What if day care not responsive to toddlers peanut allergy?

I would take him to a daycare which has experience with kids who have severe allergies. It doesn't sound as if yours does.

You need to find another day care provider immediately and do not go back to the first place, as you would be putting your child's life at risk. If need be, you may have to hire someone to care for your child in your home.

Switch day cares if possible. Don't chance it.

I would be very upset by her reaction, peanut allergies are so serious. Raise your concerns with her again and stress how important it is. As a childcare provider they have an obligation to do everything reasonably possible to ensure the safety of children in their care. What would they do if a child in their care was epileptic or diabetic? They’d definitely take more serious action! I don’t see changing the menu or having a ‘No peanut’ policy as an unreasonable adaptation for the safety of a child. My daughter is in daycare too and I wouldn’t want to change her nursery unnecessarily as she is settled and happy there, but if I thought that their policies were potentially harmful to her then I would take her out of that nursery and find a new childcare provider for her. Good luck with it all, I hope they can see sense for the sake of your child xx

I would highly recommend finding another daycare with a staff that is trained in dealing with allergies and remove your son from the day care center he is currently attending. Good Luck to you.

Take him to a daycare that knows how to deal with severe allergies. Speak with your doctor to see if he knows of any or if he knows of other children with similar allergies whose parents could give you advice on finding a school and daycare etc... Make sure to get him a medical tag that states his allergy. And start teaching him now how to use the epipen. Using the training pen of course. Btw the aap recommended age for peanut butter is 1yr not 3. It used to be 2 but they lowered it. It is not your fault at all that he's allergic. He would've been just as allergic had you waited til 3.

Im a child care provider, and in our facility we have 5 severe peanut allergies. I know that I am responsible for these children and their well being. Because we have so many nut allergies, the children and us have to have food that physically states peanut free. Its rude that they said that to you, some children go into anaphalactic shock just by SMELLING IT. Talk to the boss, explain it to her and maybe show her some articles or such. If they dont listen or want to do anything I would take him out. its their responsibilty to ensure every childs safety. If they are not doing it after talking to them, reort them to the board of health or whoever deals with those issues where you live Good luck

Hi I work in a daycare center, and we're not even allowed to serve items that children have common allergies to, such as peanut butter. At my center, on each meal serving table where the caregiver sits, there's a laminated paper telling us what each child is allergic to, who's lactose intolerant, who can eat certain foods ect, so basically we're VERY careful. Also, we have to get CPR/First Aid certified every single year, even though each certificate doesn't expire for 2 years. In your case I would suggest going to talk to the people who work more closely with your child due to the fact that the director usually doesn't have that much contact with the children. Take it into your own hands to make sure the people working with your child know that he can't have peanut butter. Get a copy of the menu, and on the days you see a peanut butter item, make sure you remind them when you drop your child off. To be extra careful, I would even call at meal time just to remind them even more. I personally think it's really sad that you have have to go through those measures due to the day care being insensitive on the matter, but as a mother you have to look out for your child.

Well to begin since you are sooo knowledgeable and all the word is ANAPHYLAXIS, Find another day care if you don't like that one. EMT Paramedic