No, we did not realise my granddaughter's pain could have been school food because we were not informed she was being given these snacks, nor did we consent to it.
We were trying to work out what we had been giving her that was causing the problems. It's not a new routine for us - we have had these problems before.
We have found if we avoid certain foods she is pain free and can sleep. One of those food groups is fresh citrus fruit. I guess it might have been clementine week last week. It'll be interesting to see what she has been given over the weeks since she started school
What would the purpose of suing be from your perspective?
Personally, I'm not interested in money, but child protection as some foods can kill some children.
I make Ella's packed lunches, typically consisting of:
a wholewheat sandwich/wrap filled with veggie sausage, or veggie pate a portion of pasta a portion of fresh fruit, or raw vegetables a portion of dried fruit(s) a portion of potato, or wholegrain cereal crisps a portion of cheese, or yoghurt a bottle of water.
Does it sound like she's an unfed 4 year old, or has a poor diet?
The snack the school has given her consists of fresh fruit.
My granddaughter has been crying in pain in her sleep and waking frequently since last week.
She sleeps in the room above me and a couple of nights my daughter and I have had to attend to her until nearly dawn before she finally settled. She has black rings under her eyes like a panda and is very unhappy at the moment.
The sleep disturbance seems to stem from belly pain and gas. A lot of the the times she's been crying, she's asleep, or barely awake, so there's not much we can do but keep responding to and checking on her.
She's not been eating much of the packed lunch I've been making for her and food has gone to waste. We have a pretty tight food budget and both my daughter and I go to some lengths to provide a healthy diet, avoiding the foods which cause her pain and all of us sleep deprivation.
My daughter and I have been trying to work out what we've been giving her that has made her unwell.
Today my daughter was billed for food she didn't know my granddaughter was being given by the school.
That would be a kind thought from a harmless person, but it could backfire.
If a dodgy person used it as a tool of manipulation to imply a kind, thoughtful nature, a woman might be placed in a situation where she felt churlish saying she didn't like the idea of of being picked up.
It would be ideal psychopath M.O., given psychopaths tend not to be stupid and use social rules and emotional etiquette to their advantage.
It would perhaps be far kinder simply to suggest meeting in a public and safe place.
I thought the expression 'white lies' went out in the 80's?
It's not an expression I feel the need the use when there are alternatives which don't feed into the whole idea of white being good/acceptable and non-white being wrong/unacceptable.
Yeah, sometimes I tell lies to get out of social events because if I tell the truth people think I'm lying and making excuses.
I've not lied to get out of relationships (saying, "I want out" when you want out is kinda truthful isn't it?). I don't drive, I don't recall ever not just getting on with a job, I don't have a problem with saying, "no, thankyou" to a date and if you lot haven't worked out that I can hold my own in an argument, there's something wrong with you.
I do omit the truth sometimes, though. My boss had a massive go at me a couple of weeks ago. I think she has some memory issues due to Type 2 diabetes and had completely forgotten my behaviour is sometimes different to other people's because I have hearing issues.
At one point I said it doesn't bother me when I'm excluded at times because of my hearing, but that was a bit of a lie. It does hurt when people deliberately exclude me from receiving information I need to do my job properly, or social contact because of my hearing. It just wasn't worth saying anything about.
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RE: Attention all attention seekers
I predict eager offers.