What do you pack for ur LO's lunch?

chillycoo

Oona is going to start a different school starting next week (ack!?) and we have to pack her lunch now (eek!?).

Got any tips? What are your LO's favorites? So far we bought Oona a really cute lunchbox (her pick: Ni Hao, Kai-lan with Ho Ho the monkey on it) and I guess a little thermos??

Does anyone know if there's soymilk that comes in little juice-box size? (that's not chocolate soy milk)

chillycoo

Oops, i meant to say I still have to get a thermos or some type of bottle... Any recs?

greekwife05

I know at Target on the same aisle as the lunch pails they had small sigg style bottles that fit in some of the lunch pails.

I am not sure about the organic milk but I would think they might have something like that at Costco.  

 

Smuches4u

Soy Dream does make a Vanilla Milk Juice Box.  I'm sure they make the original as well, but I've never seen it on the shelf.

 You could always speak to a manager at the grocer and ask them to order it for you.  Shouldn't cost any more than shelf price, and if it does, go to another store.

m&m818

Snacks - graham crackers, goldfish type snack, any of the auntie ann's snacks. Sometimes I like to throw DD off her game and I put raisins or dried fruit mixed in.

Various cut up fruits or fruit salad: blueberries, melons, grapes, strawberries, pineapple, make a good mix. DD loves peaches, plums and apricots but they can get mushy or bruised quickly.

I'll send a spoon with yogurt, applesauce, Jello. I get those veggie straws or chips or the deydrated snap peas or greans beans at TJ's.

Other ideas: carrots, cucumbers with hummus

 

tri_bride05

Smuches4u:

Soy Dream does make a Vanilla Milk Juice Box.  I'm sure they make the original as well, but I've never seen it on the shelf.

 You could always speak to a manager at the grocer and ask them to order it for you.  Shouldn't cost any more than shelf price, and if it does, go to another store.

I'm pretty sure I've seen the original in 3 packs at Whole Foods.

dblhappiness

Here's our list that is on rotation: 

Quesadillas (A's school has a microwave so they can warm it up) or even a cold tortilla for Sean

Chicken nuggets 

Crackers and chips

String cheese

Applesauce

Fruit leathers/fruit snacks

Fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, apples, bananas)

Raisins

Sippy cup with water

Cookies (usually a treat they get one day a week)

Pancakes or waffles

Mini muffins, mini bagels, cut up breakfast sausage (yes sometimes breakfast foods are all they will eat)

Steamed white rice

 

tri-reader

We usually pack whatever leftovers we have from the night before.  (Same as our lunches).  But if for some reason we don't, we make:
Chicken Nuggets, PBJ, PB Honey, Mac n Cheese.

Every lunch I include a fruit or veggie, a drink mostly a juice box but I have used sigg bottle or sippy cup as well sometimes.  I have applesauce option and a granola bar or cereal bar and/or crackers.

My preschool heats up her food.  I just put things in there with an ice pack and a fork and spoon. 

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In addition to what others have mentioned, Char likes hummus with pretzel slims, dehydrated strawberries, yogurt covered raisins and pretzels, sour cream and onion puffs from TJs, mini rice cakes.