{"id":3214,"date":"2019-02-04T17:06:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T17:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=3214"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:19:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:19:08","slug":"going-to-parties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/families\/allergic-reactions-medication\/living-with-allergy\/going-to-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Going to Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your child has been invited to a party and there\u2019s likely to be food provided, what can you do to reduce the risk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most parents will be understanding and happy to accommodate, but it\u2019s going to be easiest to<strong>&nbsp;discuss it<\/strong>&nbsp;before they go out and buy the food they are planning to serve!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give them a list\u00a0of what they are allergic to, and typical things that might be a concern e.g. pizza for milk allergy, chocolate for nut allergy.\u00a0\u00a0Explain how cross contamination can occur\u00a0if bowls\/plates are shared or if kids don\u2019t wash their hands afterwards (hand gel does NOT get rid of allergens, only bugs!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Offer to bring your own food<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>make sure your child understands<\/strong>&nbsp;they can\u2019t help themselves to what\u2019s on the party table.&nbsp; If you bring your own food, you can ask if you can still use the same plates as everyone else!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A<strong>sk if you can plate up food for your child<\/strong>&nbsp;before anything is put out, to prevent risk of contamination.&nbsp; Ask the host to&nbsp;<strong>keep the packets and packaging (ideally unopened) until you get a chance to look yourself<\/strong>.&nbsp; You could then plate up food for your child first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make sure you bring your allergy medicines<\/strong>&nbsp;(including inhalers if appropriate) and allergy plan, and leave contact details if you\u2019re not staying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">If your child has been invited to a party and there\u2019s likely to be food provided, what can you do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":128,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3214"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6401,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3214\/revisions\/6401"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}