How Do Your DCK Feel About The CACFP Changes?

[AmyKidsCo]

I've already been doing pretty much everything for years, except the sugar in yogurt thing. My usual yogurt brand just switched to 40% less sugar than before - I'm assuming due to the CACFP changes - and now my DCK won't eat yogurt anymore. I tasted it and can't blame them!

[Blackcat31]

I've already been doing pretty much everything for years, except the sugar in yogurt thing. My usual yogurt brand just switched to 40% less sugar than before - I'm assuming due to the CACFP changes - and now my DCK won't eat yogurt anymore. I tasted it and can't blame them!

None of my DCK's have noticed any changes...

The CACFP requirements are still fairly under par to my own.

I still struggle with what the FP allows as nutritious.

As for yogurt.....I've always only served Fage' Total 0% plain greek yogurt

[AmyKidsCo]

I do Stonyfield Farm organic. I'm sure they'll get used to it eventually.

[Leigh]

I do not have one single child in my care right now who will eat whole wheat bread. Even infants throw it on the floor. They're not impressed with whole grain noodles, either. One 3 year old shouted at the table "this is disGUSTing!".

My kids will eat Pepperidge Farm Jewish Rye-at $4.26 per tiny loaf or white bread. I'm going to try replacing as much bread as possible with whole grain buns.

I'm all for eating more whole grains, but the kids are very unimpressed. I get it-it took ME many tries before I switched to whole wheat noodles for my own family. I, too, hate whole wheat bread. If I'm wasting carbs and calories on bread, I want it to be one of those dense, delicious breads that I LOVE. I know they'll eventually get used to it, but when they get white bread at home, they are unlikely to want to eat it here. I used to serve only whole grains, but a few years ago, I gave up and switched to white bread and noodles because I was sick of throwing food away. I literally threw away 90% of breakfast (whole grain blueberry pancakes) and not one kid touched their sandwich at lunch today on whole wheat bread, though it DID get them to eat more vegetables than usual!

[Cat Herder]

The menus look boring and unappetizing to parents, now, so I will just make my own. PR still matters for business.

I won't be looking for all those codes on frozen or processed foods, so I will continue to buy whole and fresh locally. If they give me grief on my farmers market sourcing I will file religious exempt, church of *I will support my local farmers and serve what I want*.

I will continue to add fresh fruit, fruit butters and/or sprinkles to the yogurts and hot cereals. I will continue to add preserves, honey or jams to the whole grain breads. I will also continue to add sauces and cheese to the pastas and flatbreads. Childhood only comes once.

They can be anxiety ridden, obsessive hand washing, calorie counting, dieting robots when they grow up.

[Unregistered]

I was ahead of the curve and have already been doing many of those things.
My current group doesn't love yogurt anyway though, so that will be interesting if I get more kids that do. I like plain yogurt but I realize it's an acquired taste.

[Josiegirl]

I do not have one single child in my care right now who will eat whole wheat bread. Even infants throw it on the floor. They're not impressed with whole grain noodles, either. One 3 year old shouted at the table "this is disGUSTing!".

My kids will eat Pepperidge Farm Jewish Rye-at $4.26 per tiny loaf or white bread. I'm going to try replacing as much bread as possible with whole grain buns.

I'm all for eating more whole grains, but the kids are very unimpressed. I get it-it took ME many tries before I switched to whole wheat noodles for my own family. I, too, hate whole wheat bread. If I'm wasting carbs and calories on bread, I want it to be one of those dense, delicious breads that I LOVE. I know they'll eventually get used to it, but when they get white bread at home, they are unlikely to want to eat it here. I used to serve only whole grains, but a few years ago, I gave up and switched to white bread and noodles because I was sick of throwing food away. I literally threw away 90% of breakfast (whole grain blueberry pancakes) and not one kid touched their sandwich at lunch today on whole wheat bread, though it DID get them to eat more vegetables than usual!

What about whole grain pita breads or bagels/english muffins? I've tried the whole wheat buns and my dcks won't eat them. The noodles either, although I've gone 1/2 and 1/2 and they'll eat those. They have no problem with whole grain crackers but ya can't serve them every day.
I'm confused about what is whole grain and what's not. I'm sure the list is somewhere on the site. Quinoa, oatmeal, flax seed, couscous, corn meal, barley...? We do eat brown rice.

[Baby Beluga]

I have always served whole grain everything - pasta, bread, rice, oatmeal. I'm the bulk bin queen

We always do plain greek yogurt (usually store brand) and I add in organic vanilla, almond, flax seed granola and fresh fruit. My kids never mind. Occasionally I do vanilla yogurt with pumpkin for a "pumpkin pie yogurt" but otherwise it's plain here.

FWIW I am not on the food program. After joining a FB group made for DC lunches I was surprised at the number of providers who served white bread. Isn't that the same as serving a bunch of sugar? And especially before nap time.

[springv]

Our kids haven't complained, they LOVED the whole grain pancakes and the waffles. Question about yogurt, do you have to serve a different yogurt or can you serve what you've always served? We have always done yoplait go gurt for afternoon snack on Thursday with juice but when we started complying to the new regulations, we got the generic yogurt to serve instead because we thought it had to be less sugar but we looked at both nutrition labels and they are pretty much the same. What would you do?

[daycarediva]

My kids haven't noticed a difference because that is the way I have always served them. I'm a little more strict than FP- plain yogurt with honey, jam, or fruit. Two veggies at lunch, etc.

Never served a gogurt, poptart, or other highly processed junk food to daycare kids.

[Leigh]

What about whole grain pita breads or bagels/english muffins? I've tried the whole wheat buns and my dcks won't eat them. The noodles either, although I've gone 1/2 and 1/2 and they'll eat those. They have no problem with whole grain crackers but ya can't serve them every day.
I'm confused about what is whole grain and what's not. I'm sure the list is somewhere on the site. Quinoa, oatmeal, flax seed, couscous, corn meal, barley...? We do eat brown rice.

Thanks-I did order WW pitas and english muffins. I don't think they'll find the muffins to be a lot different than the white ones! My kids love whole grain, multi grain crackers, for sure!

[Leigh]

I have always served whole grain everything - pasta, bread, rice, oatmeal. I'm the bulk bin queen

We always do plain greek yogurt (usually store brand) and I add in organic vanilla, almond, flax seed granola and fresh fruit. My kids never mind. Occasionally I do vanilla yogurt with pumpkin for a "pumpkin pie yogurt" but otherwise it's plain here.

FWIW I am not on the food program. After joining a FB group made for DC lunches I was surprised at the number of providers who served white bread. Isn't that the same as serving a bunch of sugar? And especially before nap time.

I used to serve only whole wheat bread, but none of the kids ever ate it. For years. They all refused it. I finally gave up and gave them the white bread that they get at home. I do serve Jewish Rye to them, as well, and they will all eat that.

Sugar before nap? I wouldn't worry about that. Data shows that sugar does not amp up behavior-that a parent who is simply TOLD that their child had sugar will report behavior issues, even though their child had no sugar. I did tons of research on this, and called my FP rep who sent me even more info supporting what I had read. This was because I had a parent asking me to stop giving her kids fruit because she believed the sugar in fruit caused behavior issues (the behavior was caused by abuse/neglect/ODD/living in a chaotic environment with an alcoholic/and literally being confused over who their parents were).

[Josiegirl]

Went to a food program training last night and they discussed whole grains a lot. Seems like there is a ton of confusion surrounding that requirement. I've been buying things that say 100% whole wheat but they said you have to look for the term whole grains instead. They discussed that, and yogurt in length; gave us some charts to go by which will be very helpful. They didn't even know the answers for some of our dilemmas. If THEY don't know, how will we know??

[sahm1225]

Went to a food program training last night and they discussed whole grains a lot. Seems like there is a ton of confusion surrounding that requirement. I've been buying things that say 100% whole wheat but they said you have to look for the term whole grains instead. They discussed that, and yogurt in length; gave us some charts to go by which will be very helpful. They didn't even know the answers for some of our dilemmas. If THEY don't know, how will we know??

Can you post the charts please? I keep getting mixed messages if I can serve double vegetables or if I have to serve fruit AND a veggie for lunch

[Blackcat31]

Can you post the charts please? I keep getting mixed messages if I can serve double vegetables or if I have to serve fruit AND a veggie for lunch

You CAN serve 2 vegetables.

This was the ONLY issue I had with the changes....I thought i HAD to serve a fruit AND a veggie and I never serve fruit for lunch and have always served 2 veggies so for me the changes weren't looking like an improvement but I did get clarification and you CAN serve 2 veggies (no fruit) but you can't serve 2 fruits and no veggies.