Kindergarten and lunch

BettyBoop · Veteran Member

RE: Kindergarten and lunch

Joyce · Senior Member

I have been packing Madi's lunch. It cost $2.25 for lunch everyday and breakfast is $1.50. You can pay in advance, but I don't want to pay that much for food that she might take a bite out of and then not eat it. I have been packing her Soynut butter & jelly sandwiches with a snack and juice. Madi is allergic to peanuts also and she has loved Soynut butter since she first tasted it. We also just tasted almond butter and she likes that too.

-- Edited by Joyce on Friday 3rd of September 2010 09:57:50 AM

Supafly · Guru

Ditto on the packed lunches. Anna has not been in a situation to buy lunch before now, but I don't plan on letting her buy very often. Once in a while maybe, but that is it. She is happy with packed lunches, so that works for us, and I feel better knowing exactly what she is putting in her mouth. Unless she is sharing with friends, lmao.

I really do feel for kids with allergies. It would be so so hard to deal with. Especially severe allergies. Kate's bestie just tested positive for peanut allergies, but hers isn't too severe, thankfully. She has eaten lots of things that say are made in plants that process peanuts and not had a problem. At our preschool, if your child has an allergy, you have to provide them snack. (I'll make sure to make peanut free cupcakes though for Kate's birthday so Avery can partake) And as far as I know, none of our public schools are peanut free.

OT: My SIL made a cake for my nephew's birthday in April, and there are a lot of allergies in her circle of friends, so she made one that was free of any of those allergens (nuts, eggs and gluten). It was the WORST cake I have ever tasted in my life, lmao. Absolutely not even worth eating!!! (most of the kids thought it was bad too) That was random-but I thought it was funny just how completely awful it tasted! Maybe she is a really bad cook...IDK.

ETA-I just realized I already replied to this, lmao. Wow, my brain is so not good.

Anyway, Anna's school limits K to one of the choices of hot lunch-but we haven't bought any.

-- Edited by Supafly on Friday 3rd of September 2010 12:41:17 PM

supergrover · Guru

I'm in hiding.

After announcing peanut products were ok, the preK sent out letters yesterday saying

"due to a child with an extreme peanut allergy, peanut products are no longer permitted..."

I'm that parent. Sorry peeps. (actually, we didn't push it at ALL. However, when they learned more about cross contamination they decided on the policy change to cover their own bottoms I suspect).

Supafly · Guru

supergrover wrote:

I'm in hiding.

After announcing peanut products were ok, the preK sent out letters yesterday saying

"due to a child with an extreme peanut allergy, peanut products are no longer permitted..."

I'm that parent. Sorry peeps. (actually, we didn't push it at ALL. However, when they learned more about cross contamination they decided on the policy change to cover their own bottoms I suspect).

(((HUGS))) That has to be so hard. And I would think people would understand. As a parent of kids who (thusfar) do not have food allergies, I am grateful that we have not been limited in what we can give to our children, but if a child in one of their classes had a severe allergy, I could 100% understand that any risk is too much. And I would not scoff in the least about going nut free.

If one of my girls had a nut allergy and it was mild, I would absolutely feel like it was my responsiblity to make sure they had what they needed without expecting other parents to change their habits. But if they had a serious/threatening allergy, I would want them to be in a safe environment and would expect that other parents would understand that.

I don't think you should be in hiding or feel the least bit bad. I'm sorry you have to deal with it though. My BFF's cousin in law has a son who is just turning one, but he is allergic to EVERYTHING. Literally. He has a very short list of fruits and veggies he can eat, but that is all he can have. He can't have protein of ANY kind, no wheat or grain products, not rice, nothing. So he is still eating single ingredient baby food and some soft foods. My BFF asked what they were doing for his birthday and they said he was getting a birthday watermelon instead of cake. But the poor boy is hungry soooo often because he is so limited in what he can eat, and none of it is very filling. They hope he is going to outgrow it. :(

You are right-allergies suck.