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DD has had a really sad day.

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cherryredretrochick · 05/02/2008 22:06

She is just going to have to get used to this but it broke my heart.
At nursery they had pancakes for sanck and noodles. She was Ok with this teacher let her choose what fruit she wanted and sat with her.
Then it was another lo birthday, she had brought cake, apparently dd was ok but teacher told her she could keep a piece and ask mummy if she could have it. I then had to tell her she couldn't and she was absolutly heartbroken. I was nearly crying told her to remember how much better she felt and that we would have a treat when we went home, in the end teacher took her back in and gave her a sticker for being so good.

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KatyMac · 05/02/2008 22:08

Can you leave treats at school that she can have when this happens - is there something sealed that will stay fresh a while?

cherryredretrochick · 05/02/2008 22:10

Have lewft her biscuits she does love them, she is enjoying food so much now that I think she likes to try stuff, god theres a sentence I never thought I'd say.

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 05/02/2008 22:13

Oh it's heartbreaking isnt? They understand they cant have the same as the others, but they dont like being the odd one out either.

beckystaffs · 05/02/2008 22:13

why did the teacher say something like that in the first place?
My dd1's best friend is a coeliac, so we have to be careful about feeding her when she comes round etc. But I make sure they all have the same. I've discovered how to make wheat & gluten fee fairy cakes, then even dd2 who likes to fetch for everyone is not doing anything wrong (she is 18 mths).

The teacher should be aware of any allergies or intolerances and shouldn't have put her in that situation to start with. .

i am sorry for your lo though

cherryredretrochick · 05/02/2008 22:24

I don't know why they said that I think thy didn't want to have to tell her she couldn't have it, down to big bad mummy.

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beckystaffs · 05/02/2008 22:27

they should know better!!!!

keresley · 06/02/2008 13:58

Use a 'swap box'. I leave a tin of little treats (sweets and chocolates) and little toys for my 3 year old ds at Nursery. Every time he can't eat a birthday treat etc the staff allow him to swap it with something from the box. Works brilliantly and he doesn't feel like he is missing out.

hellish · 06/02/2008 14:06

What is she allergic to Cherry?

My dd2 is allergic to peanuts and has this problem all the time, espicially as so much of the fun/ treat activity at school seems to involve food.

She is 5 and has started to become a little too anxious which makes me sad - the other day her teacher brought in a chocolate cake - it was from a peanut free bakery (probably cost a fortune)but dd was too worried to eat it.

tkband3 · 06/02/2008 14:40

Oh Cherry I'm so sorry for you and DD . This was the hardest thing for me in the early days after DD1 was diagnosed. I used to give her pre-school a box of biscuits for her to have at snack-time and if there was going to be any baking/cooking going on, they would warn me and I would take in gluten-free substitutes so she wasn't left out. In the end, they just used to use gluten-free flour for everything, so that all the children had the same and DD1 wasn't excluded at all. Her teachers often bought gluten-free treats for her as well, which was lovely of them.

It is horrid - I tell DD1 that being coeliac and having to have gluten-free food makes her special. For birthday parties, I always make her up her own little picnic, but I try to find out before-hand the type of thing they are going to have so that hers is as similar as possible. And I make sure I have one of her cakes so that if they do eat birthday cake at the party, she isn't left out. Often the mums will ask me what she can and can't have so that they can prepare her a special party bag.

One thing to bear in mind - do they have play-dough at your DD's school? If so, they probably make it themselves and you should ask them to start making gluten-free play-dough. Not that your DD at 4 y.o. is likely to eat it, but the contamination of it on her hands could cause a reaction. Here's the recipe:

8oz rice flour
8oz corn flour
8oz salt
4 tsps cream of tartar
16 floz water
2 tbsps vegetable oil
food colouring

Cook all the ingredients over a low heat for 5 minutes (you need to keep stirring as it comes together quite suddenly). Then knead it on a board to remove the lumps.

I'm so pleased for you that her health has started to improve. She will get used to it and also will learn what she can and can't have. Perhaps you could ask her teachers to keep you informed of any cooking etc, so you can supply gluten-free alternatives for them to use.

cherryredretrochick · 06/02/2008 19:16

Thanks for the kind words guys, has really cheered me up. DD has had the best day that I thinkj she has ever had in her life today. We decided that we would celebrate the chinese new year by wearing chinese clothes, which I managed to find from a charity shop. We went to granmas this morning and she took the girls to a farm shop to buy extra special gf sausages, made dd feel very special.
She was great at nursery and then we had a play date, not a single fight argument or tantrum, I have honestly never seen her so happy. Griend made tea and dd ate every scrap first, never heard of.
I have gone all soppy the other way now I have just never seen her so happy.
Thanks for the playdoh recipe tk, I had thought of that I told dd and the staff at nurdery to make sure she washes her hand thouroughly after playing. I actually had to tell another member of staff today so the message clearly hasn't got round everybody despite being over a week.
I love the idea of a swap box, I had sent her a packet of biscuits but she had already eaten them all as they were giving her them even when the others were having fruit .
I think a bit more educating may be needed. I am gushing now, I am just so happy.

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cherryredretrochick · 06/02/2008 19:20

Oh and the lady in the health food shop gave her a pack of suitable sweets because she helped her unpack her delivery while we were there.
Although to be fair we actually bought most of her delivery.
I am so proud

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nightcat · 06/02/2008 22:52

happy for you, great news cherry..!

tatt · 07/02/2008 09:35

I am so envious of the school where the teacher went to a peanut free bakery!

We have always gone for a treat box - and I usually made sure it contained better treats for my "special" child. But bringing a treat home to check it out isn't a bad rule to have to deal with the situation where someone has gone to a lot of trouble.

MrsWeasley · 07/02/2008 21:30

A friend of my DS has a little box at school with sweets & choc bars in it so they can swap the not suitable foods for safe foods. Mum tops it up.

HTH

cherryredretrochick · 08/02/2008 13:59

They have been great since I told them I was worried about her, they have made a proper fuss off her and her teacher is even giving me a bread maker as she says she doesn't us eit.
definatley going to build up a treat box over the weekend.
Thanks everyone.

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