{"id":3081,"date":"2009-10-26T07:46:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T12:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=3081"},"modified":"2009-10-26T07:48:43","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T12:48:43","slug":"peanut-butter-toast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2009\/10\/26\/peanut-butter-toast\/","title":{"rendered":"Peanut butter toast"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span> would like to ask you all a question, but first a caveat. This is likely to be a sensitive topic with strong feelings on either side – which is why I’d like to examine it. I’d like to make a special effort here to ask you to be respectful in your comments. Not that I really need to — you are all considerate and thoughtful nomatter what the topic — but I don’t want this to seem like a post designed to stir things up, merely to have a chat about something that I found curious.<\/p>\n

Having said that…<\/p>\n

Almost every Sunday morning, we have breakfast with another family also challenged by <\/s>blessed with three boys. Yesterday, we were placing our order when a very large group, a group that seemed to be a hockey team or something similar, settled into a long table behind us. Because there were so many of us, and so many more of them, we pretty much took up the whole section of small, pub-style restaurant.<\/p>\n

As the server brought out our food, my friend asked for some peanut butter and the server explained to her that the party at the next table had asked that no peanut butter be used in the restaurant while they were there because of severe peanut allergies.<\/p>\n

We were, to be honest, very surprised. I am used to allergy concerns from schools and from friends, but I can’t say that I’ve ever heard of anyone asking an entire restaurant to deny their patrons peanut butter during a Sunday-morning breakfast rush. We complied, of course. We are blessed to be largely free from allergies, and doing without peanut butter through one breakfast is a hardship we are quite able to endure — although there was some moaning and complaining from our, erm, peanut gallery. <\/p>\n

On the other hand, we wondered why someone who is so at risk and so sensitive to peanuts would even come in to a restaurant that serves almost every plate with a side of toast. <\/p>\n

It must be exhausting to be so vigilant, and I have nothing but sympathy for the parent and the child, but it does make me wonder how far we should be expected to go to accomodate those with these kinds of severe allergies. I honestly don’t mind packing nut-free lunches and snacks, and we managed to choke down our toast laden only with jam. But is it really reasonable to ask an entire restaurant to pass on the peanut butter due to one child’s allergies?<\/p>\n

I don’t even know the answer. I suspect if it were my child, the answer would be “hell, yes!” But then, I would also be embarrassed about the imposition. And, to be honest? If it were me, think I’d just avoid going out for breakfast.<\/p>\n

What do you think? <\/p>\n

Oh, and by the way, a friend of mine has recently been inducted into allergy hell with her one year old and is scouring the blogosphere for information and perspectives. If you know any good blogs laden with allergy-relating parenting perspectives, can you pass them along in the comments? Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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