No Food From Home Policy...

[coolconfidentme]

I found this & wonder what everyone thought.

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/2-old-suspended-daycare-over-cheese-sandwich-203900195.html

I had to term a parent who forever brought DCB with donuts & chocolate milk in hand. She broke other policies too.

[llpa]

If the center had that policy in place and parents all know it they have no choice but to enforce it. If he gets just a warning then it sets a bad precedent. The next sandwich that comes by accident could be peanut butter and have fatal results for a child who comes in contact w it.

[blandino]

I totally get it. I have a DCG with a severe milk protein allergy.

Say that had happened at my daycare. The child might have pulled the cheese out of his/her pocket while playing, and I don't see. All it would take was a few seconds for her to take a bite. Plus, if I didn't see it, then I wouldn't assume she had gotten into anything, so when I see her exhibiting signs of distress, I may not get her epi-pen as soon as I would if we were at the table and it was a safe bet she had been exposed to a food allergen. If we are up playing, my first thought is going to be that she is having an asthma attack (or something along those lines), and to try her inhaler. Which would waste precious time.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I totally get it. I have a DCG with a severe milk protein allergy.

Say that had happened at my daycare. The child might have pulled the cheese out of his/her pocket while playing, and I don't see. All it would take was a few seconds for her to take a bite. Plus, if I didn't see it, then I wouldn't assume she had gotten into anything, so when I see her exhibiting signs of distress, I may not get her epi-pen as soon as I would if we were at the table and it was a safe bet she had been exposed to a food allergen. If we are up playing, my first thought is going to be that she is having an asthma attack (or something along those lines), and to try her inhaler. Which would waste precious time.

Or even...the child who brought it in eats it, there are little crumbs in certain play areas, the other child gets those crumbs on their hands while playing and ingests them.

I have Celiac disease. If a child has random small bread crumbs in places I like would not notice and being that I play on the floor with the children I might get it on my hands and accidentally ingest them causing me to be completely out of wack for the next WEEK and upping my risk of cancer by a great, great deal.
I have one with a nut allergy (ANY nut and she reacts to products made in facilities WITH nuts) so we also have a no food/drink policy. I had a new child sneak in a juice drink in his backpack and I drained it in the sink as soon as I found it that morning. His older sibling was deeply upset at me.

[Heidi]

This was shared here the other day. The only problem I have with it is that they excluded the CHILD, not the family. The child is 2. She is not responsible, her parents signed the contract. So, they tried to send home the 2 year old but said the older child could attend (dad took him, too).

If that's their policy, it's a bit harsh...3 days for a first offense...but it's their policy. I just think blaming a 2 year old is a bit off the mark.

[Blackcat31]

This was shared here the other day.

https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69358

[coolconfidentme]

My bad..., I don't get a break everyday.

[Blackcat31]

My bad..., I don't get a break everyday.

No worries...

There are lots of times where something was discussed and then revisited and with that revisit comes different perspectives so nothing worth discussing is ever bad.

I linked to the older thread just so posters could read more on the topic if they wanted.