Anonymous
07/31/2022 01:30
Subject: Re:Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Are they all kindergarteners? If not, why can't they make themselves a sandwich and get some fruit when they're ready?
Anonymous
07/31/2022 01:20
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:I agree with the "pack a lunch in the morning". On school holidays, when my LO is off (and at home) but DH and I are working, I pack a lunch just like I would for a school day and stick it in the fridge. LO has, since age 3, known how to go to the fridge, get the lunchbox, go to the dining room, and eat on their own.
LO, at 4, was also capable of prepping basic food, like make a sandwich. I color-coded bins -- meat, carb, veg/fruit, and dairy -- and LO could put together a lunch by taking one item from an item from a bin with a color sticker. (i.e. taking cold chicken from a fridge bin marked with a red sticker, take yogurt from a fridge bin or cheese whisps from a pantry bin marked with blue stickers, etc.)
Another reasonable alternative is to warm everyone's lunch at the same time and then put the kid lunches into thermoses, so they stay warm and at safe temperatures.
Stop with the “little one” BS. It’s so grating.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 23:28
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
I agree with the "pack a lunch in the morning". On school holidays, when my LO is off (and at home) but DH and I are working, I pack a lunch just like I would for a school day and stick it in the fridge. LO has, since age 3, known how to go to the fridge, get the lunchbox, go to the dining room, and eat on their own.
LO, at 4, was also capable of prepping basic food, like make a sandwich. I color-coded bins -- meat, carb, veg/fruit, and dairy -- and LO could put together a lunch by taking one item from an item from a bin with a color sticker. (i.e. taking cold chicken from a fridge bin marked with a red sticker, take yogurt from a fridge bin or cheese whisps from a pantry bin marked with blue stickers, etc.)
Another reasonable alternative is to warm everyone's lunch at the same time and then put the kid lunches into thermoses, so they stay warm and at safe temperatures.
LO, at 4, was also capable of prepping basic food, like make a sandwich. I color-coded bins -- meat, carb, veg/fruit, and dairy -- and LO could put together a lunch by taking one item from an item from a bin with a color sticker. (i.e. taking cold chicken from a fridge bin marked with a red sticker, take yogurt from a fridge bin or cheese whisps from a pantry bin marked with blue stickers, etc.)
Another reasonable alternative is to warm everyone's lunch at the same time and then put the kid lunches into thermoses, so they stay warm and at safe temperatures.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 22:52
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Yeah I don't understand why you don't just pack them a lunch in the morning. When they are hungry they grab their lunchboxes. Done.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 21:51
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Alternatively, send them to day camp every day like I did when I wfh. Better than being left to their own devices all day (no pun intended).
Anonymous
07/30/2022 21:48
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
I still make lunch for my 10 year old. People need to stop acting like that's so outrageous.
Op, you could pretend it's the school year, and pack their lunch boxes every morning.
An easier option: when you make your lunch, make their sandwiches. Have chips and fruit out on the counter. Done.
Op, you could pretend it's the school year, and pack their lunch boxes every morning.
An easier option: when you make your lunch, make their sandwiches. Have chips and fruit out on the counter. Done.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 21:44
Subject: Re:Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:What about a mandatory water break for the kids during your lunch break? They can sit at the table and have a glass of water, and practice being good company. Schools and camps do water breaks, so why not at home?
If you have the space and budget, a separate mini-fridge (beverage fridge, repurposed wine fridge, etc) is great for organizing snacks and the cold lunch items. Each kid can have a shelf (or shelves) with their names on it or on a tray, and sections for AM vs PM snacks. Morning snacks might be lighter fare, so the kids stand a chance of becoming hungry by noon. If the morning snacks have been light, and they are sitting there watching OP eat (while drinking water) and then smell the hot lunch on their plates there is a good chance they will eat at that moment. Then they can go to their labeled tray in the mini-fridge when ready for afternoon snack.
Why do kids need freakin snacks between breakfast and lunch? This was not a thing when I was growing up, and kids were skinny then. Stop making food constantly available to them. Geez.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 21:42
Subject: Re:Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes because who wants to eat when they aren't hungry! It is not reasonable to expect someone to eat when their body is telling them they don't need to.
But just make their lunch at the same time as yours and put the plates in the fridge -- when they are hungry, they can pull them out.
Better yet, teach your kids to make a sandwich and grab some fruit from the fridge on their own.
The bolded is correct and you are being selfish. They should learn to eat when they're hungry, not when it's convenient for mommy.
Absolutely, that will work really well for them when school starts back and they're on a lunch schedule.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 21:18
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:The issue is that we eat leftovers, so once I heat stuff up, I can't leave it sitting out.
You can dish it out, put it in the fridge and have them warm it up and eat it later.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 21:17
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think it’s unreasonable to force kids to eat when they aren’t hungry just because that’s your own preference. Why can’t you wait longer to eat? Because you prefer to eat when you’re hungry? Goes both ways.
Because I'm starving and can't snack like they all morning.
So limit their snacking.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 20:42
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Op is a troll.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 20:41
Subject: Re:Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, I mean this gently: if IF is making you this unreasonable and rigid, maybe stop doing IF.
Seriously, people have given you several good options and all you do is complain. I think you are hungry and it's making you a b****. Eat something, please.
Not an option. I'm 280 pounds and have lost 45 in 3 months doing this. I can't afford to stop.
You will just gain all the weight back when you stop. Go get gastric sleeve surgery.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 20:11
Subject: Re:Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes you’re being unreasonable. I IF as well and don’t expect others to follow the same eating window as I do. Especially kids. Make their lunch while you prepare yours and set it aside for them.
Ok, then how do I explain to my manager why I'm not at my computer?
You're selfish. Worry about your kids and not your manager. You asked for help here and have rejected any idea that doesn't focus on you.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 20:08
Subject: Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The issue is that we eat leftovers, so once I heat stuff up, I can't leave it sitting out.
That’s your issue. Let them have something else.
OP your kids aren't the problem. You are.
Anonymous
07/30/2022 19:56
Subject: Re:Is one lunch time unreasonable?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes you’re being unreasonable. I IF as well and don’t expect others to follow the same eating window as I do. Especially kids. Make their lunch while you prepare yours and set it aside for them.
Ok, then how do I explain to my manager why I'm not at my computer?
Reread, it says make them at the same time as yours and put them aside. No extra break to explain and they eat when they want.