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Hi
Does anyone know of a small flat insulated type flask/breaker that would fit nicely inside a ski instructor's pocket  I'm not sure if it's a huge ask either - my daughter has allergies but I'd still like her to have a hot drink when the others stop for one. I'm not talking a huge 2 litre thermos here!
Or any other ideas?
thanks
Tor
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D G Orf, Thanks so much - .35 seemed to be about the smallest I could find just not sure if it's a bit much expecting an instructor to take that?
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tor, If you got one what would you put in it?
I would think you could probably get most things in a mountain restaurant anyway - would there really be nothing suitable?
If not, there might another option. Would she be OK with hot water from the restaurants? Presumably you would make her hot drink in the flask from hot/boiled water from the resort? Maybe you just provide the instructor with something to put in it, i.e. small quantity of fruit cordial, suitable fruit teabag etc. and they could just ask the restaurant for a cup of hot water and then add the 'concentrate' flavour to it. I'm sure a restaurant wouldn't mind if there was an allergy involved and it was a child with an instructor.
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Megamum, Hi, just not sure about the availability of soya milk in the restaurants and knowing a lot of hot chocolate powder sachets (even those for use in water) contain whey products. Plus I don't want this to be a pain for a ski instructer with other littlies to think about... I thought my options might be to mix the soya powder and chocolate into a dispenser and let her loose with a cup of hot water to make some inevitably lumpy cocktail, mix it into a syrup myself before hand or just make it and put it in a small flask/insulated drinker to be taken...
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Just tell the instructor not to let her have anything other than hot squash or similar. They must deal with kids that have allergies every day. Just tell them if she has X, Y or Z the consequences will be very very serious, even if they're not really, and they will make sure she doesn't drink anything she shouldn't.
Plus hot chocolate really makes flasks smell funny. Try Millets and similar, they do kids thermos flasks, you might also find a small backpack or bumbag is the answer for her.
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Monium, Thanks ... good ol' Millets - why didn't I think of them? It's not a huge deal and we'll figure it out - I hadn't considered hot squash (but then you wouldn't, would you  )
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Hot Squash = cordial as per my suggestion - my kids like both hot blackcurrant and hot orange squash. Does she drink tea? Some fruit teas are nice too, esp. with a little sugar in them.
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All French places will sell "sirops" which are sugary fruit squashes (and other countries would have similar, surely?) could just get a hot one of those. Personally I'd hesitate to ask a ski instructor to put a flask in a pocket - not that it would have to be insulated - insulated ones are all pretty large IME. I wouldn't give one to a child to carry either - I nearly got my ribs stove in last year when a Frenchman skiing faster than he should have been took me out from behind (and we've done all the jokes about that, thanks). If it hadn't been for the flask in my backpack I'd have been unscathed.
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tor, chances are the instructor will know exactly where they will stop for a quick drink, maybe you could drop a flask off there yourself at the start of the day?
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Agree with the others about squahs/fruit tea.
Why do you want her to have a hot drink?
Is it so she is like the others? Because you want her to have something hot? Because you want her to have something to drink? Or because you want her to have a treat like the others?
The reason I ask is because my answer is different depending on your answer.
Something hot or to drink- have a fruit tea and give instructor bag or hot squash
If its for a treat give her a treat she can eat and give her water.
To be like the others is more complex and i am now going to sound really harsh, but bear in mind I am the mother of an 8 year old boy with severe food allergies. Basically I used to run around trying for my son to have everything exactly the same as the others etc, but actually I now realise its important they know they are different and accept that; that way I think they are more likely to be accepting of it when they are in those risky teenage years. Otherwise its easy to avoid situations where they appear different. The fact is they are different, and they have to realise it. Yes its unfair that they have allergies and are not able to do things exactly the same, but it can always be worse; there is usually someone with worse allergies ; there are kids with diabetes etc and so the allergy kids just have to get used to it. Life isn't that bad. My son never misses out in the overall scope of things; he knows he gets treats in place of when other kids get them, it just may not be at the same time or place. He has to learn he can't eat everything and accept it. Harsh? Maybe, but maybe realistic in getting them to deal with their allergies, be confidant about them and accept them.
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parlor, another great idea - thanks 
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gryphea, Thanks too for replying - she's generally very accepting of what she can and can't have and she is used to making different choices to her peer group and learning to take responsibility for that.
In answer to your question, yes I'd like her to have a drink and she'd probably be more than happy with water or squash but, as she loves hot chocolate, I was looking at a way of making this possible ...
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