Would you give the food parents brought or serve your own?

[monkeymama]

Momof4 i serve very healthy choices as well so I dont believe that is the problem. i am very open and communicate with all my families. i dont feel this is something i have done.

[Momof4]

Momof4 i serve very healthy choices as well so I dont believe that is the problem. i am very open and communicate with all my families. i dont feel this is something i have done.

Oh, I definitely didn't mean to say that you are doing anything wrong. We all run our daycares a little bit differently and allow some things that the next caregiver would not allow. I had a child in care with nut allergies and right now I have a lactose intolerant baby so those parents did send in the specialty foods. But I wouldn't like to have outside food sent in and I'll explain why.

When I started daycare I didn't have a clue what I was doing but I started with babies and the parents were sending in all the infant food and bottles. Then as the children grew and started eating table food one by one the parents started sending breakfast, lunch and snack in lunchboxes. However, there was no room in my fridge for any food for me once I got all five children's food into my fridge every morning.

Another issue was that each child wanted something the other children were eating and it became an incredible pain. So I stopped all that and started feeding the children and raised my rates. The bottom line is that all of these decision were made by ME as I learned to become a businesswoman. Now all of the families know that I make the rules and they must follow them.

Whatever you decide to do about this situation, make sure it is what YOU want to happen in your daycare because YOU are the boss and the business owner and make the rules, ok?