to give school a list of foods/additives etc. which ds cannot eat at the class christmas party?

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the other alternative would be to keep him off that day. he is not allergic as such, but it turns him into a little devil. i feel strongly that it makes no sense to let him eat everything one day a year while carefully controlling his diet for the remaining 364 days. i would even be willing to provide a selection of food for ds and others on his table. i don't know whether the mere suggestion would offend them as they are rushed off their feet this week and the oher parents don't appear bothered (especially those sending in haribos and value cola!).

Reality - have you checked on manky hanky in the box room?

"You can't have other types of health without phsyical."

Actually that's a bit chicken and egg with regards for mental health.

Kaloki - Have you read: Kick up Your Heels and Kick Out Psychoses? That pretty much sums up the theory.

No biscuits! This is PittyTit's biscuit free thread.

Yes it is important to have a well balanced diet, and excersise each day so that one does not become a burden on resources, most of us do have the odd junk food in moderation some not like me, tough i am on a diet. I eat it when my dd is in bed or nursery . It is people like me and not people who have a well blanced diet but eat the odd pice of junk that will be a drain on resources.

RealityIsHungover - sorry, only just saw the no comment thought you might want one with your coffee

oooooh love biscuits heres one for you all

Hully > I haven't. Will have to. Thankyou

Oh tis, you sound even more fun than the OP! I can't imagine the joy you are able to extract from a virtuous and over-thought through diet. Although, I've heard that anxiety may be bad for the health too...

Btw: is nutritionalistic a real word? What's wrong with 'nutritional'?

Personally, i'd rather live a short, joyful life than a long, miserly, joyless existence. I also worry about the harmful effects of producing a generation of children so anxious about healthy eating.

I do live that the OP is a confused fanatical food lunatic. It makes it so much more fun that she lets her kid eat smarties (minus those awful orange ones she's 'heard something' about) while moaning about how she doesn't want her son to fall into the clutches of those evil multinational corporations. Nice u-turn on Percy pigs too.

I love a good bit of food angst in the morning. Especially while I am tucking into a shop bought mince pie.

thats ok enjoy

Piglet - you seem a good egg. There will always be a free place for you at one of my workshops.

monkey feathers - it's that sort of short termist attitude that caused global warming. Think hard.

this must be a wind up

Thanks i need it it lol. Though i homecook food, cakes i so sneak the odd choc or biscuit when my dd is not looking. And party food yum yum yum let me at it, i even eat the ones off dds plate so she does not get any not that she eats it anyway

I am meant to set a good example

There is nothing nicer that a party ring or a toffee pop.

In this context, I think recourse to global warming might be a new-tangled variation on godwin's law for the 21st century. Well done, tis. Do you do workshops on environmentalistic living too?

One party won't harm him esp if he eats healthily most of the time.There are certain situations in life where you just have to swallow it (literally).FWIW I brought ds up really healthy most of the time now him and his organically grown mates eat shit 24/7 apart from what i give him so no matter what you do they suit themselves eventually!he might be a bit hyper when he comes home but its xmas he'll live

gosh, i think i have failed as a mother.

I could never ever have any control over which smarties my kids eat! How do you do this? Really....

New-fangled not new-tangled. It's definitely my short-termist attitude that makes me fall foul of iPhone autocorrect so often.

nutritionalistic therapist? is that a real job? and is one of them really better informed on health matters than a gp?

what tosh.

if a little fructose means we will all end up with dodgy spleens then surely we are all doomed already?

Is it a real job...?!

No wonder the nation's health is so parlous.

Most schools (the good ones) nowadays have a nutionalistic therapist attached, much like the Nitty Nora of old. The dc at those schools have a sparkle in their step and a spring in their eye.