To think my DD's nursery should not feed her haribo

[milliec]

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I think its ok every now and then for celebrations. I take it this is the first time this has happened. I wouldn't be too upset about it

I think it's OK BUT most Haribo contain gelatine which is not acceptable to vegetarians. So it's not exactly tactful to hand it out for diwali since many Indians celebrating it will be vegetarian (I know not all but). My son was veggie at this age and for this reason I wouldn't have been v happy with Haribo.

If it's just one or two sweets each I really wouldn't worry about it. The only problem is that small children find haribos too chewy to eat. I would prefer to give them smarties.

But I certainly wouldn't complain to the nursery about it. I think it's lovely that they are celebrating the boy's birthday and diwali.

life is way too short and you cannot be sure that it was the sweets that made your dd difficult to settle

Chnances are the staff ate most of them and the children had a couple each.
I wouldnt get stressed out with this unless my child was on a special diet etc

I would have been very unhappy about that, at 2 years old. But on the other hand, when I sent ds1 to playschool I fould he was having what I thought to be a distressing amount of sweet stodge poured down his gullet - his key worker reported to me "He would taste the jam sandwich he had for lunch so he hasn't eaten much" (why the fuck did she think jam sandwiches were an appropriate lunch for a child who would happily eat egg, cheese or any meat?) and I 'registered my disapproval' by asking her to let me know when she intended to give out a lunch based on sweet food and I would provide an alternative he would be happier to eat.

Perhaps you could do the same? Give the nursery some chocolate buttons to hand over when the other children are being fed mad lumps of coloured sugar?

lol tinybump. You're probably right!

my nursery celebrated diwali by painting the childrens hands with diwali symbols (like face painting but hands instead iykwim)

giving sweets out to children is far to much of a mine-field these days, does not matter what kind you give them someone always kicks up a fuss.

hmmmmmmmm.....they have a no sweets/cake/biscuits policy at ds's nursery.
Snacks are different every day & there is a snack menu board up outside every week.
crudites & houmus
cheese & crackers/grissini
raisins & dried apricots
etc

birthdays ...a wooden train with appropriate no of candles is brought out......no cake.

Are you seriously complaining that your DD has been given sweets?

What kind of planet do you live on?

Mine get cakes and sweets at nursery if it is a special occasion or someones birthday and i would be seething if some uptight parent went and complained about this.

Otherwise they have a 100% healthy food policy.

Get a life.

Our kindergarten allows the children to bring something in for sharing in closing circle time on their birthday. Some mums bake, I normally bring in ice cream. I think it is nice, as long as it is not every day.

There should be a policy about this though, so that the staff are aware of possible allergies/ethical misgivings.

i agree re the haribo not being suitable for veggies but sweets as a treat is fine

i would be unhappy about sweets being handed round.

I'm a veggie. I doubt very much whether any parent would stop their child from having sweets occasionally in this situation though.

a wooden train instead of a birthday cake? Could they not even make a carrot cake of banans cake or something?

But a wooden train?

Oh my God.

I can't read this thread any longer.

no cake on a birthday
think the world has gone a bit mad

it's taking the joy out of everything. Food is there to be enjoyed.

It's rather lovely actually...a train with animal candle holders .

I think the whole allergy/special dietry requirements thing is just too tricky now.At least no children are excluded this way.Children can have cake at home /at their parties.I think the train is an especially nice idea.

at the train idea... my ds would assume it was a cake and howl the place down when he realised it was made of wood

but do the children think it's a lovely idea? Bet they would prefer cake

DS goes to nursery
they have strict food policies (ie kids can't bring stuff in from home etc)
but they have treats and cakes
everything is home made on the premises

eating and sharing celebratory food is a lovely social activity

yes.....but children will have cake at home/parties anyway.

ds is very excited about the prospect of having candles on the Birthday train.....cake happens all the time.....birthday trains dont.

maybe he thinks he will get to keep the train?

Hang on a minute....cake happens all the time? Didn't you say there was a no cake/sweets/biscuit policy? Or do you spend all the hours he isn't at nursery funnelling Battenburg into him?

I wouldn't want to see a child's face when he/she realised the candles were sitting on a piece of wood rather than a birthday cake.