family gatherings and kids with allergies

[jessgray]

tomorow we might be going to see ds's great grandma and grandfather (my grandparents) and my aunty and her fiancee and his son and my 2 cousins will be there as well as my brother and sister and mum.
my mum and siblings know not to give anything to ds without asking first if its ok coz of his allergies to things. how should we explain the allergies to the rest of the family they havent seen him since christmas coz he was sick over easter.
i dont want to feel like a food nazi, but i dotn want to spend the night afterwards looking after a sick ds either.

[jessgray]

any one got any suggestions?

[Chickadee]

If you were going to a friends house for lunch or to a birthday party you'd have to explain his allergies. So treat your extended family exactly the same. It doesn't make you a food nazi, it makes you concerned for your son and a good mum.

Maybe you could phone your aunty today to talk to her about it ahead of time, or whoever's house it will be at (or whoever is going to be preparing the food?). That way it wouldn't be such a shock for them to deal with tomorrow and might avoid them offering your DS food before you get a chance to say anything.

[jessgray]

thanks :)
we are planning to go after lunch. so ds can have a nap on the way. its at my nan's, we go there also for easter and christmas. so i guess it will sorta give us an idea of what christmas will be like onyl there will be more people and an extra bub lol

[Chickadee]

Good luck tomorrow. I hope you don't have a sick little boy to deal with afterwards :fingerscrossed:

[jessgray]

i hope so too. his molars are coming through so i dont need him up all night spewing or anything as well as upset coz he is teething.