Drew's preschool is having a Teddy Bear Picnic on Monday. (They are also having a Teddy Bear Clinic where each child brings their bear or lovey and then a nurse from the local hospital comes in to let them do a well checkup on their bear- complete with pretend vaccines....) As annoyed as it makes me, I am going to let Drew participate. Also, it's not like shots are completely foreign to him- he still gets the MB-12 shots regularly.
Anywhoo, his teacher told me that at the picnic, they will be giving out gummy bears and teddy graham crackers. She really wants Drew to be able to particpate as closely as possible (unlike his previous school who actually discouraged me from trying to bring in substutions stating that, "he seems fine just having his regular fruit"...while all the other kids have cupcakes.) This teacher has compassion. And, I've tried to explain that he is very used to not having the same things as the other kids; but that I'm always willing to bring something as closely related as possible. Sometimes though...it's kind of hard to do that. But, bless her for thinking of him.
So. For the Gummy Bears and Teddy Graham crackers. I'm going to go with the
same gummy bears that I gave him for Halloween . Although they DO have sugar in them, he didn't seem to react
last time . I'm only going to allow him one pack
and I'm going to try desperately not to eat the other 23 packs in the box.
And for the teddy bear crackers...well, I attempted something tonight. I'm not necessarily suggesting you try this at home. I will say that Drew will eat these and like them; but I cannot guarantee that any other child would not spit them out. In case you have a kiddo who might eat your arm if allowed, and you're interested in the recipe, it's super easy (and low oxalate!)
1/2 C
pumpkin seed butter
1/2 C
potato starch (must be starch not flour to be low oxalate)
1/2 C water
1 TBLP oil
1/2 tsp baking powder (probably optional)
**I didn't use this but I highly recommend some sort of sweetener- xylitol, honey, sugar, coconut crystals, agave, something.
**I also suggest using maybe a tiny dash of cinnamon or nutmeg. I did not.
I mixed all the ingredients together. Then, rolled them out on parchment paper. I cut them using my super cute little
teddy bear cookie cutter . And baked them on 375 for approx 13 minutes.
Drew's preschool is having a Teddy Bear Picnic on Monday. (They are also having a Teddy Bear Clinic where each child brings their bear or lovey and then a nurse from the local hospital comes in to let them do a well checkup on their bear- complete with pretend vaccines....) As annoyed as it makes me, I am going to let Drew participate. Also, it's not like shots are completely foreign to him- he still gets the MB-12 shots regularly.
Anywhoo, his teacher told me that at the picnic, they will be giving out gummy bears and teddy graham crackers. She really wants Drew to be able to particpate as closely as possible (unlike his previous school who actually discouraged me from trying to bring in substutions stating that, "he seems fine just having his regular fruit"...while all the other kids have cupcakes.) This teacher has compassion. And, I've tried to explain that he is very used to not having the same things as the other kids; but that I'm always willing to bring something as closely related as possible. Sometimes though...it's kind of hard to do that. But, bless her for thinking of him.
So. For the Gummy Bears and Teddy Graham crackers. I'm going to go with the same gummy bears that I gave him for Halloween . Although they DO have sugar in them, he didn't seem to react last time . I'm only going to allow him one pack
and I'm going to try desperately not to eat the other 23 packs in the box.And for the teddy bear crackers...well, I attempted something tonight. I'm not necessarily suggesting you try this at home. I will say that Drew will eat these and like them; but I cannot guarantee that any other child would not spit them out. In case you have a kiddo who might eat your arm if allowed, and you're interested in the recipe, it's super easy (and low oxalate!)
1/2 C pumpkin seed butter
1/2 C potato starch (must be starch not flour to be low oxalate)
1/2 C water
1 TBLP oil
1/2 tsp baking powder (probably optional)
**I didn't use this but I highly recommend some sort of sweetener- xylitol, honey, sugar, coconut crystals, agave, something.
**I also suggest using maybe a tiny dash of cinnamon or nutmeg. I did not.
I mixed all the ingredients together. Then, rolled them out on parchment paper. I cut them using my super cute little teddy bear cookie cutter . And baked them on 375 for approx 13 minutes.