I have a two-part question, one for older kids, one for babies.
For older kids - What time does your LO get up in the morning? Do you feed them breakfast (or something) before taking them? D currently goes to daycare 2 days a week but starts full time next week. Right now with pt, he tends to eat a waffle or some toast at home, a banana when he gets to daycare (around 6:40), and then breakfast there at 8:30. Now that he's going full time, I'm not sure if I need to keep up the same schedule. Probably, huh? I guess I wouldn't want to wait to eat that long...
For babies - Do you give a bottle before going, or just go with your baby's schedule? Or did you try to tailor your LO's bottle schedule so they get a bottle before dc? Wes right now wakes around 5:45 am, but he has a weird morning schedule, because when he wakes, he's not hungry (he has a 4-4:30 bottle). Sometimes he takes a little bottle at 6:15, and sometimes he doesn't take a bottle until after 7 (no joke). Would you change up his schedule so he gets a bottle before daycare?
Anyway, just wondering what your LO's morning schedule looks like if they go to daycare early.
Re: If you LO goes to daycare early (6:30 am or so) -
DS eats a nutrigrain bar usually when he gets up (around 645) and then is at daycare by 730) and has breakfast there by 8 30.
When he was a little baby, he would nurse when he woke up and then DH took him to school, and he had his first bottle there around 9.
When DD was in the infant room, she would have her first bottle there 3 hours after waking up (830-9ish). She would be up ~6am and have a bottle upon waking and then every 3 hours after that. The infant room has very flexible schedule that works around all the babies.
Now that she is in the 1 year old room, they have a fixed schedule with 2 breakfast sittings. There is one for the early arrivers at ~7 and another around 8/830. The early breakfast kids will be offered a snack at the second breakfast or bottles. Right now, DD still drinks a bottle of milk upon waking and then usually has breakfast at the later time.
Married: '06 - Mom of 3 boys: '08, '11 & '14
DD goes to daycare around 7; she's up around 6:15-6:30. She normally has a sippy of milk and a cereal bar when she wakes up/in the car and then she has her regular breakfast @ daycare - waffle or toast, yogurt and 1/2 banana @ 9 w/ teh rest of the crew there.
I wouldn't feed your LO 2x before breakfast.