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what do you pack for your 2 yr old's lunch at school?
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Anonymous
I'm one of the Mabel's Labels posters. I tried Sharpies at first, but they wore off Avent bottles and sippy cups very quickly in the dishwasher. Not sure why. And after enough mix-ups at school, bringing home some other kids' clothes, etc., buying labels is worth the price. |
Anonymous
| I agree. Why the labels? |
Anonymous
| This has been an interesting discussion. I never thought there was so much to say about children's lunches. |
Anonymous
| Do you have anythoughts about the peanut allergies?? |
Anonymous
| Our school is peanut free so we never pack anything with peanuts. |
Anonymous
| Getting back to labels, I say get a label maker. |
Anonymous
| I love this topic. Anything else to add? |
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my kids weren't big sandwich eaters...which is one of the easiest things. I bought a huge container of plastic cookie cutters in different animal shapes (michaels, ACMoore) and each day my kids get a different animal sandwich. I actually leave the cookie cutter on the sandwich to make sure the shape holds. Each day my 3yo comes home and announces he ate a snake today, or a bear, or a pig, etc.
My 4yo also likes when i send crackers and squares of cheese/ham. He makes his own little sandwiches. The lunchable idea...but i don't buy the premade ones. I've even done ritz crackers, pizza sauce and cheese (for make your own pizzas). Also, i love Gogurts. I actually freeze them, and then it works double duty. Keeps the lunch box cool like an ice pack...and is soft enough to eat by lunch. our school doesn't heat up, i'm jealous of those that do, but a good ole fashion thermos works wonders to keep mac and cheese or pasta at a reasonable warm temp. My kids are willing to eat that stuff at room temp. |
Anonymous
| To the PP who asked about guacamole...If you make yours fresh, add some fresh lime juice. It keeps it from turning brown. |
Anonymous
| Just skip the lunchables. They are a waste of money and not really healthy. You can make a better lunch on your own. |
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Heads up if you send in fruits and vegs make sure you cut them. Grapes are a huge choking hazard. I would ask the teachers about allergies. I worked in a class and I am seriously allergic to strawberries I would have several parents send them in plus uncut. It became a problem I started just sending them home. Also almost all places are peanut free.
I had a lot of parents that use to send in pastas kids ate them but they complained their kids were a mess. If you send something in messy send a bib or understand they are messy. If there are 8 kids and 1 teacher or ever 2 teachers they cannot feed your little ones. |
Anonymous
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small cubes of summer sausage
cut up pieces of pork sausage pieces of bacon (I cook up a bunch at a time) small pieces of Lebanon bologna small pieces of ham cubes of Monterrey Jack cheese pieces of laughing cow cheese saltines cheeze-its water crackers bread with butter on it tiny hummus sandwiches (cubes - although my child has only eaten them with Mommy - maybe he doesn't know what they are) cubes of avocado raisins cubes of fruit (dragon fruit, strawberries) slices of pear/apple a grape tomato cut in half grapes cut in half sliced up hard boiled egg One lunch looks like this: ---------------------------------------------- lunchbox, small plate from Ikea, fork (my kid wants to eat everything with a fork) summer sausage cheese avocado cheese-its raisins Rubbermaid litterless container of water I use the 4oz containers from Gladware. --------------------------------------- My 2 year old always get cheese and always get bread or crackers, so there is something he will eat. My child struggles with an eating disorder and we give him high calorie/fat food to keep his weight up. So there are no carrots and broccoli in his lunch. He can eat that at dinner. |
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So happy to have found this thread, as my 2yo's getting ready to start preschool in the next few weeks.
A question on the nut-free thing: I asked the school about soy nut butters and the director just didn't seem familiar. Is it typically included in the nut-free ban? I don't believe it is, but obviously I want to be sure. Also, I love digging through the archives of Vegan Lunch Box. (http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/ or her book, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1600940722?tag=veganlunchbox-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1600940722&adid=1XEDTEPRQ263APJ8EDP3&) We're not vegan, or even veggie, but she's got a lot of good ideas. |
Anonymous
| For nut-free classrooms: Trader Joe's has sunflower seed butter, and it tastes pretty close to peanut butter. |