I"M Sorry But How Can Someone Be That Stupid?

[nannyde]

Anyway, the only way around it is to offer some off the wall brand of formula and hope that they will choose to bring their own, by the way-that never happens.

I haven't had a formula baby for ages but when I did get them I never had a parent choose the off brand of formula I offered. I've never purchased a can of formula in all the years I've done care.

I make the baby food from scratch so it's pretty cheap. The only thing I have to buy is the baby cereal.

That's too bad that you have to supply the formula and food. I wouldn't be able to do that without raising rates for the infants. Even generic formula is SO expensive.

[Oneluckymom]

@NannyDe....I currently am caring for a 5mo old who is not on cereal yet. But I also thought of making my own baby food as I did with my own children. Do you know if I can claim that as I would with any other infant meal on the food program?

[wdmmom]

And these people have offspring! Can you imagine how ignorant they will be when they grow up?!?!?!?!

[misspollywog]

I seriously think it took her five minutes to actually comprehend what I was trying to tell her-S-T-U-P-I-D!!!

I think it would've taken ME five minutes to figure out that she actually thought I was providing her formula for at home!

My gosh some people are dumber than a bag of hammers.

[nannyde]

@NannyDe....I currently am caring for a 5mo old who is not on cereal yet. But I also thought of making my own baby food as I did with my own children. Do you know if I can claim that as I would with any other infant meal on the food program?

Yes you can claim home made baby food. The cereal has to be iron fortified so I don't know any way of making that. I buy the gerber organic cereal and I don't serve that until they day they turn eight months. I only have four months where I have to buy the boxed cereal. I make all the baby fruits and veggies and puree.

[Oneluckymom]

Thanks Nannyde...so are they just on formula until 8mos? What if you have a parent that insists on cereal at 5 or 6 months?

[mom2many]

I am on the food program and have been providing formula for many years. I have always provided whichever formula the parents have chosen. Some moms have pumped and saved me the expense of buying the formula and that was awesome!

I am speechless that any parent would even think it was the provider's responsibility to provide formula outside their child's d/c hours.
Are you kidding?!?!?!? I'm sorry but this is completely ridiculous. I cannot fathom how they'd form that conclusion...when is a child's food ever provided for outside of daycare???????????

[nannyde]

Thanks Nannyde...so are they just on formula until 8mos? What if you have a parent that insists on cereal at 5 or 6 months?

At my house they are on formula or breast milk till eight months. The parents start the food at home usually around six months. By the time I start feeding cereal and fruit/veg they are pretty adept with the spoon.

I don't have parents insisting on food stuff. They know I know my stuff on food. I know when to do it and how to do it. They know that I believe children should learn to eat off a spoon at home when they are having one to one care.

The most discussions we have about baby food is actually about amounts. Parents really need training on what the serving size is for cereal and fruit. I talk a lot to them and actually demonstrate for them what the MAX serving size looks like for the six to eight month crowd.

100 percent of the time the parents do when they see how SMALL it is. We talk about keeping the amounts at the minimum amounts and then move up to the max amounts as the child progresses in months. I want everyone on board for not overfeeding which is becoming a serious problem in our nation.

Parents know I'm a foodie so they are very cool about letting me manage it here as I see fit. I end up with awesome eaters and that's what they want.

[Childminder]

OMG! Some people astound me. I also am in MI and have never had to provide formula because the parents do. Also, 99% of my kids are on WIC and receive it free anyway. Geesh!

[DCMom]

Wow. Just when you think you have heard everything....

It's been awhile since I've had a baby that wasn't breastfed, but I caught the price of formula while at the grocery store the other day. No wonder they keep it under lock and key, for heaven's sake! It's crazy.