Middle School - Eating School Lunches

[caspi]

Originally Posted by danielsmom

Daniel will do his lunch most days(entering 6th).He will want to try a few select items from school, carb count available online for the foods in district..although initially I may go in and see the food for myself to get idea of portions.. His 6th grade counselor is giving him a front of the line pass for all year. He will go first to office, get his shot, I always give him same amount of carbs daily, nurse does not need to count. If he eats school lunch I make sure I include if I have to from home anything he might need to add up to the 60-65 carbs he eats at lunch. Once he gets shot he goes to cafeteria and and front of line. I have no problem him doing that since lines are long. Once he gets his shot, I don't need him waiting and waiting to get his food, usually he will just be buying milk. Although I have found individual milks to pack now and so long as I can keep it cold, He won't have to buy it at school.

Is your son OK with having a front of the line pass? My son would personally hate that attention. I agree that the lines are long but if he is prebolusing, a 5-10 minute wait on line isn't going to hurt him - it's actually good.

ETA: If it's for milk only, the school should have a separate line for milk purchases. That's ridiculous to have kids wait on line just to purchase milk. At our schools they can walk to the front, get the milk and pay for it at a separate cashier. No long wait.

[emm142]

Originally Posted by caspi

Is your son OK with having a front of the line pass? My son would personally hate that attention. I agree that the lines are long but if he is prebolusing, a 5-10 minute wait on line isn't going to hurt him - it's actually good.

ETA: If it's for milk only, the school should have a separate line for milk purchases. That's ridiculous to have kids wait on line just to purchase milk. At our schools they can walk to the front, get the milk and pay for it at a separate cashier. No long wait.

In high school I got a front of line pass (and I could bring a friend with me ). Possibly the best thing about D. (No, I didn't really need it. Yes, it was nice.)

[MissEmi]

While I was in public school, I always left class a few minutes early, shot up, and went and ate my brought lunch. Had I bought my lunch, I would have ended up at/near the front of the line.

[char19671]

My daughter has never really liked school lunches, but occasionally sees something she wants. I fix her lunch every morning and write down the carb counts. That leaves her only to need her blood sugar levels to figure out her insulin does. She does this in the nurses office and then goes to the cafeteria to eat. Since we have only been doing this one month, I can only say that it has worked out so far. she has had some "highs" at school, but no lows so far. Though as we tweak her ratios, she has had some lows at home. One was really scarey. She seems pretty good at figuring everything, but I worry about her being 13 and getting absent minded about what she needs to do.