DCPs Providing Food?

[MissAnn]

In order to provide the child's food on the food program, you should have to have a special diet statement from the child's physician so that should confirm the child's dietary needs.

I can't say I would or wouldn't be surprised if mom was not being truthful about it but atleast you would have covered your bases with the Dr.s statement.

...and for what it's worth, if I saw what you did on FB and had doubts about what the parent was or wasn't doing, I would call them out on it. See what she says about it.

I do have a doctors note on a Rx pad, but no, I have not confronted mom. I decided to see if I see this happen again and then will confront her. I truly hate confrontations!

[Blackcat31]

I do have a doctors note on a Rx pad, but no, I have not confronted mom. I decided to see if I see this happen again and then will confront her. I truly hate confrontations!

I wouldn't accept the RX on the doctor's pad. I would insist on the form the food program supplies. My sponsor uses this one. You are free to print it off and use it as well. It is pretty thorough. One is with a disability and one is without.

[melilley]

Here are a couple gluten free play-doh recipes

http://www.parents.com/fun/activities/indoor/gluten-free-play-dough-recipe/

http://www.food.com/recipe/gluten-free-play-dough-359023

http://nourishinghope.com/2012/03/gl...ydough-recipe/

Awesome thanks!!!

[Sunshine74]

We use brown rice a lot. I used brown rice even before I had a child with a gluten intolerance. I also use rice cakes and corn tortillas instead of bread. I don't use gluten free breads because the ingredients scare me. For spaghetti I do use the gluten-free noodles. I made a two week menu and I rotate it so I don't have to have a huge variety of different meals that I serve. For breakfast I serve brown rice with maple syrup twice a week And gluten-free cereal three times a week. You can use oatmeal too.

The food program will only accept certain types of milk substitute. I buy lactose-free milk for this child. The mom lets me give her ice cream, yogurt and cheese which makes no sense to me. I do have a doctors note to avoid dairy and gluten but I am not convinced that she really has a problem.

I have an app for my iPhone that will scan barcodes and let you know if that product is dairy or dairy free. The app is called shopwell.

If someone is gluten free, you have to be very careful with oatmeal. Oats have gluten, but they do make gluten free oatmeal. However some people with Celiac's or gluten sensitivities cannot eat that either due to trace amounts of gluten.

The remark about no milk but cheese, yogurt oh I so know the answer to this one. It is the lactose found in milk. I can not tolerate milk and have been tested. I do tolerate cheese, yogurt. It is not an allergy per se but an intolerance. It is a silly world we live in.
oh here is another one. I can eat almonds, drink almond milk but I am highly intolerant to almond oil and anything with it in it like lotion etc. I break out so bad!
My dd can not tolerate cow, beef, milk, cheese any of it. Ds can not tolerate additives, preservatives or food colorings

I also have a lactose intolerance but can have cheese, yogurt, ice cream (to a lesser extent).