for babies off the purees

septmom11 · June 2012

What do you pack for meals at daycare. I am starting to transition LO into more table/finger foods but so far i have given her stuff as i cook it (pasta,chicken.grilledcheese ect.) I still pack yogurts and purees for daycare for now but for when shes off them not sure what different options you ladies bring for daycare

thanks

Fisherman'sWife · June 2012

We are just doing this transition too. I have done pasta, pieces of chicken, sweet potato fries (baked), cooked veggies (carrots, peas, etc). Once shes a year she can start eating the school food.

emmabug727 · June 2012

Fortunately our DC provides food, so I only pack if its something I don't want her to eat. But, pretty much anything that you eat & feed her at home is what you can send. Leftovers are easiest. I'm trying to be good about saving a big spoonful from dinner each night to send for lunch, since I don't really want her eating chicken nuggets or other typical 'kid food' until she's old enough to demand it! Torn up pieces of deli meat & cheese also are good in a pinch, with some diced fruit or cooked veggies. I still send yogurts, applesauce and oatmeal some days - the teachers so far have been totally fine with needing to spoon feed her occasionally.

BabyBoyNYC · June 2012

its so hard at this age because they are limited to what you feel comfortable chewing and then what if they don't like it and you sent them off to DC with it. Like sometimes DS will love rice and then sometimes he starts gagging on it. I do pretty much the same as you chicken, meatballs, pasta, beans, peas, shredded cheese, applesauce, yogurt, diced soft fruits like banana-pears-peaches-strawberries. but running out of ideas

LadyXaverian · June 2012

For breakfast, she gets toast with natural fruit spread or a waffle plus fruit. Usually a banana or strawberries.

For lunch, I send a meat and a veggie, like chicken and peas or taco meat and green beans. She also gets a 3rd serving of something like sweet potato, rice, fruit, or a few low-sodium Ritz crackers.

For a snack, I send yogurt melts and goldfish crackers or plain cereal like Cheerios.

ETA: This is pretty much what I've been sending since she's gotten off puress, which was at 10 months.

CarlaAndJames · June 2012

She eats what we eat!

If I don't have any leftovers to send her, I send grilled chicken, turkey, pork, etc with steamed veggies. The frozen bags of peas/carrots and the perfect size for finger food, but I also send lots of zucchinni, bell peppers, butternut squash, green beans, broccoli, pretty much anything. We also send wheat tortillas with cream cheese or hummus, or crackers or pita or something.

For breakfast we always do fruit + bread (frozen carrot pancakes, pumpkin pancakes, eggy french toast, regular toast with apple butter, etc).

For snack she still gets puffs and freeze dried fruit.

SoxFan777 · June 2012

CarlaAndJames:

For breakfast we always do fruit + bread (frozen carrot pancakes, pumpkin pancakes, eggy french toast, regular toast with apple butter, etc).

Do you have recipes for the freezable stuff? I'm going to try this out soon...

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