Suggestions for excellent place with separate vegetarian menu for 2 yr old in NoVa

[Anonymous]

You need to send your own food. You might have luck with an in-home provider for now (ours was South Asian and served a lot of lentils), and could look into a preschool next year where all the kids have to send their own lunch anyway.

[Anonymous]

First Steps Academy in Tysons has a vegetarian menu (in addition to non-veg).

[Anonymous]

OP. Thank you for the suggestions. Here's the deal. Our little one had redux and then has been in therapy for sensory issues related to eating. We were advised social eating. Similar looking food items may be more willingly consumed hence not looking at sending stuff. Home has not worked for encouraging to eat. We have seen a different kid when we are with friends eating out. This may just work.

[Anonymous]

Eastern Ridge School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. Thank you for the suggestions. Here's the deal. Our little one had redux and then has been in therapy for sensory issues related to eating. We were advised social eating. Similar looking food items may be more willingly consumed hence not looking at sending stuff. Home has not worked for encouraging to eat. We have seen a different kid when we are with friends eating out. This may just work.

Our child had reflux and feeding issues. Eating with friends at school made no difference. I get what you are trying to do and either go vegetarian (we are too) and allow him to eat the processed (but stay away from anything acid related like tomatoes/red sauce) and let him have the kid friendly foods - veggie nuggets, mac and cheese (you can make it stove top with real butter, milk and cheese easily), etc. My kid would not eat for a few years and it slowly has gotten better. I just offer multiple foods and stayed on toddler formula for the nutrition. If he ate it, great, if not, tried again next meal. If it is just eating better with friends, do that rather than putting it on a day care center. Have friends over and let them know. We would support a family or keep going out to help you out if that is all it took (for us that would not have worked).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. Thank you for the suggestions. Here's the deal. Our little one had redux and then has been in therapy for sensory issues related to eating. We were advised social eating. Similar looking food items may be more willingly consumed hence not looking at sending stuff. Home has not worked for encouraging to eat. We have seen a different kid when we are with friends eating out. This may just work.

Our child had reflux and feeding issues. Eating with friends at school made no difference. I get what you are trying to do and either go vegetarian (we are too) and allow him to eat the processed (but stay away from anything acid related like tomatoes/red sauce) and let him have the kid friendly foods - veggie nuggets, mac and cheese (you can make it stove top with real butter, milk and cheese easily), etc. My kid would not eat for a few years and it slowly has gotten better. I just offer multiple foods and stayed on toddler formula for the nutrition. If he ate it, great, if not, tried again next meal. If it is just eating better with friends, do that rather than putting it on a day care center. Have friends over and let them know. We would support a family or keep going out to help you out if that is all it took (for us that would not have worked).

My toddler also had reflux and sensory processing issues that have affected her willingness to eat many foods (including all meats and veggies). We're not a vegetarian family, so not sure this is that similar to your situation, OP. But I mostly just bring food in for her to daycare on days when I know she won't eat that the center is serving. We've worked with her teachers on the problem and they have had some luck over the last year getting to at least "kiss" some foods (peas, corn, turkey hot dogs etc), even if she still won't eat them. Having her in a social setting where the other kids are eating the same foods has seemed to make a positive difference. She now eats watermelon, for instance, after they served it a few times at daycare as a treat. She wouldn't touch it at home.

So yeah, it really will help if your kid eats the same stuff as other kids, but if you can't find a good place with a veggie option near your home, there are always ways to work around it.

[Anonymous]

St Luke's on Rt 7 has a vegetarian menu. Lots of Indian kids go there so I'm sure that made a difference as many of them eat vegetarian only.