and she's been a bit more unsure about food lately. It makes me sad to see her stressed out about food.
Here's to an allergy safe 2016.
Life is like that.
I still have posts to write about our dining experiences at Walt Disney World (mostly positive) and I'll get to those.
It's been crazy around here with the holidays.
Also, we think Olivia had an allergic reaction to food a few weeks ago.
Long story short: Olivia used to love the regular Krispy Kreme doughnuts (the pre-boxed doughnuts you can buy at the grocery story). The label read as if they were safe. I checked ingredients and labels online and it all seemed OK. Until about a month ago. Liv came home from ballet class feeling totally fine, ate one doughnut, and then went to bed a little bit later.
She woke up a couple hours later and had thrown up IN HER SLEEP. That's right. She threw up in her sleep. I still can't wrap my brain around that.
When she came in our room she was flushed and shaking and said she felt "weird" and dizzy. We cleaned her up, had her brush her teeth, and then she went back to bed. She was fine the next day but we kept her home from school because she was afraid of being sick again.
We have no proof that it was the doughnuts but in digging a little deeper I did discover that while Krispy Kreme says they don't knowingly add peanuts to their products they can't guarantee that the products are peanut and tree nut free because they can't guarantee that their suppliers are a peanut/tree nut free supplier and cross contact may occur.
And so...we've eliminated Krispy Kreme doughnuts from the house.
I think the episode scared Liv and she's been a bit more unsure about food lately. It makes me sad to see her stressed out about food.
Here's to an allergy safe 2016.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Muffins for Moms...But Not Kids with Food Allergies
If there is an event I dislike more than any other at school it has to be "Muffins for Moms" and "Donuts for Dads."
What is supposed to be a fun time for kids and their moms or dads is really anything but "fun" when your kids has food allergies.
Doughnuts can be full of eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, and gluten. So if your kids has an allergy to any of those items there is nothing fun about it.
At Olivia's old elementary school they used to have a "peanut free" box of doughnuts (and since they were from a local bakery that we regularly use for peanut-free birthday cakes I trusted that they were safe).
Today was the first "Muffins for Moms" at her middle school. The doughnuts were from that same local bakery but the school failed to have a "peanut free" box.
I asked the principal if any of the boxes were nut free. I received a blank stare in response. And then I said "if they aren't then Olivia can't eat them, so I wanted to double check with you." [In my head I was thinking "so that we can avoid a potentially bad situation right here in the cafeteria....]
The response: "Oh my gosh. I didn't even think about that. I guess I need to start thinking about that in this day and age, don't I?"
Yes. You do.
Especially since you have many kids in your school with food allergies.
And then she says to Olivia: "You need to remind me about that next time."
No, my sixth grader doesn't need to remind you. As principal your job is to think about ALL of the students, even those with food allergies and then ask for help from a food allergy parent if you need it. I'd be more than happy to help out and offer suggestions.
One of Olivia's friends - also a sixth grader - said "I can't believe they didn't have a safe box of doughnuts! There are SO MANY kids with peanut allergies in this school."
Exactly.
In this day and age with the prevalence of food allergies - peanut allergies especially - every principal needs to think about whether or not the food they are serving at a school event has a safe alternative.
As it is, I made sure Olivia ate breakfast before we went to school but I could still see that look of disappointment on her face. So instead of eating doughnuts we went to the book fair and I bought her two new books.
What is supposed to be a fun time for kids and their moms or dads is really anything but "fun" when your kids has food allergies.
Doughnuts can be full of eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, and gluten. So if your kids has an allergy to any of those items there is nothing fun about it.
At Olivia's old elementary school they used to have a "peanut free" box of doughnuts (and since they were from a local bakery that we regularly use for peanut-free birthday cakes I trusted that they were safe).
Today was the first "Muffins for Moms" at her middle school. The doughnuts were from that same local bakery but the school failed to have a "peanut free" box.
I asked the principal if any of the boxes were nut free. I received a blank stare in response. And then I said "if they aren't then Olivia can't eat them, so I wanted to double check with you." [In my head I was thinking "so that we can avoid a potentially bad situation right here in the cafeteria....]
The response: "Oh my gosh. I didn't even think about that. I guess I need to start thinking about that in this day and age, don't I?"
Yes. You do.
Especially since you have many kids in your school with food allergies.
And then she says to Olivia: "You need to remind me about that next time."
No, my sixth grader doesn't need to remind you. As principal your job is to think about ALL of the students, even those with food allergies and then ask for help from a food allergy parent if you need it. I'd be more than happy to help out and offer suggestions.
One of Olivia's friends - also a sixth grader - said "I can't believe they didn't have a safe box of doughnuts! There are SO MANY kids with peanut allergies in this school."
Exactly.
In this day and age with the prevalence of food allergies - peanut allergies especially - every principal needs to think about whether or not the food they are serving at a school event has a safe alternative.
As it is, I made sure Olivia ate breakfast before we went to school but I could still see that look of disappointment on her face. So instead of eating doughnuts we went to the book fair and I bought her two new books.
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