I am mainly curious as this seems to be a bit pushy by the nursery staff.
DGS is 3, is a good eater, likes and eats plenty of fruit, veg, meat, and such. He has a bit of a milk intolerance - it's not an allergy. But he HAS been to see GP about it. It's exactly the same type of milk issue that DD (his mum) had for a few years when she was about his age, then she seemed to grow out of it.
He can have milk in cereal, or milk products such as cheese and yoghurt. But drinking straight milk in a glass too frequently tends to give him runny poo, unless you water the milk down (so about 50% milk, 50% water). DD went over his eating habits and the fact that any glasses of milk are watered down with the GP, who said DGS was getting plenty of calcium and if it worked for him, it was a good plan. (DD did this as this was what WE were advised to do with her when SHE was going through this and it worked well)
Nursery initially was fine with it. Until it was noted that a few of their staff wasn't following it and was giving him undiluted milk and then complaining that he was having runny poo. Then they said it was a pain to have to give him milk from a separate container (they apparently mixed it up in the morning and kept it separate from the rest in the fridge), but told DD they wanted to give him soy milk instead. (since they only have one or two others that drink soy milk, it STILL requires separate container, so I fail the logic in this)
They told DD she needed to take him in to see the GP as they wanted him to have soy milk. She AGAIN took him into GP, who again verified he was fine on the diluted milk and did not need the soy milk. DD told this to the nursery and it was okay for about a week. Then nursery decided they still wanted her to put him on soy milk and wanted her to buy it and provide it as well. She refused, citing the GP's info that he was fine on the diluted milk. THEN the nursery said, fine, WE'LL provide the soy milk then, but we want you to put him on soy milk. She refused again. They've now said that they want her to take him into the GP yet again, insisting that they need a note from the GP saying it is okay for him to have diluted milk as they state the nursery will get in trouble from Ofsted if seen to give diluted milk to him as they will be "concerned over his calcium intake" even though he does eat yoghurt and cheese and such there, even though she has already cleared this TWICE with the GP. This is the first they've mentioned an issue with Ofsted. And they're STILL pushing the soy milk. I do NOT understand why this is such an issue for them.
They state they can't give him diluted milk now without a note from the GP, as they "cannot make medical decisions like that as they are just a nursery" but they can demand she give him soy milk without a note from the GP. How does this make sense???
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Triggles · 17/07/2009 07:58
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