Someone gave gluten to my gluten sensitive child

[Anonymous]

OP, you sound like every preschool teacher's nightmare. How about ASKING the staff instead of automatically assuming they did something wrong.?!

Besides, it is YOUR responsibility to provide all medical documentation indicating an allergy and a listing of every single item she cannot eat or touch (and yes, PlayDough and a lot of homemade playdoughs contain gluten).

It's likely to be a bug, since she just started going to preschool. But we know it's more fun to blame the teacher.

[Anonymous]

PP, OP already said the school knows about the sensitivity. Also, you are DCUM's worst nightmare, b/c you don't read; you just attack.

Her kid has a health issue, for Pete's sake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, OP already said the school knows about the sensitivity. Also, you are DCUM's worst nightmare, b/c you don't read; you just attack.

Her kid has a health issue, for Pete's sake.

Her health issue can very well be unrelated to her upset stomach. I think that is what EVERYONE on DCUM is letting her know. Either way, a reaction to eating gluten or a stomach bug, they both will pass on their own rather quickly.

[Anonymous]

Poor baby. Did you figure out what it was? I work in a school, and we have had a lot of students with head colds and low grade fevers. I hope your dd is feeling better.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the OP needing to ask a few questions to figure out if she might have been fed it by accident, but to not go nuts since it could also be a bug.

BUT...it is still the school's job to follow the parent's instructions if they have allowed her into their program. She's is WAY too young to adequately manage her own allergies/food issues and it is important that OP keep an open dialogue with the teachers about the issue. I would just keep it as friendly as possible - in all liklihood her teachers care about her too and don't want to harm her in any way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, OP already said the school knows about the sensitivity. Also, you are DCUM's worst nightmare, b/c you don't read; you just attack.

Her kid has a health issue, for Pete's sake.

Her health issue can very well be unrelated to her upset stomach. I think that is what EVERYONE on DCUM is letting her know. Either way, a reaction to eating gluten or a stomach bug, they both will pass on their own rather quickly.

So you're not only bitchy you just mindlessly repeat point already made. Got it. Still DCUM's worst nightmare. Just proving it more and more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, OP already said the school knows about the sensitivity. Also, you are DCUM's worst nightmare, b/c you don't read; you just attack.

Her kid has a health issue, for Pete's sake.

Her health issue can very well be unrelated to her upset stomach. I think that is what EVERYONE on DCUM is letting her know. Either way, a reaction to eating gluten or a stomach bug, they both will pass on their own rather quickly.

Hi, I'm a new poster with a child with celiac disease. It will not necessarly pass quickly. It can take up to two weeks after gluten exposure for the intestinal lining to heal and to properly absorb nutrients again. That's two weeks of malntrition. I am not exaggerating when I say malnutrition, which is why adults who finally discover they have celiac have nerve damage due to B12 deficiency or osteoporosis, etc.

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OP, I sent my celiac child to preschool at age 2.5. I made the gluten-free playdough for the class, and the teachers had a special hand-washing procedure for her prior to snack (since little kids often come to school with crumbs on their clothes, etc). They always sat her at the end of the table so that other children were less likely to touch her snack. Still, suring the first week, a curious little boy (eating cookies) touched her plum during snack, so the teacher had to throw the plum away. She was so upset.

I would just have a friendly chat with the teachers, and go over the procedures they have in place to keep your daughter safe. Work with them - it may take a few weeks to work out the bugs.

btw, we eventually switched her to a montessori program where they don't have playdough at all, and they rarely have unexpected treats.

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[Anonymous]

PP here. meant to qualify the above statement re: osteoporosis, etc , with the word "sometimes" but I'm distracted by the 9th inning of the Nationals right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, OP already said the school knows about the sensitivity. Also, you are DCUM's worst nightmare, b/c you don't read; you just attack.

Her kid has a health issue, for Pete's sake.

Uh, sweetie, OP only said that the school 'knows about her sensitivity' --she never said that she provided detailed information to the school and/or a medical plan from the doctor. You're the one who isn't reading!

Good schools will make every effort to ensure a child with an allergy is not exposed to the allergen, but the parents have to do their part and provide all necessary documentation to the staff, and make sure they know how serious the condition is. It is extremely important, and if OP hasn't done that, she should before she starts accusing them of wrongdoing.

[Anonymous]

OP here

[Anonymous]

OP here and thanks to the PP who explained about the issue.

DD is anemic - thalassemia - and it usually takes her 4 weeks to get over an exposure. Our main concern is that while she's getting over the inflammation she gets even more anemic and it's 4 weeks of horrible symptoms.

The school has everything, the list of safe and non safe items, her doctor's note, my note to the teachers and the stickers all over her lunchbox.

Anyway, PP's behavior only comes to prove how little the regular population knows about food allergies/sensitivity and how careful we must be to keep our children safe. While people are still ignorant about the dangers of food and cross contamination, nut free schools are no exaggeration IMO.

BTW, DD came home that day saying something like "yummy crackers mommy" and I didn't really understand what she meant since I packed her fresh fruit for snack that day, but know I'm wondering if she ate crackers from another child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, OP already said the school knows about the sensitivity. Also, you are DCUM's worst nightmare, b/c you don't read; you just attack.

Her kid has a health issue, for Pete's sake.

Uh, sweetie, OP only said that the school 'knows about her sensitivity' --she never said that she provided detailed information to the school and/or a medical plan from the doctor. You're the one who isn't reading!

Good schools will make every effort to ensure a child with an allergy is not exposed to the allergen, but the parents have to do their part and provide all necessary documentation to the staff, and make sure they know how serious the condition is. It is extremely important, and if OP hasn't done that, she should before she starts accusing them of wrongdoing.

You're splitting hairs to justify your lemming, bitchy behavior. If she let the school know, she would have to provide detailed information. You obviously don't know anyone who suffers from GF sensitivity, and are still worst of DCUM reigning champ.

OP, I won't respond to the reigning B anymore, but I think you got at least two well thought out responses. Hope you're daughter feels better soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, OP already said the school knows about the sensitivity. Also, you are DCUM's worst nightmare, b/c you don't read; you just attack.

Her kid has a health issue, for Pete's sake.

Her health issue can very well be unrelated to her upset stomach. I think that is what EVERYONE on DCUM is letting her know. Either way, a reaction to eating gluten or a stomach bug, they both will pass on their own rather quickly.

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btw, we eventually switched her to a montessori program where they don't have playdough at all, and they rarely have unexpected treats.

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My DD goes to a Montessori school on the other side of the country. Three children have severe nut allergies, and one has sensitivities to eggs. That school is vigilant, let me tell you. Kids' lunches are confiscated if they have any potentially offending ingredient on them, and children are 100% expected to wash hands and face before entering the classroom. It's week 2, and the kids have already absorbed this as their routine. Pretty impressive.

That's all I have to say about that... sorry to derail the conversation for a moment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, OP already said the school knows about the sensitivity. Also, you are DCUM's worst nightmare, b/c you don't read; you just attack.

Her kid has a health issue, for Pete's sake.

Her health issue can very well be unrelated to her upset stomach. I think that is what EVERYONE on DCUM is letting her know. Either way, a reaction to eating gluten or a stomach bug, they both will pass on their own rather quickly.

You're not very familiar with food sensitivity, right?

[Anonymous]

Another mom with a Celiac child. He did not start preschool until 3. The preschool has been extremely cooperative and helpful. There was a slip up though and during a busy day a teacher gave him a graham cracker. These things will happen. Do you remember when you first started the diet? It is complicated. I would talk with the teachers and director. Explain the seriousness of the exposure!

To the other PPs, it is clear when you give gluten to someone with Celiac or gluten sensitive. The poop is very different than normal stomach bug. My son also projectile vomits because he is unable to digest anything.