At School with PKU
Back to school essentials
Summer is almost over and soon your child will be returning to school. Since you will not be around all the time to help manage the PKU diet, PKU.com wants to help you explain PKU to the new teachers, babysitters, and others who may care for your child. So here are some “back-to-school supplies” you will want to download right now to share with your child’s caretakers. We are sure you will find these as helpful and essential as pencils, erasers, and notebooks.
The caretaker’s guide to PKU
A brochure explaining everything a teacher, babysitter, or other kind of caretaker needs to know, before watching over your child, about PKU and the Phe-restricted diet. Click here to view and download.
Phe trackers: PKU.com Eat-Sheets
PKU.com Eat-Sheets can help you track your or your child’s Phe intake or help you leave a list of approved foods for a babysitter. The Eat-Sheets are also ideal for keeping a record just before a dietitian visit. The Eat-Sheets can record 1, 2, or 3 days with room to write in calories, protein, and food quantity in addition to Phe.
Caregiver’s Eat-Sheet
Leaving your child with a babysitter today? Compile a list of foods that your child can eat for a given day. Fill this sheet out and hand it to a babysitter to ensure that your child will be eating right while you are away.
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