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So far this week, I have discovered and encountered the following:
-Last year, we (and the school) had a flat ban on nut products and egg products (in both cases, "May contain" or "processed in a factory with..." or similar were fine) due to a number of kids who are anaphylactic to the former and 2 who were anaphylactic to the latter (along with one kid who appears to be slowly growing out of his allergies
). For aftercare, we had nearly half the group with allergies or some dietary restriction.
This year? We have 2 kids with nut allergies (one anaphylactic, one simply allergic), 1 kid with dairy and egg allergies (who may be growing out of them) and 1 kid who is confirmed to have a gluten and lactose intolerance (and can't have corn for some bizarre reason). A few of the new kindy mob have nut allergies, but it means I no longer have to go elsewhere to buy gluten-free bread yay! *
-My boss is 6 months pregnant, but NONE of the kids (save for one) have picked up on it. None of them have even commented on her growing belly (which she's trying to hide with baggy t-shirts). She wound up explaining that she had some "extra baggage" the other day and the kids response was to go and play soccer
(The one kid she did tell was for safety reasons as he is prone to meltdowns and hit her in the stomach the other day.)
-We got a new desk (for the staff) but bosslady (who's pregnant) couldn't do it and she didn't want me to tackle it. Her response? hire-a-hubby
. Even better, when she rang our regional manager to get the all-clear to call hire-a-hubby, she found out that regional manager had already arranged something for us.
*-One of the kids we had last year with anaphylaxis to various things had a SEVERE reaction to milk. For some reason though, the school never banned dairy products (instead insisting that said child had to sit on the other side of the eating shed away from everyone else)
-Last year, we (and the school) had a flat ban on nut products and egg products (in both cases, "May contain" or "processed in a factory with..." or similar were fine) due to a number of kids who are anaphylactic to the former and 2 who were anaphylactic to the latter (along with one kid who appears to be slowly growing out of his allergies
). For aftercare, we had nearly half the group with allergies or some dietary restriction. This year? We have 2 kids with nut allergies (one anaphylactic, one simply allergic), 1 kid with dairy and egg allergies (who may be growing out of them
) and 1 kid who is confirmed to have a gluten and lactose intolerance (and can't have corn for some bizarre reason). A few of the new kindy mob have nut allergies, but it means I no longer have to go elsewhere to buy gluten-free bread yay! *-My boss is 6 months pregnant, but NONE of the kids (save for one) have picked up on it. None of them have even commented on her growing belly (which she's trying to hide with baggy t-shirts). She wound up explaining that she had some "extra baggage" the other day and the kids response was to go and play soccer
(The one kid she did tell was for safety reasons as he is prone to meltdowns and hit her in the stomach the other day.)-We got a new desk (for the staff) but bosslady (who's pregnant) couldn't do it and she didn't want me to tackle it. Her response? hire-a-hubby
. Even better, when she rang our regional manager to get the all-clear to call hire-a-hubby, she found out that regional manager had already arranged something for us. *-One of the kids we had last year with anaphylaxis to various things had a SEVERE reaction to milk. For some reason though, the school never banned dairy products (instead insisting that said child had to sit on the other side of the eating shed away from everyone else)