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Post by melanell on Aug 21, 2014 15:11:14 GMT
My older son has gone to a peanut-free preschool & elementary , and it was no problem at all. (DS [HASH]1 wasn't a big peanut butter fan at all.) Now DS [HASH]2 is about to go to a peanut-free preschool as well, and while I know the official answer to my question, I want to know the real answer, so to speak.  The question is how would teachers/providers feel about sun butter being sent in to school? It's made from sunflower seeds and is completely nut free. It is processed in a plant that does NOT handle peanuts or tree nuts, so there is no contamination issue. So, from an official stand-point, it's a-ok to send in. However, I worry that it will still be a pain or worry to the teachers, who may see what looks like a PB&J and worry or who may have to deal with kids who think DS has peanut butter, kwim? Dealing with 20 4 year olds at snack or lunch is already a PITA and I don't want to make it worse. So, if you are working in this type of environment are you okay with sun butter as an alternative or would you rather parents skip anything remotely similar? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 15:15:24 GMT
Sunbutter is fine here.
There was talk last year of not allowing it because it LOOKS like peanut butter, and I'm completely and totally opposed to that.
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Post by shanni on Aug 21, 2014 15:22:26 GMT
As a parent of a nut allergy child, I would not have an issue with your child having sun butter. I think it's a great solution. I would write "sunbutter" on the bag every time you send it with him though so that the teachers don't panic.  |
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Aug 21, 2014 15:23:07 GMT
My experience has been that most places are very specific about what they'll allow. If they say no peanuts they'll allow almond butter, if they say no tree nuts they'll allow sunflower seed butter, etc. However I would ask because we did have one location claim they meant all peanut butter-looking items when they said no peanuts.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Aug 21, 2014 15:31:02 GMT
Our preschool served Sunbutter so no problems there.
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Post by bianca42 on Aug 21, 2014 15:40:50 GMT
My son't class is peanut and tree nut free in the classroom only. He can bring anything for lunch, but they must have a late lunch because the note from his new teacher said that they will be having a morning snack in the classroom. It can be a piece of fruit or something individually packaged that says peanut/tree nut free....and can't have shared equipment. I'm mildly annoyed that I can't stick crackers in a baggie....but I'll get over it.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Aug 21, 2014 15:43:45 GMT
Parent chiming in - if you look at the allergen notices posted on the doors, you may found that if they restricted things that are remotely similar there would be nothing to send! (My son's class one year had no lie: Peanuts, Tree nuts, shellfish, dairy, gluten, eggs, red dyes and probably a few more) Now granted some of these were just for snack SHARING and didn't restrict everything they could bring in. One of his best friends has a peanut allergy, so we've been doing almond butter since preschool. No one has ever had a problem.
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Post by moveablefeast on Aug 21, 2014 15:45:33 GMT
Sun butter is fine here too. At the beginning of the year you might want to put a post it on the container saying that it's sunflower butter. We had some confusion on that last year. Sun butter smells like pb if you don't know which is which.
Almond butter is not okay in my school because of tree nut allergies.
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Post by lindywholoveskids on Aug 21, 2014 16:10:29 GMT
Ask the school.
My grandsons preschool allows Sun Butter, and that's what he has almost every day in a sunbutter and jelly sandwich!
almond butter is NOT allowed, as it's a nut butter/tree nut.
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Post by iluvpink on Aug 21, 2014 16:21:21 GMT
I have a friend who lives in TX and I mentioned that as an option once for her kids and she said it wasn't allowed. Our school district would almost certainly allow it though I agree with the person who said to write sunbutter on the baggie. My dd has never been in an anything free classroom. She's a type 1 diabetic though so I imagine they mixed up the kids with health issues so they were spread around among different teachers and no one teacher got stuck with them all.  |
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Post by melanell on Aug 22, 2014 3:05:08 GMT
I did ask, and the director said anything peanut and tree nut free was fine, but I didn't know if it was one of those things that's allowed, but is still a pain for the actual teachers dealing with it.
I love the idea of marking the baggie, and I can even mention it to a teacher in the morning if it he has it.
Thanks!
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Post by lesleyanne on Aug 22, 2014 3:40:56 GMT
Teacher here. If I saw your child's food, I would simply ask what's in the sandwich.
So my suggestion is to make sure you tell your kid what it is. Make sure he can tell another person or adult what it is when asked. Then write a note and put it in his lunchbox the first time to give to the supervisor. And I would probably write on the baggie in Sharpie, at least for the first few times.
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Post by paigepea on Aug 22, 2014 3:49:24 GMT
I sent sunflower butter when my dd's were on preschool and I just put a note in the lunchbox at the beginning.
My dd thinks it is peanut butter so asking her what it was would only create problems.
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Post by lindywholoveskids on Aug 22, 2014 4:21:49 GMT
some preschoolers would be able to answer the teachers, some not. direct communication with the teachers is best |
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Post by melanell on Aug 22, 2014 13:26:05 GMT
Teacher here. If I saw your child's food, I would simply ask what's in the sandwich. So my suggestion is to make sure you tell your kid what it is. Make sure he can tell another person or adult what it is when asked. Then write a note and put it in his lunchbox the first time to give to the supervisor. And I would probably write on the baggie in Sharpie, at least for the first few times. My son has speech delays and just thinks it's peanut butter, so he might not be able to get the point across properly, but I will definitely take multiple steps to be sure the staff knows. I'm sure he'd be very happy to give a note to a teacher, along with me telling someone myself. |
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