Southern Mom: Panic! at the Daycare

I had a slight (use that term loosely) panic this afternoon after picking Southern Girl up from daycare. Well, first, things were going from bad to worse because Southern Boy woke up from his nap with a terrible earache and was SCREAMING with pain by the time we got to the car. (this lasted all the way home and, oh, about an hour after we got home, BTW) Anyway, Southern Girl has been in the infant room for the past few weeks, but since she is turning 1 in a month, and since she and one other boy exactly her age are at least 6 months older than the other 4 babies in her room, the director decided to go ahead and move her and the little boy to the one year old class. Well...(this is getting wordy - sorry) she always gets a sheet stating mood, diaper changes, what she ate, etc., and I noticed on the afternoon snack line it read "peanut butter and crackers."

Um...she's still 11 months old.

I don't know about any of you, but I tend to really stick to the "feed item X at this age, and don't feed items A, B, or C until after the first birthday." I dropped the sheet and began to inspect her...for what? I had no clue! Her cheeks (I noticed when I picked her up) were very rosy, and her nose was a leaky faucet - but it did run a lot yesterday. That's about all I could distinguish as being "different" from any other day, but I am just PISSED! The more I have thought about it tonight, the madder I have become. What if she DID have an allergy that I didn't know about to notify them of because she WAS UNDER ONE AND HAD NEVER HAD PEANUT BUTTER BEFORE! What if she had a severe nut allergy and I wasn't there and something HAD happened? OH MY GOD MY BABY COULD'VE DIED AND I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE! I'm not a shit-stirrer, but I am going to the director on this one. I can't think of a situation where serving PB and crackers would be appropriate in a one year old class. Am I over-reacting? I don't want to make an ass of myself, and I realize that some people don't follow the what to feed your baby when guidelines. However, on this one, when I send food for my baby - including a snack - I don't feel like liberties should have been taken with her menu without consulting me first.
I do love this facility - I am friends with the director and they are working out many kinks as a new daycare, but this is one error that had the potential of being fatal. I am just devastated.

Comments

You definitely are not a "shit stirrer" from what I can tell. You have every right to be pissed off. I am glad you are speaking directly with the director. We have a lot of young, non mom part-time workers at our daycare and I can see something like that happening with one of them, but there is no excuse.

Good luck. I hope everyone is feeling better today!

Posted by: Jamie | January 24, 2007 09:02 AM

Definitely speak to the director! Some schools/daycares won't even serve peanut butter because so many kids are allergic! That's just crazy!

Posted by: Karly | January 24, 2007 09:41 AM

Oh, I would be livid, too. I told our daycare that my mom has a severe peanut allergy to where she goes in to shock and can't breathe (it's true) and while I have no reason to THINK LB has it, I'd prefer them not to give it to her.

They said they're 100% peanut free.

It's strange they wouldn't even think of that. Now-adays, most places won't even let a nut in the kitchen.

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