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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi all! I will be starting a new position soon with two little ones, both with food allergies. They will be my first charges with food allergies, and while I am glad to gain the experience in dealing with them, I feel a bit unprepared. I know the mom will provide me with everything I need, but I wonder if my fellow nannies can chime in on the subject. What should I ask the mom to provide? I was thinking a list of everything they can not have, including things produced on shared equipment and what foods I should not eat in their house. And a list of course of action should there be a reaction, or ingestion of an allergen. I know she will provide a list of contact and emergency numbers, and also of course the allergy meds including epi-pens. What am I forgetting? Do I need a medical release letter, in case I need to get the kids medical care and the parents are unreachable? Anything else? Thank you all![/quote]

How old are the kids?  I would assume mom would give you everything she feels you need to have. Ask them for which foods or quantities they would use the eli-pen vs. just using Benadryl. I have worked with food allergies for over a decade. My current charge for example is allergic to a large number of items, but some are mild and some are extreme. If he had something with eggs in it he might just feel like an upset stomach, benadryl would help. But if he ate a nut, I would do the epi-pen injection before even seeing hives and rush to the emergency room. I always ask for examples or the most recent reactions so you have an idea of how the child reacted to whatever. Oh and make sure you ask how the child came to ingest those items for the most recent examples. I was told about my charge eating a nut that he didn't know was a nut, he thought it was a type of candy. So we spent some time learning the names and shapes of different nuts.[/quote]

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