What am I supposed to feed her?

[Feijoa Mum]

Oh this is seriously becoming the bane of my life at the moment. I am all for healthy options but come on they go take it to far sometimes dont they??

I usually send a sandwich,wrap or roll with jam,vegemite etc. (No peanut butter)
Plain rice crackers with some cheese spread
two different types of fruit (whatever he is loving that week)
Some cheese sticks (I cut it off the block so its cheaper)
Yogurt or custard (again from a big tub so it works out cheaper)
A homemade mini muffin (If I have made any), either fruit or savoury as we are not allowed any chocolate items
It seems like alot but they are only little amounts as he is a grazer.

I also sometimes give him ham slices,vege sticks or dinner leftovers (that can be eaten cold because they dont have a heating option) ie cold sausage or some spaghetti. Mini Pikelets are good too. I make up a whole lot and freeze them in pairs. They defrost well and they dont have "too much sugar".
Hope this helps a bit as I know it can be a nightmare trying to work aroung the food rules.

Also they are no rubbish too so everything has to be in named containers, no gladwrap or ziplock bags and they ask that ready packed yoghurts be put into a container too as it creates too much rubbish.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Oh really???
What the heck is going to happen when my boy gets to school? He only eats certain things, and won't touch a peice of fruit.

[Visitor7]

Oh really???
What the heck is going to happen when my boy gets to school? He only eats certain things, and won't touch a peice of fruit.

DD1 won't touch fruit either. She gets either yoghurt or vegies to replace it. The daycare know that she doesn't like it, and even though they offer it at morning tea, they don't push it. I'm hoping by the time she's at school she'll eat fruit

[~*Niadalla*~]

DS won't touch vegies either! I have to hide everything. HAHA. He loves his dairy and his hommus on multigrain sandwhiches. Looks like he'll be living on them until he decides to try something new. Here's hoping it's before he's 18!

[Visitor7]

haha! yep, just give him what he wants. No point forcing it down his throat at such a young age I reckon.

[Oorki Galoorki]

DS gets fruit of any sort(often 2 serves just to be safe) a sandwich a small yoghurt and water while at kindy
DD at FDC gets all that and usually 2 sandwiches, crackers and salmon or crakers pickles cheese and ham, some times pasta salad, small tubs of fruit in fruit juice.

DS kindy dont like crackers or any biscuits.. i try and stick with nothing in a packet that is marketted to kids as often its high in sugar and salt..

[Glamourcide]

Heh, that's pretty poor form. Would it have been so hard to just let it slide this once and pop a note in the lunchbox along the lines of 'We prefer a, b and c over x, y and z'??.... I was told when DD1 started daycare that obviously high-fat/sugar/salt items like potato chips, chocolate biscuits and chocolate-coated things were avoided, and peanuts were banned, so I've tried to work around that. It's hard, because DD1 is now notorious for her avoidance of fruit and vegies, but her standard lunch includes:

- a Granny Smith apple (she's just like her mum, only likes the green ones, I know she barely nibbles it but at least the offer's there)
- a chunk of cheese cut off the block and into cubes
- a tub of yoghurt (usually vanilla, but I try to sneak a strawberry one in every so often to get some extra fruit into her lol)
- a Vegemite/Cheeseybite sandwich on multigrain bread (sometimes I'll put meat, tomato and lettuce on it to switch it up)
- a box of sultanas
- a 'nutty bar' (one of those mini Brunch Bars, they're peanut-free but have chocolate on them, but I suppose they're okay for afternoon tea if I'm late picking DD up, she whinges for more food at 4pm so they give her the 'naughty' stuff then lol)
- a little tub of Nutella - I have asked the daycare ladies if she can be bribed with it, ie if she eats the fruit for morning tea she can have the Nutella, sometimes it comes home unopened so I know she's been naughty and not eaten her fruit.
- and a boiled, peeled egg for the protein and fullness. She loves her 'eggies' and at least I know it'll fill her belly a bit if she doesn't eat a proper morning tea.

Good luck finding something that works, kids are such fussy little creatures and now that daycares/kinders etc are banning things left right and centre it's hard to know what to put in their lunchbox!