Sugar intolerance

[rebajayne]

I don't give my 4 year old boy sugary foods and sweets, he is noticeably better behaved when he does not have them, the only problem Ive found is when he goes to his nursery on an afternoon he has a pudding. Every time I was picking him up they were telling me that he had not been good, and been hitting children and throwing toys. So last week I said to them I didn't want him having the puddings and although it wont seem fair on him he would have to have a bit of fruit at pudding time and tea time.
The only thing is I don't know what else they can give him; I don't want to upset him by him just having an apple.
What else can I advise the nursery to give him?
Thanks

[little coojy]

why can't all the children have fruit, or a yogurt. it would be much better for them and i dont think other parents would mind, they could have lots of differant fruits and learn about them, they could even have mini field trips to pick there own ie strawberrys, blackberries etc, much healthier and good education.

[little coojy]

forgot to say remind the nursery of the jamie oliver experiment. good luck.

[rebajayne]

I totally agree with you, when this first came about he was having orange juice, and i told them he wasnt to have it at all, so they took it off all the children at dinenr time and they started having water with there dinenr, the parents complained about it. So i guess they wouldnt do it again.

My son is very good at understanding it but unfortunatly likes more exoctic fruits than a apple and orange. :-)

[morg_monster]

can you send him along to nursery with something more exciting? Like some more 'exotic' fruit? Or like coojy says, what about a pot of yogurt. He could pick it himself at the supermarket. If he is generally ok about these things it might be fine. Would the nursery let him bring along his own dessert?

There's always sugar free jelly (I know they usually have artificial sweeteners in which might be a problem though...)

[little coojy]

perhaps the parents could take it in turns to let there children bring in differant fruits for everyones pudding to try, they could learn about that fruit for the day and make a chart of what they liked best and where it was from, they could even make there own juice with them and experiment on differant ways you can eat them ie cooked, juiced etc. they could play apple bobbing, and dicuss which have to be peeled and which don't, how about getting them to plant seeds or get fruit plants they could grow themselves, get on to the nursery to give your kids some food education (you could even try and get jamie oliver round) .

[malaise]

What about a little tub of exotic fruits: pineapple, mango, grapes, melon... You could set it in sugar-free jelly so it's a bit more exciting?

[MrsJo49155]

my nephew is sugar-intolerant and has no problem in taking his own fruit with him to school for when the children have snacks.

You can always get diabetic cake (although very expensive) so that he can still have pudding the same as everyone else, allbeit one that his body is ok with.

One comment about some of the postings above - have you ever looked at a pot of yoghurt for sugar content? Unless it is pure natural yoghurt (which is not very interesting to have in place of a pudding) they are all PACKED with sugar - especially the ones for kids.

Look at your local supermarket in the "free" section for sugar-free/diabetic options. Well worth the extra bit of money if it means your son can cope better at school.

Good luck!