My day home is in my basement and I use the whole basement. I have a large room for babies to sleep separate, a huge room for play, and two storage rooms. I also have a kitchen room with a full fridge, hot plate, medium convection oven and microwave. I prepare all of the food for the week on the Saturday or Sunday before and freeze it. I keep all fresh foods for the week in the downstairs fridge such as yogurt and strawberries for snacks. I have a rubermaid bucket that all of the dirty dishes go in and I throw them in the dishwasher at rest time. I take the few cups from afternoon snack and put them in the dishwasher later when I go upstairs at the end of the day. I just heat up the foods in the microwave or oven for lunch that are already precooked.