Dinner?

[Daycare Mommy]

Thinking of bringing on a daycare family with a 3 yo that would be here until 6:10 every day. At what point do you start including the daycare kids in dinner?. I normally get off at 5 and we end up eating right at 6-615, so I don't think I want to rearrange this and serve earlier. Snack is at 3:30. I don't know what the parents expect yet.. What do you all do meal-wise with kids that stay this late?

[Childminder]

If you are part of the food program dinner must be served no later than 6:30pm. You will be interrupted every day right in the middle of dinner. I would hope that the child is picked up promptly and just wait till he's gone to eat. That's what I do for the ones that are leaving at that time.

[MarinaVanessa]

If you are part of the food program dinner must be served no later than 6:30pm. You will be interrupted every day right in the middle of dinner. I would hope that the child is picked up promptly and just wait till he's gone to eat. That's what I do for the ones that are leaving at that time.

This is what I would do too. I stay open until 6pm but I start dinner earlier and wait until the last child is picked up to start eating dinner.

[Daycare Mommy]

If you are part of the food program dinner must be served no later than 6:30pm. You will be interrupted every day right in the middle of dinner. I would hope that the child is picked up promptly and just wait till he's gone to eat. That's what I do for the ones that are leaving at that time.

I'm not on the food program so that won't be an issue. I have been thinking about getting back on it though, so thanks for bringing that up. Definitely something to consider with this family picking up so close to the cut off.

[DBug]

My last kids don't get picked up til 6 - 6:30, but my family normally eats at 5pm. And since I already feed the kids breakfast, lunch and 3 snacks, I leave dinner for dc kids up to the parents (since there's no food program up here in the Great White North ). I tried holding off our family dinner til the dck's left, but that didn't work with our evening schedule. So, now my family eats at 5pm, and I have a scheduled dc snacktime at 5:30. The dc kids just play in the playroom (in sight of our table) while I eat with my family, and it seems to work out alright.

[Daycare Mommy]

This is what I would do too. I stay open until 6pm but I start dinner earlier and wait until the last child is picked up to start eating dinner.

That's what I was thinking of doing. I guess I was just wondering if the parents of kids picked up around 6pm generally eat dinner at daycare. And I'm a little worried about that dcgirl eating so late.. Unless they hit the drive-through or have the crock pot going every night her dinner would end up being pretty late.