Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hey all, My son was given ice cream at school today -- by an aide who *should* have known better. Usually I am informed in advance when there are going to be " no-no " foods being given to the kids, and then I provide a " legal " substitute for them to serve to him. But not today. The aide said that since she'd seen him eating some *dark* (no milk) chocolate at lunch, she figured that chocolate ice cream would be okay. Honestly, what part of " milk and milk products " is so difficult to understand?? Naturally, I was fit to be TIED when I found out about it...fortunately, there are only two more days of school left, and I'll be able to more closely monitor his diet. Okay...so now, I'm looking suggestions on what to do to speed the bad stuff out of the system when occasional dietary infractions occur. I wondered if giving Benedryl would make a difference? Thanks in advance, Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 ENZYMES Try Houstons > > Hey all, > > My son was given ice cream at school today -- by an aide who *should* > have known better. Usually I am informed in advance when there are > going to be " no-no " foods being given to the kids, and then I provide > a " legal " substitute for them to serve to him. But not today. The > aide said that since she'd seen him eating some *dark* (no milk) > chocolate at lunch, she figured that chocolate ice cream would be > okay. Honestly, what part of " milk and milk products " is so difficult > to understand?? Naturally, I was fit to be TIED when I found out about > it...fortunately, there are only two more days of school left, and > I'll be able to more closely monitor his diet. > > Okay...so now, I'm looking suggestions on what to do to speed the bad > stuff out of the system when occasional dietary infractions occur. I > wondered if giving Benedryl would make a difference? > > Thanks in advance, > > Donna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 One time my son ate some salsa that had a preservative in it that affected him so much, he was up in the middle of the night crying for hours. We gave him activated charcoal to sop it up and a one-time mega-dose of vitamin C (this causes a purge). - princesspeach <donnaaron@...> wrote: Hey all, My son was given ice cream at school today -- by an aide who *should* have known better. Usually I am informed in advance when there are going to be " no-no " foods being given to the kids, and then I provide a " legal " substitute for them to serve to him. But not today. The aide said that since she'd seen him eating some *dark* (no milk) chocolate at lunch, she figured that chocolate ice cream would be okay. Honestly, what part of " milk and milk products " is so difficult to understand?? Naturally, I was fit to be TIED when I found out about it...fortunately, there are only two more days of school left, and I'll be able to more closely monitor his diet. Okay...so now, I'm looking suggestions on what to do to speed the bad stuff out of the system when occasional dietary infractions occur. I wondered if giving Benedryl would make a difference? Thanks in advance, Donna __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Donna, Anti histamines might help. We had skin allergy panels done recenty to determine environmental factors (dust mites the worse surprise surprise) and had to stop zyrtec 4 days prior as it would interfere with the response, so perhaps something along those lines might reduce a response. By the way, did you see any immediate changes in behaviour, health? Regards _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of princesspeach Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:01 PM Subject: Dietary infractions Hey all, My son was given ice cream at school today -- by an aide who *should* have known better. Usually I am informed in advance when there are going to be " no-no " foods being given to the kids, and then I provide a " legal " substitute for them to serve to him. But not today. The aide said that since she'd seen him eating some *dark* (no milk) chocolate at lunch, she figured that chocolate ice cream would be okay. Honestly, what part of " milk and milk products " is so difficult to understand?? Naturally, I was fit to be TIED when I found out about it...fortunately, there are only two more days of school left, and I'll be able to more closely monitor his diet. Okay...so now, I'm looking suggestions on what to do to speed the bad stuff out of the system when occasional dietary infractions occur. I wondered if giving Benedryl would make a difference? Thanks in advance, Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Donna, Unfortunately there is no fast way to expedite the foods to be digested. I know all too well their reasonings and I must say that I would have gone ballastic too. I dealt with people in my daughter's life for years who still questions the non-dairy diet we have been providing for over 7 years now. NO ONE has a right to question a parent on a decision to eliminate dairy or whatever else the child needs to avoid. Whatever happened to asking the parent, honoring the parent and lastly respecting the parent. Michele Cerruto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Donna I remember a post awhile back from a long term mom (I think it was Caroline or Marcia) and I remember her saying that when her son got a no-no food she did not sweat it. She tried to give him lots of water and had him play outside or ride his bike alot. (I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but I remember this so well because it gave me a sense of relaxation!) I'm curious too....did you notice any behavior/digestive issues? > > Donna, > > Anti histamines might help. We had skin allergy panels done recenty to > determine environmental factors (dust mites the worse surprise surprise) and > had to stop zyrtec 4 days prior as it would interfere with the response, so > perhaps something along those lines might reduce a response. > > > > By the way, did you see any immediate changes in behaviour, health? > > Regards > > > > > > _____ > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of > princesspeach > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:01 PM > > Subject: Dietary infractions > > > > Hey all, > > My son was given ice cream at school today -- by an aide who *should* > have known better. Usually I am informed in advance when there are > going to be " no-no " foods being given to the kids, and then I provide > a " legal " substitute for them to serve to him. But not today. The > aide said that since she'd seen him eating some *dark* (no milk) > chocolate at lunch, she figured that chocolate ice cream would be > okay. Honestly, what part of " milk and milk products " is so difficult > to understand?? Naturally, I was fit to be TIED when I found out about > it...fortunately, there are only two more days of school left, and > I'll be able to more closely monitor his diet. > > Okay...so now, I'm looking suggestions on what to do to speed the bad > stuff out of the system when occasional dietary infractions occur. I > wondered if giving Benedryl would make a difference? > > Thanks in advance, > > Donna > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Funny you should ask that, . So far, I've seen nothing unusual...I know it can take a while to leave his system, so, I'll keep watching... Mostly, I worry about the risk of diabetes (Dr. G has talked of a connection between bovine proteins and juvenile diabetes). Donna > > > By the way, did you see any immediate changes in behaviour, health? > > Regards > > > > > > _____ > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of > princesspeach > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:01 PM > > Subject: Dietary infractions > > > > Hey all, > > My son was given ice cream at school today -- by an aide who *should* > have known better. Usually I am informed in advance when there are > going to be " no-no " foods being given to the kids, and then I provide > a " legal " substitute for them to serve to him. But not today. The > aide said that since she'd seen him eating some *dark* (no milk) > chocolate at lunch, she figured that chocolate ice cream would be > okay. Honestly, what part of " milk and milk products " is so difficult > to understand?? Naturally, I was fit to be TIED when I found out about > it...fortunately, there are only two more days of school left, and > I'll be able to more closely monitor his diet. > > Okay...so now, I'm looking suggestions on what to do to speed the bad > stuff out of the system when occasional dietary infractions occur. I > wondered if giving Benedryl would make a difference? > > Thanks in advance, > > Donna > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 It wasn't I (Caroline), but I remember that post, too... I was about to post that as well! It seems logical... those things would speed up/aid the metabolism of the food through the body and get it out of there. Of course, don't go overboard (no forced marches!). Caroline > From: meljackmom <meljackmom@...> > Reply-< > > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:08:07 +0000 > < > > Subject: Re: Dietary infractions > > Donna I remember a post awhile back from a long term mom (I think it > was Caroline or Marcia) and I remember her saying that when her son > got a no-no food she did not sweat it. She tried to give him lots > of water and had him play outside or ride his bike alot. (I don't > want to put words in anyone's mouth, but I remember this so well > because it gave me a sense of relaxation!) I'm curious too....did > you notice any behavior/digestive issues? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Dr Goldberg told me Tylenol for a day could help. --- Caroline Glover <sfglover@...> wrote: > It wasn't I (Caroline), but I remember that post, > too... I was about to post > that as well! It seems logical... those things > would speed up/aid the > metabolism of the food through the body and get it > out of there. > > Of course, don't go overboard (no forced marches!). > > Caroline > > > > From: meljackmom <meljackmom@...> > > Reply-< > > > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:08:07 +0000 > > < > > > Subject: Re: Dietary infractions > > > > Donna I remember a post awhile back from a long > term mom (I think it > > was Caroline or Marcia) and I remember her saying > that when her son > > got a no-no food she did not sweat it. She tried > to give him lots > > of water and had him play outside or ride his bike > alot. (I don't > > want to put words in anyone's mouth, but I > remember this so well > > because it gave me a sense of relaxation!) I'm > curious too....did > > you notice any behavior/digestive issues? > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Kinda makes you want to snatch her hair out, doesn't it? lol. Worst of all is letting a child find out what they're missing! That's the guilt I choose to put on people who think it's just soooo important for a kid to have a treat " Oh just once in a while! " - do you really want that kid to suffer the torment of knowing just how wonderful ice cream is and not being able to have it?? THAT has always shut up those disputes. HTH- --- princesspeach <donnaaron@...> wrote: > My son was given ice cream at school today -- by an > aide who *should* > have known better. Usually I am informed in advance > when there are > going to be " no-no " foods being given to the kids, > and then I provide > a " legal " substitute for them to serve to him. But > not today. The > aide said that since she'd seen him eating some > *dark* (no milk) > chocolate at lunch, she figured that chocolate ice > cream would be > okay. Honestly, what part of " milk and milk > products " is so difficult > to understand?? Naturally, I was fit to be TIED when > I found out about > it...fortunately, there are only two more days of > school left, and > I'll be able to more closely monitor his diet. > > Thanks in advance, > > Donna > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 > > Kinda makes you want to snatch her hair out, doesn't > it? Yeah...lol. But she really was very, very apologetic about it. She's usually very vigilant about those things. I know she's been under a lot of personal stress lately with her significant other recently being diagnosed with some aggressive form of cancer. I have to give her the benefit of the doubt...I think it was more of a momentary lapse in judgement rather than deliberate disregard for me or the diet. Oh, well...I guess we'll be doing a lot of swimming and trampoline jumping this weekend! Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Donna and , One bit of dairy will not undue all the good you have done with the protocal. I used to keep 's diet very clean at home so if something like this happened at school it was not a big deal. Whenever he got " weird " from an offending food I would offer more water to flush out his system and increase the exercise. Swimming for some reason is amazing with our kids. Did you ever notice how much more focused they are after swimming? Of course our kids can't do group swimming lessons at first, but I highly recommend individual lessons. Donna, I too used to substitute a treat for the cupcake or dairy at school or the very rare birthday party we attended. I did this until I realized that making him feel different was worse then just letting him have the food. After a food infraction simply increase exercise and water and make sure the diet is on tract at home. We get so caught up in trying to always do the best for our kids that we forget they are kids and need to be one of the group. Dr. Goldberg and I argued furiously in the past about 's lunch. I used to give him one cookie so he was like the other kids. Dr. Goldberg was sure I was killing him. But looking back I think I did the right thing. He felt the same as the rest of the kids and that was the only sweet he had per day. No fruit juice ( which is much worse than the cookie) and only two fruits per day. Try to look at the big picture and do what is best for your kid and don't get caught up in the minute details. Hope this helps, Marcia P.S. I know Dr. G is reading this and I will deny I ever said it. Posted by: " meljackmom " meljackmom@... meljackmom Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:08 am (PST) Donna I remember a post awhile back from a long term mom (I think it was Caroline or Marcia) and I remember her saying that when her son got a no-no food she did not sweat it. She tried to give him lots of water and had him play outside or ride his bike alot. (I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but I remember this so well because it gave me a sense of relaxation!) I'm curious too....did you notice any behavior/digestive issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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