Does anyone have a good idiot-proof list of what a paleo person can eat to give my daughter's daycare provider? - PaleoHacks.com

Does anyone have a good idiot-proof list of what a paleo person can eat to give my daughter's daycare provider?

2012-10-19T22:35:52Z

I'm not talking about the lithographs that are out there or the massive "paleo solution"-esque lists of what is and isn't ok. I just need a super simplistic and semi-dumbed down list of what they can and can't feed my daughter. I tried to explain it but it didnt go too well. During the interview I explained that we avoid all grains to which she was quick to show me the GF sticky buns, pancakes and brownies they make special for the one Celiac kid because the cook didn't think it was right for him to miss out when all the other kids were eating those treats... And the director is a nurse so she tried to rub her medical career in my face when i started talking about why we eat this way. Face-palm.

I went on to explain sugar free only to be looked at like I'm depriving my daughter. All the while we were standing in their kitchen stocked with cheese poofs and other non-food crap.

Answer by jake3_14 for Does anyone have a good idiot-proof list of what a paleo person can eat to give my daughter's daycare provider?

2012-10-19T23:05:34Z

Sounds like you need to get together with other like-minded parents and start your own day-care center.

Answer by Vern for Does anyone have a good idiot-proof list of what a paleo person can eat to give my daughter's daycare provider?

2012-10-19T23:13:16Z

Animal protein; cooked in animal fat. No added preservatives, not processed. Vegetables; raw or cooked in animal fat. Fruit. Nuts, seeds. Raw or roasted. No added preservatives, salt and not processed.

Going into too much detail about the specifics just gets too messy. If they need examples of the above, you can divulge some detail, but the simpler the better.

Answer by Livia for Does anyone have a good idiot-proof list of what a paleo person can eat to give my daughter's daycare provider?

2012-10-19T23:20:06Z

if it were me, I would say vegetables, fruits, eggs, nitrate-free meats, and nuts. Then I would leave a list of my child's favorite paleo foods ie. avocados, boiled egg, carrots, almond butter on apples, pickles, whatever. She might be exposed to unnatural oil once in a while as a fluke, but I wouldn't stress on that. You can't control everything.

Answer by Megawatts for Does anyone have a good idiot-proof list of what a paleo person can eat to give my daughter's daycare provider?

2012-10-19T23:31:35Z

As a paleo diet follower who has worked at two different corporate daycare centers for a total of five years, I would highly suggest that you pack your child's own meals and snacks each day. I know this is a big hassle and is not fair given that you probably won't get a tuition discount for your extra efforts, but it is likely the only way to make sure that your child has a healthy, balanced diet and that you stay on good terms with the director and staff. You will probably need a doctor's note for this (especially if the nurse/director thinks she knows better), so hopefully you have a physician who would be willing to write a note.

If you tell the daycare workers that your child has some food intolerances and you think it would be easier to bring her meals/snacks from home, they likely won't be judgmental or irritated. If, however, you try to educate them on the paleo diet while requiring that they make huge dietary accommodations, they will likely think you're weird and annoying.

I have a couple reasons for this suggestion:

Their knowledge of food ingredients and food intolerances is likely to be EXTREMELY limited. My co-workers know I'm knowledgeable in this area, so they frequently ask me questions such as "It should be okay if I just scrape the cheese off the pizza, right?" in reference to the lunch of a child with a severe allergy to dairy and "What?! I didn't know croissants have wheat in them!" in reference to me politely declining the aforementioned croissants. Both of these comments, by the way, came from the cooks. They're not bad people. Some are even quite likeable, just clueless in this area.
A daycare employee's day can be extremely stressful, loud, fast-paced, and frustrating. In few places are the negative effects of population pressure more apparent than in a daycare. ;) I'm not saying other jobs aren't stressful or that this somehow excuses daycare workers from their mistakes, but I will say that I personally, even with my own dietary intolerances and deep understanding of these issues, have on SEVERAL occasions fed children foods they were allergic to. I work with toddlers (you didn't mention your child's age), so sometimes this means while I'm comforting a child who fell out of his chair and hit his head, behind my back a child who is not allowed to have dairy is grabbing milk from another child. Daycare directors/companies will swear up and down that they can make dietary accommodations, but this is not a guarantee. And the workers are frequently short on time and very distracted by all that is going on in the room.

That said, I'm sure there are daycares somewhere out there that would be able to accommodate your requests. Hopefully you have found one! I suspect they're in a very tiny minority. The two daycare centers I've worked at have been considered high-quality centers, and I still wouldn't trust them with a paleo diet. Good luck, hopefully others will have helpful suggestions! This is just how I would handle it with my future child given my experiences in the wonderful world of childcare.

Answer by JayJay for Does anyone have a good idiot-proof list of what a paleo person can eat to give my daughter's daycare provider?

2012-10-20T00:05:14Z

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-succeed-with-the-primal-blueprint/#axzz29b7iOR2K

Go to the second triangle and print it.....piece of bacon.

Sorry I just read the whole post and thread and now realize this is more complicated than just giving someone else some info. I pack my kids lunches....so they really would have no excuse. I did get a phone call one day from one of his teachers. She seemed very distressed. Turned out my three year old "snagged" one of the other kids food. They were kinda freaking out (I kinda didn't claim nor deny that he was highly allergic to certain foods when we discussed his lunches prior to this). I settled her down by telling her that he would not go into anaphylactic shock, but he was going to have explosive diarrhea now! She didn't seem completely relieved by that ;)

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2012-10-20T00:13:37Z

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