{"id":134563,"date":"2023-11-27T09:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T09:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134563"},"modified":"2023-11-27T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T09:49:19","slug":"a-mother-wants-me-to-make-my-childs-party-food-gluten-and-dairy-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/a-mother-wants-me-to-make-my-childs-party-food-gluten-and-dairy-free\/","title":{"rendered":"A mother wants me to make my child&apos;s party food gluten and dairy free"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>A mother asked me to make all food at my daughter&#8217;s birthday party gluten and dairy-free because of her son&#8217;s allergies &#8211; people are saying I should uninvite her child<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On Mumsnet the mum explained she doesn&#8217;t want to make all food dairy free<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Read More:\u00a0My sister-in-law demanded I make our Christmas dinner dairy free\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A mother planning her daughter&#8217;s birthday party has revealed she has been irked by another parent&#8217;s request to make the food gluten and dairy-free.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taking to British parenting forum Mumsnet, the woman explained that the mother of one of her daughter&#8217;s friends made a special request ahead of the birthday party, because her son has allergies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The mother planning the party explained she&#8217;s more than happy to cater for dietary requirements, but added the other mother asked her to make all of the food at the event gluten-free and dairy-free in cas her son eats it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In particular, she is making her daughter&#8217;s birthday cake from scratch and said she has &#8216;no desire&#8217; to learn how to bake it with a gluten and dairy-free recipe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After asking others for their opinions, the mother received plenty of support &#8211; and some even said she should go as far as uninviting the child with allergies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205299-12787995-image-a-44_1700844047412.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A woman revealed on Mumsnet that a parent has requested she make all her daughters party food gluten and dairy free because their child has an allergy (stock image)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post read: &#8216;[My daughter&#8217;s] birthday party coming up and have asked attendees for allergies\/dietary requirements. Had the usual list back &#8211; some veggie, one no pork, one nut allergy, one gluten free + dairy allergy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I said &#8211; no problem, we will make sure that there are options for all but will be parents&#8217; responsibility to ensure children are eating the correct thing (kids will be aged two to five).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It will be &#8220;normal&#8221; kids&#8217; party food &#8211; sandwiches, crisps, vegetable sticks, fruit, yoghurt etc.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Had a reply separately from parent of gluten free\/dairy allergy saying, &#8220;Sorry to be difficult, but we need there to be no gluten or dairy served at all &#8211; it&#8217;s too dangerous for X as we can&#8217;t guarantee he won&#8217;t eat it. Sure you understand, thanks xx&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She continued: &#8216;Am I being unreasonable to say that this just doesn&#8217;t work for us? I&#8217;m making the cake and have no idea how (or have any desire to learn) to make a nice gluten free \/ dairy free option.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was planning to buy little gluten-free vegan cupcakes so that there is something there for the others, but my daughter has requested a specific thing for her birthday which I&#8217;ve already started prepping.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Many suggested that it was &#8216;ridiculous&#8217; for the child&#8217;s mother to suggest that everyone at the party has to eat restricted food because of her son&#8217;s allergy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One person said: &#8216;As the parent of a child who would end up in hospital if you get it wrong I\u2019d rather supply my own food, and did for all primary aged parties. So you&#8217;re not being unreasonable. Tell them you don\u2019t want the responsibility.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205169-12787995-Taking_to_British_parenting_platform_Mumsnet_the_woman_explained-a-75_1700844733584.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Taking to British parenting platform Mumsnet , the woman explained that she is willing to cater for all dietary requirements but doesn&#8217;t want to make all the food gluten and dairy free<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/07\/78205167-12787995-image-m-2_1701071035085.jpg\" height=\"105\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/07\/78205171-12787995-image-m-3_1701071041996.jpg\" height=\"131\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/07\/78205173-12787995-image-m-4_1701071047253.jpg\" height=\"107\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205177-12787995-image-a-79_1700844755219.jpg\" height=\"79\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205179-12787995-image-a-80_1700844759387.jpg\" height=\"92\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205183-12787995-image-a-81_1700844763666.jpg\" height=\"104\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205187-12787995-image-a-82_1700844768275.jpg\" height=\"238\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205185-12787995-image-a-83_1700844772782.jpg\" height=\"118\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205189-12787995-image-a-84_1700844779656.jpg\" height=\"135\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205193-12787995-image-a-85_1700844783998.jpg\" height=\"141\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205175-12787995-image-a-88_1700844799182.jpg\" height=\"98\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205191-12787995-image-a-87_1700844794585.jpg\" height=\"79\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/07\/78205197-12787995-image-a-1_1701070878896.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/16\/78205195-12787995-Many_were_on_the_mums_side_with_some_saying_it_is_the_child_with-a-86_1700844788484.jpg\" height=\"153\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Many were on the mums side with some saying it is the child with the allergies mother who should take responsibility for her own kid<\/p>\n<p>Another agreed saying: &#8216;Ridiculous for the mother to impose a restriction on everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tell her no you can&#8217;t do that but she is willing to stay and provide her child with her own food.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Someone else said: &#8216;Have they not been to a birthday party before? They can\u2019t expect parents to cater like that at every party their child goes to. They should take their own food and monitor their child.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While another wrote: &#8216;Just say that you will do what you can to eliminate x contamination but it\u2019s not possible for you to make the entire party gf \/ df as your child wants her favourite foods at their party .&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Others suggested she should &#8216;uninvite&#8217; the child with the allergies if she is going to be too much hassle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One person said: &#8216;Text her you will have to uninvite child as you can&#8217;t guarantee. She is more than welcome to come and stay and supervise her child.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8216;Say &#8220;It&#8217;s a shame if you can&#8217;t make it but we understand if it&#8217;s too much of a risk&#8221;.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12787995\/A-mother-asked-make-food-daughters-birthday-party-gluten-dairy-free-sons-allergies-people-saying-uninvite-child.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mother asked me to make all food at my daughter&#8217;s birthday party gluten and dairy-free because of her son&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A mother wants me to make my child&amp;apos;s party food gluten and dairy free - 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