I don't serve breakfast. Morning snack is at 9:30am, which I do serve. My daycare kids (until January then it will change), some mornings, come at 7am.
One child came with an apple sauce, a granola bar, and I had been told she ate a fruit cup on the way.
The other child, I assume, ate nothing because his mom told me before that he doesn't really eat breakfast. He didnt come with anything to eat, either.
So anyway, my own kids get up, and what do they want? Pancakes. I had them premade from the day before so I only had so much, only enough for my own kids. Of course, the day care kids geot excited that yay, they're getting pancakes. But oop, no, they're not, they're wrong. Child #1 gets her apple sauce and Child #2 I felt bad for so I gave him a piece of fruit, which he did not eat.
There's a reason why I don't serve breakfast and I tell the parents in their handbooks that they either need to send breakfast or make sure they've eaten beforehand...the day care kids don't eat it. I throw away SO MUCH FOOD here. It's a waste of my food, we're on a strict budget and I can't afford to be throwing food away. I'm already considering not providing snacks anymore when my new policies roll out in January. Times are tight and I can not ask for any more rate increases. I already charge $30 a day and that is the high end of the home day care range in my area.
In the new year this will be a moot point because my hours will be changing and I will be opening much later than I do now. But for the time being, how would you have handled it, with regard to the child with no food sent? Would you have given something even though it says in your handbook that you won't, or just assumed he ate and not serve him until snack time?
One child came with an apple sauce, a granola bar, and I had been told she ate a fruit cup on the way.
The other child, I assume, ate nothing because his mom told me before that he doesn't really eat breakfast. He didnt come with anything to eat, either.
So anyway, my own kids get up, and what do they want? Pancakes. I had them premade from the day before so I only had so much, only enough for my own kids. Of course, the day care kids geot excited that yay, they're getting pancakes. But oop, no, they're not, they're wrong. Child #1 gets her apple sauce and Child #2 I felt bad for so I gave him a piece of fruit, which he did not eat.
There's a reason why I don't serve breakfast and I tell the parents in their handbooks that they either need to send breakfast or make sure they've eaten beforehand...the day care kids don't eat it. I throw away SO MUCH FOOD here. It's a waste of my food, we're on a strict budget and I can't afford to be throwing food away. I'm already considering not providing snacks anymore when my new policies roll out in January. Times are tight and I can not ask for any more rate increases. I already charge $30 a day and that is the high end of the home day care range in my area.
In the new year this will be a moot point because my hours will be changing and I will be opening much later than I do now. But for the time being, how would you have handled it, with regard to the child with no food sent? Would you have given something even though it says in your handbook that you won't, or just assumed he ate and not serve him until snack time?
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