If They Don't Like Lunch/Snack???

[gbcc]

I dont offer anything different. If they are hungry they will eat what you offer. If they do not eat lunch I will not give them alot of snack to fill up on cuz they did not eat at lunch time but if they ate well at lunch time & will let them have 2nds if they want. Parents may give in & make them something different but I will not that here.

I give half the snack I normally would as well. Some children will not eat lunch to hold out on snack because it is better. If I constantly struggle with a child I will put the lunch in the fridge for snack.

[momma2girls]

I give half the snack I normally would as well. Some children will not eat lunch to hold out on snack because it is better. If I constantly struggle with a child I will put the lunch in the fridge for snack.

THat lunch thing, in the fridge is a good one. Does he eat it then? I don't have any child, not eat at the dinnertable, they usually scarf down everything here, so I haven't had to deal with that in a long time!!

[originalkat]

I give the normal snack no matter what they ate for lunch. I don't really think it is right to only give them half the snack just because they didnt like their lunch or to save their lunch for snack. If they didnt want it when it was fresh, they sure arent going to want it when its not! If they dont want to eat their lunch and can hold out for snack...more power to 'em.

[gbcc]

THat lunch thing, in the fridge is a good one. Does he eat it then? I don't have any child, not eat at the dinnertable, they usually scarf down everything here, so I haven't had to deal with that in a long time!!

Yes, it took about a wk before she realized I wasn't going to play the same game mom did and she is now one of my best eaters. I gave her the normal adjustment period but then when she was eating a meal sized snack I stopped it. Snacks cost too much to make a meal out of it! I let mom know what I was doing as well so it's not like I did it behind their backs. I just told mom she is wasting too much lunch and then eating too much snack. She said to do what I thought was best!

[tenderhearts]

I don't serve anything different either, I used to but learned quickly that wasn't a good thing to do. Like the others said my picky eater usually finds something else on the plate that they like fruit, yogurt or whatever and eat more of that, I try to encourage them to at least try it. If they dont' want it I always remind them snack isn't for quite awhile, they all really know not to complain. I have one boy who used to love pizza subs then all of a sudden a month ago he wont eat them. I had a parent who put on her contract that her daughter did not like bananas and if they do that I wont serve it to them and it wasn't that she didn't like them but the texture made her gag which I can understand because that's why I myself wont eat them. If a child is part time and I know they don't like something then I try not making it on the day they are here, but if they are here full time and it's the main dish they don't like I just try to make something else with it such as yogurt or a fruit they do like. I have one dcb right now who really eats almost nothing, at home his parents only give him chicken noodle soup because that's all he'll eat, mom told me upon starting that serve your normal stuff he'll hopefully learn, I do and although he still doens't eat much I have found things he will eat.

[Unregistered]

Wow...picky eaters does not mean they are spoiled. It can mean many things. Some kids (like my 5 year old) cannot handle certain foods with mushy or slimy textures (such as eggs, mushy cereal, any casseroles, any cooked vegetables with sauces) and throws up at the table just watching someone eat things.
It can take up to 20-30 times of presenting a child with a new food before they will even venture out to try it. It DOES NOT make them spoiled. I can't believe a child care provider would say that. Sure this might be the case in a few children, but not in the majority. Perhaps you should learn a bit about children before you decide to care for them or give advice about them.

Your kid is spoiled.

Picky eaters are spoiled. They've been fed their "favorites" their whole existence because mommy and daddy cater to their every whim, and worship the ground that their little snot nosed prince or princess walks upon.

The fact that your child "throws up at the table just watching someone eat things" just proves the point. Watching someone eat noodles makes your kid ill? Life's gonna **** for this kid.