I cannot WAIT til tomorrow
Feb. 10th, 2012 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sethrakWe have some friends, who have babysat the boys before, coming over from 2 pm Saturday til mid-day-ish Sunday. We've reserved a hotel room, and plan to go out to a nice dinner, do some mini-golf, have dessert at Coldstone Creamery, and generally relax.
After a day like this, I could use it, and so could Tom.
The morning started off with a very disgusting emergency bath and room cleaning for Mark. Tom helped with the initial drudgery of scrubbing down the room until he had to go to work; I've been grinding through the laundry ever since.
Then there was the befuddling flower delivery.
Then I got a worrisome call from one of the aides in Mark's classroom. She wanted to ask if we were absolutely sure there wasn't anything else Mark could have for snack besides his beloved tomato triscuits. I explained that, while there are other foods that satisfy his allergy requirements, he's a very finicky little boy and tomato triscuits are the most consistent thing he's willing to eat that doesn't require actual cooking. (Well, also potato chips, but those are very definitely a sometimes food, not suitable for regular snacking.)
Apparently he's been spelunking into the garbage can and trying to steal thrown-away goldfish crackers, and has even eaten one or two before the staff can stop him. Ms. Walker wanted to know if we were sure he couldn't have those, since he hadn't gotten visibly sick after eating them.
::rubs temples::
Yes. We're sure.
Every single variety of Goldfish crackers has milk in it. Even the kinds that don't have cheese listed in the name. They won't send him into allergic shock like peanuts will, but they will give him a tummyache, and larger quantities will make him sicker.
We're sure. We're not just being whimsical.
Once I calm down, I will write an email to his teacher, and cc his school district OT and our private ABA therapist, explaining politely but emphatically that it is important he not be permitted to sneak other children's snacks or get into the food garbage. I will also request that they start noting these incidents down on his communication notebook. They've gotten diligent about noting when he hits students and staff, since that PTC in December, so adding this in should be no trouble. I want to be able to correlate sneaking allergen-containing food with when he gets gastric problems.
Tom's issues relate to having to scrub feces off of walls, and general work-related problems, so he's as eager to get this weekend away as I am. Sigh.
We owe Matt and Joyce big-time for this.
After a day like this, I could use it, and so could Tom.
The morning started off with a very disgusting emergency bath and room cleaning for Mark. Tom helped with the initial drudgery of scrubbing down the room until he had to go to work; I've been grinding through the laundry ever since.
Then there was the befuddling flower delivery.
Then I got a worrisome call from one of the aides in Mark's classroom. She wanted to ask if we were absolutely sure there wasn't anything else Mark could have for snack besides his beloved tomato triscuits. I explained that, while there are other foods that satisfy his allergy requirements, he's a very finicky little boy and tomato triscuits are the most consistent thing he's willing to eat that doesn't require actual cooking. (Well, also potato chips, but those are very definitely a sometimes food, not suitable for regular snacking.)
Apparently he's been spelunking into the garbage can and trying to steal thrown-away goldfish crackers, and has even eaten one or two before the staff can stop him. Ms. Walker wanted to know if we were sure he couldn't have those, since he hadn't gotten visibly sick after eating them.
::rubs temples::
Yes. We're sure.
Every single variety of Goldfish crackers has milk in it. Even the kinds that don't have cheese listed in the name. They won't send him into allergic shock like peanuts will, but they will give him a tummyache, and larger quantities will make him sicker.
We're sure. We're not just being whimsical.
Once I calm down, I will write an email to his teacher, and cc his school district OT and our private ABA therapist, explaining politely but emphatically that it is important he not be permitted to sneak other children's snacks or get into the food garbage. I will also request that they start noting these incidents down on his communication notebook. They've gotten diligent about noting when he hits students and staff, since that PTC in December, so adding this in should be no trouble. I want to be able to correlate sneaking allergen-containing food with when he gets gastric problems.
Tom's issues relate to having to scrub feces off of walls, and general work-related problems, so he's as eager to get this weekend away as I am. Sigh.
We owe Matt and Joyce big-time for this.
