Talking Allergies

So it was kindergarten registration at our school recently. There has always been tea/coffee etc. set up for registration. This year there wasn't !! The secretary told me that they asked her if it had been arranged and she suggested they NOT have any beverages or snacks due to the fact that they are trying to emphasis NO food rewards and no food for birthdays etc.. And that by serving food here it only works against what they are trying to instill. She was also concerned ( ) that if any children with allergies came with their parents for registration they would be in a room with these snacks.

WARMS my heart to see people 'getting it'.

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DD 12 yrs -no allergies
4 yr old DS - asthma/eczema Anaphylactic to Peanuts, all tree nuts, sesame , all pea/lentil legumes, gelatin.
Allergic to trees, grass,ragweed, feathers, dander, mold and dust.
Outgrew eggs, fish, shellfish

After seeing the post about the Friendship cake this makes me feel so much better! Some schools are actually getting "it"

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Sarah
Outgrew: Wheat, corn, egg, chicken, to name a few
Sensitive to Milk/Dairy products
Allergic to: Tree nuts, percocet, toradol, environmental allergies and chemical allergies
Migraines caused by scented products, barometric pressure

What a fabulous school!

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me: allergic to crustaceans plus environmental
teenager: allergic to hazelnuts, some other foods and environmental

Whenever people talk about meeting with administrators I automatically think - get to know the secretaries too! They often remain at schools longer than administrators and they are the ones to grant you access to administrators. A good administrator will listen to her office staff as will teachers. Secretaries are in an unique position to share information with others in the school.

The secretary at my child's school and also the one where I work just happen to carry epi-pens themselves.

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me: allergic to crustaceans plus environmental
teenager: allergic to hazelnuts, some other foods and environmental

Thats great to hear! It always makes you feel encouraged when people really 'do' get it.
J's teacher last year told his class they wouldnt be having a kris kringle at xmas time (where all the kids buy a present...usually chocolate...to put under the tree to 'share'). Instead he suggested if they wanted to donate a couple of dollars they could buy a goat and a sheep for a family in a 3rd world country. The kids were VERY enthusiastic about providing a family with an animal and werent fussed at all with not having the kris kringle.

I was IMPRESSED!

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twin boys-
c-eosinophilic oesophagitis
j-avoids peanut, sunflower, pineapple all ana-sensitised to maccadaemia.pecan.Passed barley (previous ana) last year...out grew egg ana and peanut at 3 years..became re sensitised with ana at 6 years to peanut.

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: allergies to some tree that flowers in May
Cat: allergic to beef, pork and lamb