You're uptight. Sorry, but a few bites of *gasp* non-organic food aren't going to kill your baby. One of the best things about a center-provided lunch, in my opinion, is that your kid is exposed to a wide variety of foods, and, because other kids are eating that same food, is more likely to try it. If you want individualized menus, you need to send food that does not require any prep (meaning, it can be eaten cold, straight out of the container). Or you need to find a daycare that requires all parents to send lunches. Or you need to get a nanny.

At our center, parents send in food for their babies until the parents approve the babies eating the regular center menu. Then, the only parents who send in food are those whose kids have allergies. Otherwise, everyone eats the same thing, family-style. There are no microwaves in the classrooms, so the teachers can't heat up anything other than bottles (they use a slow cooker on the lowest setting for that).

Hey OP, I once posted here asking if I should get mad if my daycare worker fed my kid something other than what I provided him (I also was slow in having him try food and was doing organic). Everyone jumped on me and said I was uptight and to get a nanny. My center was really accommodating (when his main teacher was gone, things would go crazy). I don't think you're being unreasonable. You're paying for a service. It's your child. Your rules.

OP. I'm sorry people are being mean on here to you. There are centers out there that will suit you. You just need to find the right one. I do not share your beliefs about organic food but I would be annoyed if my kid was getting takeout. I go to a great chain center and children under 12 months have to bring their own food. You can eat some center food to so yor baby can practice too. After 12 months then they eat based off the center's very healthy menu. Some things aren't my taste...soy butter...but they do it that way so they can control the food in the center for allergy purposes. They have the month's menu posted in advance. The center that I'm at caters to what parents want not just what is easy. Keep looking, there is a place for you.

My home daycare let me bring in food for my kid while she was 12 months and under. We did baby-led weaning too which the provider wasn't familiar with but ended up recommending to other parents after watching my kid.

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Anonymous wrote:As an in home daycare owner, I wouldn't allow this. It is a giant hassle to prep special food for one kid, to explain to the other kids why your kid gets different food, and to worry about potential allergens you are introducing. I spend a lot of time on my menus and they are balanced and healthy, and I would term you in a heartbeat if you started asking for special treatment.

Hi Nannyde.

lol that is totally NannyDeb

Please don't get a nanny

- From a nanny

Anonymous wrote:As an in home daycare owner, I wouldn't allow this. It is a giant hassle to prep special food for one kid, to explain to the other kids why your kid gets different food, and to worry about potential allergens you are introducing. I spend a lot of time on my menus and they are balanced and healthy, and I would term you in a heartbeat if you started asking for special treatment.

Hi Nannyde.

As an in home daycare owner, I wouldn't allow this. It is a giant hassle to prep special food for one kid, to explain to the other kids why your kid gets different food, and to worry about potential allergens you are introducing. I spend a lot of time on my menus and they are balanced and healthy, and I would term you in a heartbeat if you started asking for special treatment.

OP, I don't think you are being unreasonable. However, if this is a licensed daycare, keep in mind that according to food safety regulations, the food cannot be microwaved so you may want to consider sending food that does not require heating to minimize hassle. I teach at a center and we do not give our babies food other than what their parents provide unless the parent has specifically okayed that food and it's not really a big deal as long as the parents are providing food from home when necessary. We don't heat food from home, aside from bottles. If your provider is feeding your daughter food that you have not okayed and refusing to feed her food from home that does not require heating, you may want to look for a different provider who is more flexible and willing to work with parents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Because you want to control what your child is eating while in someone else's care.

Is it Pizza Hut or soup?? Now I am confused. Your daycare is partnered with Pizza Hut ...? To answer the question I guess I would feel betrayed and outraged and I would wonder what other atrocities my child might endure. I'd probably find another daycare that followed my damn instructions.

I thought a lot of people made their own food and sent it along to daycare.

The pizza thing is happening to a friend right now.

OP you are a nightmare.

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Anonymous wrote:

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?

Because you want to control what your child is eating while in someone else's care.

Is it Pizza Hut or soup?? Now I am confused. Your daycare is partnered with Pizza Hut ...? To answer the question I guess I would feel betrayed and outraged and I would wonder what other atrocities my child might endure. I'd probably find another daycare that followed my damn instructions.

I thought a lot of people made their own food and sent it along to daycare.

The pizza thing is happening to a friend right now.

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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?

Because you want to control what your child is eating while in someone else's care.

Is it Pizza Hut or soup?? Now I am confused. Your daycare is partnered with Pizza Hut ...? To answer the question I guess I would feel betrayed and outraged and I would wonder what other atrocities my child might endure. I'd probably find another daycare that followed my damn instructions.

Yes I'm sending my own food. It's too much to ask to have the caregiver heat up glass jars and not give her own food?

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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?

You need a nanny because you want to control what your baby is eating, beyond what is reasonable for a daycare IMO.

If your scenario happened I would be finding a different care provider.

Wait are you sending the food or not? Because if you're not sending food, then you can't really complain that the poor lady is feeding your child.

If you send food, then just make it something that is easy -- your caregiver doesn't want to spend 15 minute heating up 3 tupperwares for your kid when she should be supervising all of the children. Yogurt and fruit for breakfast, for example. Mixed rice/chicken/veggies for lunch.