Hello, everybody! I am brand new to the boards. My daughter is 6 and has severe food and contact allergies to eggs, milk, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish & shellfish. My husband and I are looking into taking a family trip to Cancun, Mexico but we are not sure how or what she can eat there. She has never eaten at a restaurant as we bring all of her food with us. Can we bring food into Mexico?
Welcome! We took snacks for DS in 1999 and 2004 --to Cozumel. But we didn't take all of his food. Our last trip (to Cozumel) was before I became allergic to shellfish. Not sure how that'd work for me now.
We took 8 or so Epis.
When planning a trip to Cozumel, a friend who has a court reporting interpretation business in Dallas translated these questions for me and I laminated a card at Kinko's. I'm going to paste this, though doing so doesn't imply that I think your child can eat safely there. I honestly don't think I'd risk it unless I knew I could take all the food. And I am guessing that could be problematic.
BTW--if you are going to Mexico, watch out for peanut flour. And don't eat Mole (pronounced Molay). It's a sauce that most often contains peanuts or another nut.
I printed these in two colors. We used these homemade cards here in Texas often. In fact, we used them at a restaurant a mile from our house. Our 7 yo DS learned "cacahuetes" and can ask! The word "cacaheuetes" (peanuts) has different regional pronunciations. And nuez=nuts.
I don't know all the words you'd need, but shrimp=camarones.
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My son/daughter is allergic to peanuts. He cannot eat even one peanut or one drop of peanut oil or any peanut products. Eating them could cause his death. Mi hijo/hija tiene alergia a cacahuetes. No puede comer ni un cacahuete, ni una gota de aceite de cacahuetes ni productos de cacahuetes. Comiéndolos puede causar su muerte.
Does this food have peanuts or peanut products in it? Esta comida tiene cacahuetes or productos de cacahuetes? Are there any nuts at all in this (food)? Esta comida tiene algún nuez?
Was this fried in peanut oil? Está esto frita en aceite de cacahuete?
Was this made with peanut flour? Esto tiene harina de cacahuete?
I need to call an ambulance. Necesito llamar una ambulancia.
Where is the hospital? Dónde está el hospital?
It is very important that you bring epinephrine. Es muy importante que traigan epinefrina.
This is an emergency. We must get to the hospital in 15 minutes or my son/daughter could die. Esta es una emergencia. Tenemos que llegar al hospital dentro de 15 minutes or podría fallecer mi hijo/hija.