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OK so here is another question to add to the mix! What do you do if the parents want to bring their own food for breakfast, snack, and lunch. Mind you I provide all of the above (except breakfast) but the parents only eat certain food which includes certain types of milka and juice. One of my little guys comes in with two full cups and a juice cup every day. They are in his lunch cooler but he still brings them. His cousin also brings in a lunch cooler every day to and yes I have mixed up their cups and sent them home with the wrong cups. I can't seem to get it through that I provide meals!
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If they have a special milk (soy, lactofree), then I'd allow the parent to bring it in a large container weekly to be poured into my daycare cups.
Unless there is a documented MEDICAL reason, I do not allow ANY food or drink from home (except formula/breast milk, obviously).
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I have a toddler who will be 2 in three weeks who is my only child allowed to bring their own drink. This little one cannot have straight milk, so her mother brings in Enfagrow Next Step formula and 1/2 gallon of coconut milk every week. She gets either of those when we have milk for a meal.
The only other time I allow outside food is when a parent of mine brings in snack for the group. I have a parent who does this twice a month and the kids always love the "special" treats.Comment
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Yes. It's fine with me. If they come in the morning with 8 ounces of milk -- Hey, that's 8 less ounces that I have to pay for!!! I fail to see the problem here. Mom leaves, cup goes in my fridge, they get it at snack time or if they tell me they are thirsty prior to that. Easy Peasy.Comment
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No outside food or drink. Anything other than what I server requires a doctors note and then I will provide it. Solves so many potential issues.Comment
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I don't have a policy for that but I have had kids bring their own cups. I just take them up and put them aside and then give them back when they get picked up. If a mom had asked me to fill their cups I would fill it with water. If they asked for milk I'd have them provide their own b/c I only allow 2 sippys of milk per child each day. I pay for really nice organic local milk and that stuff is more expensive than two gallons of gas!!Comment
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ouch how much does gas cost where you live...that is so expensive milk.... gas here cost average 4.29 gallonComment
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so mean about everything!
Let the kids have a cup, sit on the couch later and charge enough to cover milk....wait...aren't you already getting paid a day rate that includes snack and milk? So you get paid for no work when the kid goes home early.....but you begrudge the poor child 6 oz of milk?
Lazy, and mean is how it sounds. You are not running a factory. These are small people you are talking about.Comment
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My problem is what's in the cup. It's usually juice or chocolate milk, sometimes it has been soda. If I let them keep it I would have to listen to the rest of them complain about it. Cause Junior is going to tell them what he has in the cup. I serve them the same thing as a group and it helps to keep my sanity.Comment
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I agree with that... you cant make special acceptions unless its for medical reasons.
Also if you are on the food program, you have to supply the food/drinks paretns are not allowed to... If they do, then you cant claim that child's mealsComment
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I have an 'extra' fridge in my entry room. It's the fridge closest to the garage, so it's also the 'beer fridge'... LOL. Anyway, if a child comes with something to drink it usually goes into that fridge. It is forgotten about until mom or dad comes to pick them up. It depends on who it is and what it is, and who is here that day. If it's water or white milk, I usually let them bring it to the kitchen, anything else goes into the fridge in the entry room. I don't want Susie crying because Billy gets pine-orange-banana juice and she doesn't because he brought it from home and I don't have any...
As far as them using their own cup, I could care less. One less dish for me to wash at the end of the day. :
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I used to have the same idea about the sippy cups until one of the parents tried to accuse me of mold in their child's cup was causing them to become ill.... so anything that has a plug in it or small areas that cant be cleaned with a brush are not allowed.....
I recently just changed it to I will supply all cups for drinking. I went out and bought those sip and toss cups and we use straws. I found a ton of them on clearance at walmart. I bought 16 of them for less than $2.00Comment
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No cups from home! I got tired of being expected for them to leave with a refill. Even when I changed the rule and bought 10 new cups for my home I had a parent want me to fill MY cup and let her kid take it home because he was whining for it. Sorry they stay here. I got attitude for that foot going down but it went down and stayed down. She got over it.
I also had the snack problem here. The parent wanted the snack but was 10 minutes early it wasn't even served. I told her it's not ready she said she was going shopping and they would need something to hold them over. I gave it to her (sliced apples and a PB cup I love those things so handy). Another time she was headed to the store again. I just offered so the kids wouldnt go hungry. I layed them on the table (granola bars) dcb reached for 1 and DCM slammed her hand down snatching them up saying "oh no u dont not before dinner I will take those!" I bet the parents ate those snacks
So NOW they get NO snacks unless it's 3:00!
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OMG Mold is a whole other issue! Thank God I never found that in a cup but a DCM did bring cups 1 day (back when I allowed it) when I opened it it stunk so bad! They were empty but there was small clump of white milk in each. The catch in the mouthpieces were so bad I had to use a pipecleaner to sit and pick it all out. I then soaked them in super hot water and scrubbed them again. I about puked the smell was so bad! When I confronter her with it I tried to be nice saying I think she gave me the wrong cups, and before I could explain why she says "no they were right I just put milk in them this morning and they drank it on the way here." GAG!!! Poor kids!!Comment
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