I open at 7:30 and everyone must come fed, dressed and ready for the day. I found breakfast far too disruptive!
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I open at 7:30 and everyone must come fed, dressed and ready for the day. I found breakfast far too disruptive!
I do include breakfast but they dont all eat breakfast here. If kids already had breakfast they just play.
The day really starts around 9am... thats when I'm more awake lol !!
Pattycake, what have you decided to do? I was wondering since we mostly agreed with your husband that you are providing too much food, hehe, sorry to say that the man was right, eeek!
I have decided to eliminate breakie moving forward. I'm in the process of changing my policies and that is definitely one that I'm editing. My earliest get here at 7am so I'm sorta worried about how they are going to take to the changes, but I feel they should be eating at home before they leave, rather than arrive here with empty bellies! Thanks everyone for their input! I guess hubby was right, that's okay though cause that doesn't happen often! Just kidding!! HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Momof4
I addition, my early arrivals who eat breakie now, also drink 6 bottles of homo milk a day between the 2 of them (5 days/week) and I'm spending so much on homo milk every week just for them, so eliminating breakie will help with food costs for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by PattyCake
Good call! I would consider giving them a compromise. Advise that you will be serving a snack at an earlier time... maybe 8:30 or 9am. But let them know that their children will need to eat breakffast before they come. This was it doesn't look like you're cutting out a meal, but pushing it back. My morning snacks look like smaller breakfasts anyways. Then start to phase it back to normal snack time.
Also, make them bring Homo milk! Or at least add an additional monthly charge to help with the cost. If a bag of milk costs 5.00 you could always ask them to add 10.00 onto their monthly fee for providing homo milk. That way, they are covering the majority of the costs and you can still write it off.
My problem with homo is it takes up too much room in my fridge. So, I offer 2% included but homo they have to pay for. It usually pushes the clients to 2% a little earlier. LOL
Thank you apples and bananas! Going to do both of those suggestions for sure!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by apples and bananas
Yes I don't provide homo either if the parents want their child to have homo them they bring it. Most of my dcks drink water and only two bring milk.
My contract says anything - milk, juice, water in a bottle is supplied by the parent. That eliminates the extra cost there. Once they are using a cup that is supplied by me so the maximum I provide per day is 3 sesrvings of 4-6 ounces and that is it. That is more than they need in the hours they are with me. If they are still thirsty there is water. That will save you even more money. Let them know that you are only responsible for a serving size - 4 oz. If they want the child to have more they can provide it even after they are off the bottle but they should be replacing the liquid with the food you are providing instead. Almost all providers expect parents to provide bottles and infant foods.
Ditto to the above wise ladies. I serve 2% milk only and if anybody wants their child to have homo milk or any other kind of milk for that matter they have to provide it daily.