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I think it's such a primal instinct as mothers to feed our offspring that it's hard not to react when they reject a lovingly prepared meal.
I've used every ounce of self-control I have not to fight over food with Yasin. If he doesn't eat what I put in front of him I try not to react and just take it away and I try not to offer anything else for at least an hour. If he starts playing with it not eating it I take it away too. I just keep offering and he eats what he wants and I eat what he doesn't want (I'm growing fat on scraps lol).
I'm thinking now that its paid off because the woman who looks after his room at child-care says she wishes all her children would eat like him.
He gets his own fruit and yogurt out of the fridge now so I have to keep an eye on him or he'll pig out on that and not eat anything else.
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At Chelsea's FDC they say no cordial or biscuits, sweet food.
If i pack her water she wont drink it (but at home she will) so i pack kids juice. I want her to drink something and if that works then ill do it!
I pack her 2 arrowroot biscuits but the carer will only ever give her 1.
other then that she gets yoghurt, sandwich, and fruit (which again carer wont even give her the half an apple i pack, but 1/4 of it...).
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Hugs Caro, I know how hard it can be when our kids don't eat. I hope it resolves soon for you. Maybe once she starts kindy and sees other kids eating more variety she'll be more interested? I know Jack has alway eaten things at day care that he wouldn't eat at home. Even when he was at his fussiest.
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Funny you should say that Rolymogs... when Matilda went through all the allergy testing we were finding it hard to find any bread with no preservatives & no milk solids. We found one white bread which had added iron with no preservatives or milk solids. When we first got it home she was asking "What is this??" She'd never had white bread before. We called it cake bread & now she has cake bread sandwiches for montessori.
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Hi there DACHLOSTAR :hello:
.... Is the book u av kinda newish (publication yr ??) ... As I'd b interested 2 find it !! :)
Av u seen it say in a book shop or supermarket ? (I understand u got it on eBay... Gee, I love eBay 2 :computer:)
Thx heaps & kind regards Lorelle (smiles4u) :dance:
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After reading our preschool policies yesterday getting organised for Alexzander to start next week I'm quite surprised at all of the restrictions you guys are talking about! Our preschool is community based & gets funding from council & DOCs so they have to go by DOCs regulations. There are very few restrictions on food - no chocolate, though they can have a choc coated biscuit or choc muffin and no fizzy drinks and that's it. As far as I know there isn't a nut policy in place but the children aren't allowed to share their lunches anyway. There are recommendations on what they can have in the info pack we were given at orientation day.
As for other things, they have the usual hat policy and a no superhero capes policy.
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ooooo only just found this thread.
I think bans are a great idea, as IMO it promotes healthy eating. And it also stops children asking for things they wouldn't normally have as a result of what is in someone elses lunch box. Our kinder/preschool has always had a healthy eating policy & a no nut ban.
