Anonymous
Post 08/12/2024 08:00     Subject: Re:Sleep away camps that allow nuts
My kid ate peanut butter and jelly in the dining hall at chincoteague bay field station. Also I highly recommend sun butter if if you haven’t tried it - I can’t have nuts and love it.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2024 07:00     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
How long will they go to camp for? If it is just one week I would not worry too much. Hopefully they will try something new but they will be fine if not.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2024 06:58     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
This might get more/better responses on the SN forum?
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2024 06:56     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD is a super picky eater and her only protein intake is really nuts and nut butter. Most sleepaway camps seem to be peanut and tree nut free. Any camps that kids have enjoyed that still allow for nuts and nut butter (including ideally peanut butter sandwiches at most meals)? I would love it to be incorporated and not just permissible (ie she could eat it somewhere else in isolation).


Honestly, if your kid is that restrictive with her diet and nuts is her only protein intake, sleepaway camp isn’t for her. They are not going to accommodate that at all and will not just make PB sandwiches at every meal just for her and just for her to eat somewhere else.

Sleepaway camp is being flexible and adaptable which doesn’t sound like that fits your kid. They are not going to make special accommodations for 1 kid.


My kid's camp has sunbutter and bread available at every meal. They absolutely try to accommodate picky eaters.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2024 01:24     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
Anonymous wrote:DD is a super picky eater and her only protein intake is really nuts and nut butter. Most sleepaway camps seem to be peanut and tree nut free. Any camps that kids have enjoyed that still allow for nuts and nut butter (including ideally peanut butter sandwiches at most meals)? I would love it to be incorporated and not just permissible (ie she could eat it somewhere else in isolation).


Honestly, if your kid is that restrictive with her diet and nuts is her only protein intake, sleepaway camp isn’t for her. They are not going to accommodate that at all and will not just make PB sandwiches at every meal just for her and just for her to eat somewhere else.

Sleepaway camp is being flexible and adaptable which doesn’t sound like that fits your kid. They are not going to make special accommodations for 1 kid.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 23:42     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
Anonymous wrote:Any decent camp would be nut free.


Such as?
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 23:32     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
Any decent camp would be nut free.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 23:10     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
OP here. Thanks to those who provided responses to the question asked. I don't need encouragement to have her try camp without nuts, and for the poster with a kid with nut allergies, great news - most camps prohibit them. For my kid's needs, I need recommendations for camp that has nuts. If anyone has any camps to recommend that allow them, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 22:07     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
Anonymous wrote:I think one good thing about camp is that it encourages kids to expand their horizons. For your kid, eating protein other than nuts can be one things she learns from camp.


+1 it’s the point of sending kids to camp. Break out of routine, grow, try new things.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 22:03     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
I think one good thing about camp is that it encourages kids to expand their horizons. For your kid, eating protein other than nuts can be one things she learns from camp.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 22:02     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
Anonymous wrote:Make your kid eat stuff other than nuts. I'm not risking my anaphylactic kid's life because she's "picky."


You can keep your kid home and safe.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 21:54     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
I get you, OP. Camp Netimus still had PB sandwiches as an option as of a couple of years ago.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 14:30     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
Anonymous wrote:Make your kid eat stuff other than nuts. I'm not risking my anaphylactic kid's life because she's "picky."


Well done
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 14:25     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
Make your kid eat stuff other than nuts. I'm not risking my anaphylactic kid's life because she's "picky."
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2024 14:13     Subject: Sleep away camps that allow nuts
DD is a super picky eater and her only protein intake is really nuts and nut butter. Most sleepaway camps seem to be peanut and tree nut free. Any camps that kids have enjoyed that still allow for nuts and nut butter (including ideally peanut butter sandwiches at most meals)? I would love it to be incorporated and not just permissible (ie she could eat it somewhere else in isolation).