comment from DCP, your thoughts?

mrsain1105 · March 2009

The comment was about the food I send for DD. I admit, I have not rushed the solids and have been strict about giving DD mostly organics.

Anyway, when she is at daycare for a full day she gets 3 bottles of EBM (well, 1 sippy and 2 bottles), a stage 3 jar of food, or the equivilant if I made it myself, and a package of mum mums. I give her solids for breakfast and dinner at home. Yesterday the stage 3 jar I sent was Earth's Best Chunky Orchard Fruit. So I get this note home saying "can she have veggies for lunch or menu items?" So, today I brought gerber organic Pasta Primavera for her lunch and asked what they meant by memu items. They showed me the menu and said i could circle what I wanted her to have - I will pick up a copy next week, but I was running late for work so I just glanced at it, but some of the choices included chicken nuggets and tater tots. I'm not ready for her to have that stuff - am I being that mom? Does it sound like I'm not sending DD enough food? I was surprised because she usually has one bottle still in the fridge when I pick her up. Sorry so long. Thanks for reading.

KKM · March 2009

I felt a bit rushed by the finger foods at daycare too, but DS is doing great. We also get a menu and highlight what he can have. Oddly, the chicken nuggets are his fav! Brady gets breakfast and lunch (finger foods from the menu, then purees if he didnt eat much) as well as two 6-7oz bottles. He gets a bottle at home before he leaves, and dinner and a bottle before bed.

clarice928 · March 2009

Ummm...chicken nuggets and tater tots?? DD is still only 7.5 months, so I don't know how much an 11 month old needs to eat, but your choices are certainly better than her "menu items!"

lanie26 · March 2009

I will pick up a copy next week, but I was running late for work so I just glanced at it, but some of the choices included chicken nuggets and tater tots.

But that is just some of the choice right? Not all of them? I think at her age she should be able to have some carrots and veggies with the other kids right? By that time jo was all about the solids and would have grabbed them off other kids plates.

WE have an in home daycare provider and she has tons of fresh food and veggies and soups. She makes everything herself. Occasionally they'll have chicken nuggets from a box or something but I also keep sending bananas, & fruit or veggies that are for snack if I feel like it. But yeah. You could try it maybe a couple days a week to see how it goes?

BabyMenzel · March 2009

not to be the devil here, but is there a specific reason on why she doesn't eat table foods or that you don't want to give her table food?? is it just cause you're kinda lax on it and that if she eats it it means she's growing up??

for me, i would LOVE if ds would eat table food, but he HATES it! he will be the 18m child still on purees......he hates texture with a passion!

mlc92404 · March 2009

That would be no where near enough food for my DS but he is a big eater.

Cytina · March 2009

Maybe they are thinking she should be having more "table food?" Not that it matters what they think - you're the mom - you decide what she eats or doesn't eat. Perhaps they think you don't know they can provide her lunch so the comment was purely informational?

IckyThump · March 2009

I don't think it's the DCP's place to tell you how and what to feed your child. I wouldn't want DS to have chicken nuggets or tater tots, either. It seems like they're just trying to make things easier on themselves by creating a "one size fits all" menu. If you want your DD to have mostly organic food and to avoid things like nuggets and tots for a while longer, you're totally within your rights as her mom. I'd sit down with them and ask exactly why they're trying to change up her menu.

As for finger foods, there are much healthier options out there. Try packing your own for her to have during the day.

KKM · March 2009

Apparently chicken nuggest replace formula as the new *poison*

Kellyete · March 2009

Do you bring her lunch every day? Maybe she is still hungry afterwards and they are looking to see what they should be giving her? Personally I send a week of food at a time and a few extra jars in case he is hungery one day then normal. I would just circle the items you are comfortable having from their menu and keep an extra jar or two of veggies at daycare. I agree with you I would not want my 11 month old having tator tots!!

mrsain1105 · March 2009

BabyMenzel:

not to be the devil here, but is there a specific reason on why she doesn't eat table foods or that you don't want to give her table food?? is it just cause you're kinda lax on it and that if she eats it it means she's growing up??

for me, i would LOVE if ds would eat table food, but he HATES it! he will be the 18m child still on purees......he hates texture with a passion!

I'm pretty sure the DCP thinks that I don't want her to have it because it means that she's growing up too. But really, its just that I haven't seen the need to rush it - and I do give her some table foods. She just sometimes isn't all about the texture, but I know she'll eat the jar food, which is why I send that to daycare. I guess I could allow them to give her some of the fruits and veggies (at least the ones not on the dirty dozen list) and send the jar food as back up if she refuses it.

And thanks everyone for the feedback. Sometimes its hard to know when to take that next step. Smile

mrs.george2be04 · March 2009

I feed my DS table foods at home, including the dreaded chicken nuggets *gasp*. I don't send table foods to his DCP nor does he eat what she serves yet. I feel like he's still "practicing" table foods and I'd rather it be on my watch. That said, I realize maybe DS is a pig but I send more food than that. DS can eat either 2 jars of stage 3 foods for lunch or 1 jar of stage 3 and a yogurt or applesauce. I also send a container with puffs, cheerios, and goldfish crackers in addition to the 3 bottles of EBM he gets.

clarice928 · March 2009

I'm sorry -- I didn't mean to imply that I thought chicken nuggets were horrible -- just that unless my DD refused to eat anything else, I wouldn't want her to have them every day.

I hereby declare that I do not think chicken in nugget form is poison...as long as you don't coat them in arsenic.

mrsain1105 · March 2009

KKM:
Apparently chicken nuggest replace formula as the new *poison*

I don't think nuggets are "poison," but I am a bit crunchy granola myself - I hardly ever eat fast food, I'm honestly not sure if I ever in my life have had a chicken nugget (I didn't eat meat for 15 years before pregnancy made me crave it). I do, however, love tater tots, but I think we all know they aren't the healthiest option out there. Not saying DD can never have them, just saying I want to put it off a bit longer.

kelly&marty · March 2009

Our daycare noticed that he wasn't so into the purees, even the chunkier ones, and asked me about introducing finger foods. It really helped me to realize it was time, but we started them at home first, so I could really watch him. Are you doing any table food at all yet? We waited a few weeks after doing it at home before we switched to menu items at daycare. He loves it!

divakat · March 2009

I was once like you too with dd. Only organics. Absolutely no sugar or processed foods of any kind, EBF, etc. However my dd has consistantly been way too low in weight so I started giving her some other things just so she'd eat more. Kids really do like those tater tots. If your dd is ok with her weight I think what you're giving her is still ok at her age. My dd just started eating tater tots and nuggets and she just turned 2----plus she doesn't get them very often. Maybe you can try more healthy foods than what they're giving like real fruit (instead of canned) like bananas and cut up apples. My dd loves homemade mac n' cheese, too or rigatoni with cut up veggies and marinara.

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