Anyone bring own food to daycare?

[Anonymous]

Anyone make your own food even though daycare provides USDA food plan? I'm having trouble communicating to my provider that I prefer to bring my own food. I am not super organic myself but have been recommended to do organic with babies. Is there a way to handle this without sounding uptight? Also, we are still trying different kinds of foods to check for allergies (not following 3 day rule) but caregiver has gone ahead and given all sorts of foods at once and things DD has never tried.

[Anonymous]

Is this a home daycare?

[Anonymous]

You are uptight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are uptight.

Gee thanks. Because I want my infant to have organic food? Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are uptight.

Gee thanks. Because I want my infant to have organic food? Ugh.

Just saying. You said you were worried about the daycare provider thinking you're uptight. No need to worry because you totally are!

[Anonymous]

Yes, you probably can. They get extra gov't funding if they participate in the food program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are uptight.

Huh? And you are a grump.

[Anonymous]

how old is your child? If she is 12 months or older your provider should be able to use good judgement and feed her what the other kids are eating.
If your child is the only one bringing food from home and you don't want her to eat the provider's food I would guess that the provider is a little bit put off by this. You should let her eat what the other kids are eating, assuming it is healthy. Or find an organic daycare.

[Anonymous]

I know we are supposed to worry about salt content and what not and the lady gave her soup (we all know how much salt is in soup!), for example. Everything doesn't need to be organic but she is the youngest baby there so I'm worried she will eat things that I'm not comfortable with. In fact, I wrote that she would NOT participate in USDA so I'm wondering why she was fed anyway.

[Anonymous]

Find another daycare or get an obedient nanny so that you can control what your child eats.

[Anonymous]

How does it work at commercial daycares?

[Anonymous]

get a nanny

[Anonymous]

Our center offers food but don't seem to have any problem with parents who prefer to bring food from home, which some do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know we are supposed to worry about salt content and what not and the lady gave her soup (we all know how much salt is in soup!), for example. Everything doesn't need to be organic but she is the youngest baby there so I'm worried she will eat things that I'm not comfortable with. In fact, I wrote that she would NOT participate in USDA so I'm wondering why she was fed anyway.

Sounds like you should stay at home or find a nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:get a nanny

Because I want my 7 month old to eat well?

On another note. How would you feel if a daycare said they "partnered with a local company that offered fresh food" and then found out the daycare was giving your toddler Pizza Hut twice a week?