Allergies at nursery

[SundanceLeopard]

Could some of you lovely people offer a heartbroken mum some advice please!?

Mum of an almost 2 year who attends nursery full time - I have been told today that the nursery are changing their dietary policy and can no longer provide my child with food due to him having allergies outside of the 14 main allergens (have previously had no issue). We can bring food in for him but are very limited as has to be nut free and cannot be reheated due to food regulations. Not to mention he's there for lunch and dinner so that's 10 meals a week.

I've now been left with the choice of providing repetitive food due to limited options which may not be very nutritional or pull him out of the nursery where he's made great bonds with the children and staff. I'm feeling like he is being punished for having allergies and to top it all off, no offer of a discount of fees 🫣 heartbroken is an understatement.

I feel your pain my daughter has 20 food allergies and most are outside of the top14. Thankfully our two main nursery settings have been ok. The second on has been fantastic and she has a completely bespoke menu. We had a temporary nursery in between these two settings which was book by the hour so didn't have a set children on a given day so had 3 menus to choose from. One was an allergy menu but given her allergies they weren't suitable. My daughter has coconut and pea protein in her list too!!
I went into hospital when I was breastfeeding her and on her diet and I could have one dish or a plain jacket potato, no butter and lettece. It took a while to find which dishes were safe during this time I was served plain rice and peas one day and the next day absolutely nothing!!

Top14 is great but it's really frustrating when people think that this is the limit of allergies!

I hope you get a suitable solution!

@Reugny struggling with costs like me struggling to pay the fees that they keep increasing 🥴 Having to pay as much as I am for the reduced service is definitely not on so they'll get no sympathy I'm afraid, there's better ways to cut costs (if actually needed and not just going in the owners pockets)

@Superscientist Thank you! It's nice to speak to someone who understands the frustrations. The amount of times I've heard 'tolerance' is a joke. I'm glad you found somewhere perfect for your little one!