Food issues with nanny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child has eating issues. They stem from a health probeoem when she was 20 months. Prior to that she was a great eater. We have consulted professionals. We have only offered “healthy” food to the point that she gags and chokes trying to eat it because she is hungry. She also dropped too much weight so after consulting professionals, we accepted that she needed to focus on her short list of foods. So that is my perspective coming into this. Children need calories to grow and develop and there comes a point where that must be the priority.

I would be furious with a nanny who wouldn’t feed my child what I instructed because of her own child being present. It shows she is absolutely unqualified to do her job with her child present.

But your kid has an actual medical issue. That experience is very different from someone like the OP who has a standard-issue picky toddler.

I am a nanny with no kids of my own, but I would absolutely give notice if it was required that I feed kids junk food regularly. I care for two toddlers and they both eat whole grains, lots of roast and raw veggies, beans and lentils, brown rice, every kind of fruit, eggs and roast chicken or baked fish. It is very possible for kids to be happy with this diet if they a) have a caregiver to is dedicated to it and b) don’t have any medical issues that make eating impossible. OP, what and how much is your kid actually eating for the nanny during meals? Does she track it for you? My nanny kids eat more/better for me than for parents because I have more time to sit and focus on helping them try new things. You might be surprised that your daughter is actually eating things that she wouldn’t for you because the expectations and environment are different.

Op here: I was surprised to hear my daughter had a strawberry cabbage smoothie, sweet potato/kale/eggs muffins, butter chicken, eggs and rice and chia seed pudding. This was all from yesterday! Her nanny left us tons of leftovers too to get us both through the weekend. My daughter is overweight BTW. I am a single mom. It was so nice to come home to dinner yesterday. She made the butter chicken in the slow cooker.

[Anonymous]

That's awesome OP. Happy it's working out for you. Great nanny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child has eating issues. They stem from a health probeoem when she was 20 months. Prior to that she was a great eater. We have consulted professionals. We have only offered “healthy” food to the point that she gags and chokes trying to eat it because she is hungry. She also dropped too much weight so after consulting professionals, we accepted that she needed to focus on her short list of foods. So that is my perspective coming into this. Children need calories to grow and develop and there comes a point where that must be the priority.

I would be furious with a nanny who wouldn’t feed my child what I instructed because of her own child being present. It shows she is absolutely unqualified to do her job with her child present.

But your kid has an actual medical issue. That experience is very different from someone like the OP who has a standard-issue picky toddler.

I am a nanny with no kids of my own, but I would absolutely give notice if it was required that I feed kids junk food regularly. I care for two toddlers and they both eat whole grains, lots of roast and raw veggies, beans and lentils, brown rice, every kind of fruit, eggs and roast chicken or baked fish. It is very possible for kids to be happy with this diet if they a) have a caregiver to is dedicated to it and b) don’t have any medical issues that make eating impossible. OP, what and how much is your kid actually eating for the nanny during meals? Does she track it for you? My nanny kids eat more/better for me than for parents because I have more time to sit and focus on helping them try new things. You might be surprised that your daughter is actually eating things that she wouldn’t for you because the expectations and environment are different.

Op here: I was surprised to hear my daughter had a strawberry cabbage smoothie, sweet potato/kale/eggs muffins, butter chicken, eggs and rice and chia seed pudding. This was all from yesterday! Her nanny left us tons of leftovers too to get us both through the weekend. My daughter is overweight BTW. I am a single mom. It was so nice to come home to dinner yesterday. She made the butter chicken in the slow cooker.

I would have an issue with the butter chicken, but everything else sounds great. It’s especially great if your daughter is overweight due to eating too much junk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child has eating issues. They stem from a health probeoem when she was 20 months. Prior to that she was a great eater. We have consulted professionals. We have only offered “healthy” food to the point that she gags and chokes trying to eat it because she is hungry. She also dropped too much weight so after consulting professionals, we accepted that she needed to focus on her short list of foods. So that is my perspective coming into this. Children need calories to grow and develop and there comes a point where that must be the priority.

I would be furious with a nanny who wouldn’t feed my child what I instructed because of her own child being present. It shows she is absolutely unqualified to do her job with her child present.

But your kid has an actual medical issue. That experience is very different from someone like the OP who has a standard-issue picky toddler.

I am a nanny with no kids of my own, but I would absolutely give notice if it was required that I feed kids junk food regularly. I care for two toddlers and they both eat whole grains, lots of roast and raw veggies, beans and lentils, brown rice, every kind of fruit, eggs and roast chicken or baked fish. It is very possible for kids to be happy with this diet if they a) have a caregiver to is dedicated to it and b) don’t have any medical issues that make eating impossible. OP, what and how much is your kid actually eating for the nanny during meals? Does she track it for you? My nanny kids eat more/better for me than for parents because I have more time to sit and focus on helping them try new things. You might be surprised that your daughter is actually eating things that she wouldn’t for you because the expectations and environment are different.

Op here: I was surprised to hear my daughter had a strawberry cabbage smoothie, sweet potato/kale/eggs muffins, butter chicken, eggs and rice and chia seed pudding. This was all from yesterday! Her nanny left us tons of leftovers too to get us both through the weekend. My daughter is overweight BTW. I am a single mom. It was so nice to come home to dinner yesterday. She made the butter chicken in the slow cooker.

I would have an issue with the butter chicken, but everything else sounds great. It’s especially great if your daughter is overweight due to eating too much junk.[/quote

It was made with coconut milk.

[Anonymous]

It’s great that your DD is improving hwr diet and glad that you were able to listen to what nanny was doing and feel comfortable with her choices. Sounds like a win-win!