Ground Beef....

[MissAnn]

Do any of you NOT serve ground beef or red meat? I have a child come in with a doctors note about what to and not to serve this child because she is overweight. It's a good thing I already do all the suggestions on the list......not sure how this would go over in a daycare that doesn't serve as healthy of meals. I don't have to adhere to these suggestions....I would only if it were a medical disability or I guess take her off FP and let parents supply food. I did want to say to the dad......have you not ever read my menus? I really don't need to make changes except for ground beef which I was thinking of doing away with anyway. I just don't know if a parent would complain that I don't serve red meat. Of course, they can give them that at home if they feel necessary. So I will have 2 different kinds of beans days, 2 chicken days and 1 egg day each week.
Oh, the doctor wants her to have no milk....just water with meals but I already double checked with FP and that is a no go.

[daycare]

I've never served red meat in my daycare in the history of being open.

[MissAnn]

I've never served red meat in my daycare in the history of being open.

Good! I'll do the same for now on!

[Claraskids]

Due to my own extreme food allergies and sensitivities, all meals are based around chicken, turkey, eggs, or vegetarian only. Absolutely no red meat, pork, or fish! Never been an issue.

[laundrymom]

I serve all types of foods including red meats, fish, pork, etc. but I also have an active program with hours of vigorous gross motor play each day so I would not adhere to this request. I do not serve processed foods or "empty calories" which I believe is a huge factor in child nutrition issues. Coupled with my active program we actually see healthier bodies once children are enrolled in care for several months.
We all know The answer to obesity is not "cut out chocolate milk and ground beef"
The answer is
"Lifestyle change."
Increased activity, real foods, less screen times, involved parental attention, and letting kids PLAY and explore are the real answers to the hard questions.
But it's not easy. Easy is "no red meat at daycare and blame school lunches for obesity.
No one blames the drive through meals 8 times a week w parents and fruit snacks and bug juice on the weekends. ((Sorry. I'm bitter I know. Lol))

[LysesKids]

Due to my own extreme food allergies and sensitivities, all meals are based around chicken, turkey, eggs, or vegetarian only. Absolutely no red meat, pork, or fish! Never been an issue.

See, I don't do red meat either, but I do fish, eggs and on occasion chicken. Once in a great blue moon we do lamb, but only if it coincides with a country of the week. Like a Lamb Tagine for Morocco. Never pork - mainly because of religious issues with some people in care ( plus I just don't like it); yes I know... a southern girl who doesn't eat bacon or sausage

[TheMisplacedMidwestMom]

Just replace your ground beef days/recipes with ground turkey.

I think menus are just like the handbook, parents don't really pay attention to what they are reading until there's an issue. No one will probably even notice the lack of red meat.

[Blackcat31]

I serve all types of foods including red meats, fish, pork, etc. but I also have an active program with hours of vigorous gross motor play each day so I would not adhere to this request. I do not serve processed foods or "empty calories" which I believe is a huge factor in child nutrition issues. Coupled with my active program we actually see healthier bodies once children are enrolled in care for several months.
We all know The answer to obesity is not "cut out chocolate milk and ground beef"
The answer is
"Lifestyle change."
Increased activity, real foods, less screen times, involved parental attention, and letting kids PLAY and explore are the real answers to the hard questions.
But it's not easy. Easy is "no red meat at daycare and blame school lunches for obesity.
No one blames the drive through meals 8 times a week w parents and fruit snacks and bug juice on the weekends. ((Sorry. I'm bitter I know. Lol))

what she said ^^

[mommyneedsadayoff]

I serve all types of foods including red meats, fish, pork, etc. but I also have an active program with hours of vigorous gross motor play each day so I would not adhere to this request. I do not serve processed foods or "empty calories" which I believe is a huge factor in child nutrition issues. Coupled with my active program we actually see healthier bodies once children are enrolled in care for several months.
We all know The answer to obesity is not "cut out chocolate milk and ground beef"
The answer is
"Lifestyle change."
Increased activity, real foods, less screen times, involved parental attention, and letting kids PLAY and explore are the real answers to the hard questions.
But it's not easy. Easy is "no red meat at daycare and blame school lunches for obesity.
No one blames the drive through meals 8 times a week w parents and fruit snacks and bug juice on the weekends. ((Sorry. I'm bitter I know. Lol))

I agree!! I serve tables at night and you don't know how many times I roll my eyes at Parents!
"Mom I want sprite!"
"No honey. It has too much sugar and is not healthy. He will have a chocolate milk and the kids mac n cheese with French fries."
(Yes, this was actually said to me!)

[laundrymom]

I agree!! I serve tables at night and you don't know how many times I roll my eyes at Parents!
"Mom I want sprite!"
"No honey. It has too much sugar and is not healthy. He will have a chocolate milk and the kids mac n cheese with French fries."
(Yes, this was actually said to me!)

Bwahahahaha.
Yep. But it's the meals they have at childcare which are ruining their development. Lol.

[midaycare]

I'm not of the belief that red meat or fatty meats cause obesity. I believe processed foods, corn and it's derivatives and sugar cause them.

I serve a variety of foods, not any are processed. If a dcf showed up with a note, I would first ask them to record everything they fed their child at home.

[Blackcat31]

I agree!! I serve tables at night and you don't know how many times I roll my eyes at Parents!
"Mom I want sprite!"
"No honey. It has too much sugar and is not healthy. He will have a chocolate milk and the kids mac n cheese with French fries."
(Yes, this was actually said to me!)

I have a similar conversation with my sister.
She says her kids have a super healthy breakfast every morning before school. When I asked her what they ate she said "Yogurt, cereal and toast"

Yogurt = Trix flavored yogurt or a Go-gurt tube style yogurt
Cereal = Fruity or Cocoa Pebbles
Toast = white bread with tons of grape jelly

I don't lecture or advise her.... like most parents she wouldn't listen anyways.

[Leigh]

I serve all types of foods including red meats, fish, pork, etc. but I also have an active program with hours of vigorous gross motor play each day so I would not adhere to this request. I do not serve processed foods or "empty calories" which I believe is a huge factor in child nutrition issues. Coupled with my active program we actually see healthier bodies once children are enrolled in care for several months.
We all know The answer to obesity is not "cut out chocolate milk and ground beef"
The answer is
"Lifestyle change."
Increased activity, real foods, less screen times, involved parental attention, and letting kids PLAY and explore are the real answers to the hard questions.
But it's not easy. Easy is "no red meat at daycare and blame school lunches for obesity.
No one blames the drive through meals 8 times a week w parents and fruit snacks and bug juice on the weekends. ((Sorry. I'm bitter I know. Lol))

You're very right. What bugs me is that the doctor wants to cut out milk when data shows that kids who drink full fat milk weigh LESS than kids who drink none or drink skim. Those fats are essential to children for vitamin absorption, and they help them feel full (and can help prevent grazing).

Also, I'd push the parent to take the child to an endocrinologist if the weight is an extreme issue. I kept putting on weight, and could only lose if I went on a diet of 800 calories or less per day. No amount of exercise would help. I went to several doctors who tried to give me appetite suppressants (after I already told them that I was eating healthy, and eating less than a "normal" person does, anyway). I finally got a CT scan and an MRI and we found the cause: golf ball sized tumors on both adrenal glands. The tumors secrete excess hormones, and that has an effect on many aspects of my life, including weight. A pediatrician is not going to be able to truly help with a real weight issue-I'd always leave that to Endocrine doctors.

[Blackcat31]

I'm not of the belief that red meat or fatty meats cause obesity. I believe processed foods, corn and it's derivatives and sugar cause them.

I agree.

We don't eat it daily but 1-2x a week we sure do!

My DH and I have both lost a lot of weight in this last year and we have steak night every Sunday.

DH got a pellet grill/smoker for Father's Day... I don't think I could give up red meat.

Mmmm!

[laundrymom]

That picture was not fair at 10:30 AM as I am getting ready to fix the kids their lunch
that was literally cruel to me knowing that I can't even get to the store to get a steak until I get off work at 5:30 tonight. Lol
Go to time out black cat

I agree.

We don't eat it daily but 1-2x a week we sure do!

My DH and I have both lost a lot of weight in this last year and we have steak night every Sunday.

DH got a pellet grill/smoker for Father's Day... I don't think I could give up red meat.

Mmmm!