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I am planning to open a new center soon and want to offer meals but not have to go through the hassle of dealing with food prep, health department inspections,...
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I am in the process of opening a child care center and was wondering what a realistic budget for food per child per day would be? Per day including breakfast,...
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I'm working a trial at a daycare today, and this is the menu so far:
Breakfast: A piece of a white flour bagel. Kids have option of whether... -
That seems to be the pattern of my recent months. That way, they get to say Yuck again, to all the food that didn't get eaten the whole week long. Yes,...
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How do you deal with/cope with/rationalize all of the food that is wasted on a typical day? It feels like no matter what we serve, half to 3/4 of it...
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Do you limit meal times?
I've never had a reason to until now. I have a new dcb (second week) who is 15 months. At each mealtime, he will sit... -
Anyone have any good lunch ideas for toddler aged kids that they will actually eat!?
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Hi all, I'm pregnant and will go on maternity leave but will still have my teachers run the program. During that time (and maybe even forever haha) I...
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I'm a very new provider, so I'm still working out kinks in our daily routine. Breakfast and snack always go well in my program because I serve healthy,...
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So the layout of our new house is different than our old one. In the new house, the Daycare room is not visible from the kitchen. The children in my care...
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I changed up my menu style this week. For a variety of reasons, I decided to give meat free lunches a try. I've toyed with this for a while, but never...
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I am a licensed Family Child Care Provider. When I make lunches I have to follow a strict guideline for nutrition. I have a very stubborn and picky 4...
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What do they kids do while you're fixing lunch?
How long do you let them sit there and eat?
Do you make them all wait at... -
What does lunch time look like for you?
Do you have booster seats, child table ...?
Do you set a timer?
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Does anyone have pictures of the lunch they feed the kids? I just want to see how other people set it up.
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Any ideas on how to address this mom's lunch comments? We have the same conversation at least twice a week.
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This is the craziest situation. Single dcm drops off almost 2yo dcg about 8:45. She comes back to get her at 11:30, takes her home to breastfeed and...
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I have 7 kids enrolled. I've listed our mains (13 of them) and how many kids actually eat them. What would you change as far as the mains go?
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If you want to see our lunches for this week here-
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I have a 20 months toddler who is in daycare. When I went to pick up today, it was snack time. The teacher had removed tops of all kids to avoid messy... -
What did your DCkids have for lunch today?
We do this on another forum, for our dinners, so I thought you guys would enjoy this for... -
I'm just wondering does anyone have problems with children not eating lunch? I have a little girl whose only 2. I know that she doesn't eat much so when... -
So in theory lunch was supposed to be at about 12 and then outdoor time then nap. Well my baby and 19mo DCG get here at about 8 - 8:30 and then DCG wants... -
How do you make a dozen pieces of toast and serve them at the same time warm?
How do you make a dozen grilled cheese sandwiches and manage... -
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so with my own kids I will say things like "eat two bites of that and a bit of this and you may get down". do you do this with your DCK's... -
I'm very frustrated with the amount of food i've been wasting everyday specifically at lunch. I was thinking of asking the parents to start providing...
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Just was wondering how you all keep kids entertained while making lunch? Especially those of you who only make homemade items! I'm having a hard enough... -
Anyone exclusively offer foods family style- bowls of choices at the table where kids can pick what they choose to eat?
I feel like I... -
Pasta Putenesca
I took med shells, boiled and drained.
in a saute pan I took crushed reds, capers (1 tsp chopped), kalamata's,... -
So after my post yesterday about saving $$ on my grocery bill I decided to grow a little backbone at lunchtime
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I always wanted to put... -
dcg will be two mid-February; she's been here for a year so she's knows the routines pretty well. Lunch is at 12:30; naps immediately after at 1. ...
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do you make something else? Pretty much no one is touching lunch today (they're all hungry, but just not eating what I made) and I'm feeling guilty that...
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This isn't really a "menu" so I decided to post this here instead of in the food category. I was at someone's house today and was babysitting...
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The favorite lunch you serve? The one that has all the kids clean their plates and never have any complaints?
Here it is homemade bbq... -
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Yesterday morning, my 1 year old threw up in his crib and unfortunately, a few of his stuffed animals had to be washed because of it. I have an older... -
I need to have a daily schedule to turn in as part of the licensing process. I DO want to follow a schedule as it's so much easier for the kids to know...
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I have a rotating menu, but still am looking to break things up a bit and add a few new snack and lunch meals to my menu! Anyone have any kid-favorite... -
How does everyones lunch hour work? I have a 5 year old that takes forever to eat lunch, sometimes over an hour......he is not goofing around or talking,...
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Ok, so I have this 7 year old dcb. He arrived late so at 12:30 he had a hotdog, strawberries, and tator tots for lunch. 2 hours later he was acting like... -
HELP! I need snack ideas! A.M. and P.M. ones.
What are your favorites? I am all the time googling and never REALLY come back with actual... -
I feed all the kids the same snack/lunch so that I'm not spending overtime in the kitchen getting each child something differnent. I know that's how... -
I am starting a daycare and am going to be serving breakfast and lunch our local daycare doesn't do that stating the reason that they don't have a nutritionist...
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I didnt see this in any recent threads so I wanted to start one. I love switching up our monthly menus, I am looking for some new ideas. I was thinking...
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