My little girl turned 18 months this week, and we all know that means she can FINALLY go to nursery! Well, I'm not so excited about it! In fact, I'm a complete mess! My kid could literally die in nursery!!! Last week, when I went to talk to the teacher to give her a warning about Miranda's food allergies they were serving peanut butter sandwiches for snack!!! It can't get much worse for my little girl! I walk in and just see "poison" everywhere! They were really kind and cleaned all of the toys this week, knowing she was coming. I made a batch of gluten free playdough which they will be using from now on. I also packed a month's worth of snacks, typed up a list of her food allergies, symptoms, etc. and left them with some Benadryl in case she breaks out into hives again. I went to drop her off today and there were nearly 20 little kids and one teacher! A few other moms and I stayed to help out!
Snack time was a disaster! With that many kids crammed around the table they were nearly sitting on top of eachother and all of the other kid's food was within inches of her little grabby fingers! Within two seconds her neighbor had already tried to give Miranda his snakc. So, Miranda had to sit in the corner of the room eating her snack today while the other kids ate at the table! She looked like she was in time out! After snack, there was food and crumbs all over the floor, so I had to get the "vacuum" to clean it up and we wiped the tables off really well! Ahhhh, nursery is going to be a nightmare! After talking to the teacher we decided it would be best if I came and got Miranda before snack time every week and didn't bring her back until snack was all cleaned up!
The teacher is really nice, but I just don't see it being possible for them to keep as close of an eye on her as she needs with the crazy amount of kids in there. (And this ward has 3 nurseries!!! They are all just as full!)
Miranda hasn't been doing as well lately in the food department. She has broken out into hives around the mouth about 5 times now, she is having horrible diapers again and she has thrown up 3 times now after eating something we thought was ok! I felt like I was getting on top of things til this last month! We finally got a referral to an allergy specialist and hopefully we can get to the bottom of this soon! I hate not feeling safe to feed my kid or to leave her anywhere!
I'm sorry I'm complaining, I know I have it easy compared to some! Days like today are just hard! In fact, every holiday is just kind of hard. We celebrate with food so much, that I find it rather depressing to not be able to participate with my girls. I always wanted to be that mom that made fun food, treats for holidays and my poor girls just get chicken and rice for every meal! Maybe I can spice it up with some salt for the holiday! Yippee!
I tried to do an 18 month photoshoot of Panda, but she is really difficult to take pictures of right now! I'm hoping I can find a time to bring Daddy along so she will cooperate a little more! I was really hoping to get a great one of the girls together to blow up on the wall....and this is what I got instead: 
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Oh my word, that nursery sounds insane! I am the nursery leader in our ward and we typically have 4 kids. 7 was the most we've ever had. Don't feel bad if you just don't send her to nursery. Either you wander the halls with her and miss the lessons or don't pay attention to the lessons because you're too worried about her. I'm sorry, Erin!
Panda is such a cute girl. I am shocked that nursery was serving peanut butter; what a nightmare. I so feel your pain.
It was a fight for me at first to make Carson's nursery allergy free. Honestly, the thing that convinced them is that on the 3rd time they were telling me that Carson would just have to eat separate snacks and we needed to be there to keep things separate, I cried, and then it sunk in how scary it is for a mom to leave her child not knowing if he will have a severe allergic reaction to even something that another kid drops on the floor. Maybe you should try crying...and I am not kidding.
Now the kids only eat fruit, cheese (provided by assigned parents) and some sort of starch that I or the primary provides (rice cakes, etc). It has become routine and has been working really well. I started out with making a long list of foods he can and cannot eat but it was too overwhelming for people so we ended up with a small list of foods that are allowed in his nursery class.
I know Miranda's diet is a little more limited than that but it just isn't fair that she is left out. Seriously, the other kids can eat like she does for one snack-time one day a week. She should be able to participate just like the other kids and you shouldn't have this constant battle.
Good Luck!
Texas,
That is a great idea! Typically I hear the "You can provide snack for everyone" or my favorite, "Why don't you provide the sacrament bread every week?" (at $8 a tiny loaf that would feed 1/2 the ward) I like the idea of having "allowed" foods. I did nearly cry today when I asked if I could stay because I was nervous about snack time. Maybe I should just let the tears loose next time!
So sorry Erin. That stinks!
We just take Emma's gluten free bread - just the one bite - in a plastic bag and they put it on a separate tray and bring it to her for the sacrament.
When we had a little boy with severe allergies in our nursery, the nursery just provided the snack every week and it was something he could eat. It sounds like they are pretty overwhelmed right now, but I hope with time they will see how easy it could be for them to help you out!
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