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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP ill be the voice of dissent here and tell you that you can provide hot lunch but it needs to be planned and prepped in advance.

My kid loves breakfast and it is, usually, his biggest meal of the day. I also think there are two types of kids: eat first thing and don't care for breakfast. If you have the latter then a granola bar will work. My son gets a full breakfast, a hot lunch, and then he ate a Jersey mikes kids meal at 3pm after school the other day The whole thing. But had yogurt for dinner. And that's essentially how his body works.

I think having nutritious food helps with behavior- both in-school and when they get home. Ill get flamed, but it helps me as an adult and there is no way that most kids don't benefit from non-packaged food for most of their day.

Pancakes and bacon ahead of time. 
Jones chicken sausage takes 6 minutes.
French toast casserole made on Sunday can be two breakfasts.
yogurt granola fruit
milk plus hard-boiled egg plus toast or bagel
baked oatmeal- i have some fantastic recipes if you'd like them can be served with yogurt or milk
scrambled eggs take like 4 minutes, you can try frittata or egg casseroles if you want it ahead of time
crescent roll with jones sausage rolled up plus some fruit is a weekly occurrence at our house- they travel well and take 12-15 minutes.

Its unclear if you are making lunch that day or using leftovers but PBJ won't go soggy if you put PB on both sides. An Uncrustable once a week is fine. "Charcuterie" lunches are a huge hit and can be made/packed ahead of time. Yogurt and some type of muffin or banana bread is easy and packable the night priot. Make sure you are prepping all of your veggies and fruits during the weekend and then I go on Wednesday and get two more days worth to supplement through Friday/Saturday. Id honestly maybe aim for 2 hot lunches and 2 hot breakfasts and see how that manages versus trying to do it every day.

Backpacks and waters should be done ahead of time. Dishes are a personal thing. Maybe you can let it go, maybe not. But yes, doing all of those things before 730 is exhausting.

Are you solo? The puppy likely needs dog walker, you should just be doing feeds and pee in the AM. You can probably get a lower price since most people want their dogs walked in the middle of the day so 10am and 2/3pm are more off hours. 
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Nobody is giving OP a hard time for wanting to provide more complicated meals, they are giving OP a hard time because she is complaining about it. You want to do this, great, do it. Just don't come on Dcurbanmom expecting to get a bunch of sympathy. A lot of us are genx latch key kids.  I was expected to make my own breakfast, lunch and get myself to school on time starting in the 3rd grade.[/quote]

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