Rather than paraphrase, I’ll just include the emails intact. Room parent: No the candy does not have tree nuts in it. I will not send a list home because I have everything I need now and the parents gave the party money, they don’t need to be nickeled and dimed to death. I will take [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tree nut allergy’
Party planning update…this is a doozy
Posted in Food Allergy Entries, tagged 504 plan disregard, food allergies, food allergies in the classroom, halloween party allergies, tree nut allergy on October 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Here we go again, Halloween Party
Posted in Food Allergy Entries, tagged children with food allergies, dealing with food allergies, dumbass parents who don't get food allergies, food allergies, food allergies and school, food allergies and school parties, raising kids with food allergies, tree nut allergy, tree nuts, treenut allergy on October 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m frustrated today. This is the first party that either the teacher or I haven’t planned. I sent an email to the lady planning it two weeks ago reminding her that the party needed to be TREE NUT free, along with a list of over 200 acceptable snacks. She responded to me letting me know [...]
Lessons learned…
Posted in Food Allergy Entries, tagged 504 plan, food allergies, nut allergy, nuts, raising kids with food allergies, tree nut allergy, tree nuts on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When Dorothy started the day lolly-gagging along, I should have just decided to forego the Muffin’s with Mom, sponsored by PTO at the school. But no, I pressed on and forced the issue, prodding her to hurry up and get moving so we could get there right when it started. We raced out the door [...]
Nuts are not weapons
Posted in My blog stuff, tagged food allergies, raising kids, tree nut allergy on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry for the downer post Nuts are not weapons, and we will not play war games using pretend nuts like hand grenades or M16s. Yes, I actually had to say that last night to my boys because they were upsetting Dorothy. Dorothy suffers from anaphylactic allergies to all tree nuts, so everyone here knows that [...]
