What type of snacks do you provide?

[happyheart]

toregone, give that kid some cheese with his fruit or banana, those help bind. ha ha dont you hate it when the day care get s the blame? my kid said a bad word, must be the day care! my kid has the sh***! must be the day care. My kid stayed up late, must be the day care!!! my kids and idiot, must be the day care!!!

Totally agree!!!!!!

[apples and bananas]

I have to admit... I fall into the fishy cracker rut once in a while, but I always serve with fruit. Mostly fruit... crackers... cheese... applesause... raison toast... banana bread or other homemade mini muffins. The bigger kids get frozen yogurt tubes in the summer sometimes.

I don't buy the special things like mum mums... I find them too costly for the one child I have that will eat them.

[Momof4]

I serve 2 things in the morning, all the food groups at lunch and 2 things for snack, usually yogurt or cheese with a croissant or pretzels or crackers or fruit of all kinds or veggie strips.

[Lou]

Today's AM snack was fresh cut mango and pineapple with cheese, and PM snack will be oatmeal cookies and craisins

[monkeymama]

This is the first time ever I had a mom compain to me about my snacks I provide to the kids. She doesn't want me to feed her 1 year old baby mum mums, graduate puffs or goldfish. She told me I feed the kids too much mum mums, graduate puffs, goldfish and fruits.

I provide a wide varieties of snacks depending on the age and if is age appropriate and most of the snacks are homemade. When parents registered they filled out the the food questionnaire they all said their kids loved goldfish, and other snacks and now she doesn't like it.

What do you feed your daycare kids?

I serve pretty much the same as the PP....did mom say what she wants you to serve instead?? seems very strange to me. Ive never had anyone question what I serve, most of my DCP dont even ask lol because they knows its healthy, usually home made and covers all the food groups. Id be asking for examples of what she deems an appropriate snack so you can figure out where she is coming from.

[KingstonMom]

Today we had banana bread and apples that a parent had brought for us as a treat LOVE when they do that! So nice!

Afternoon snack we will probably have deli ham, cheese and a couple ritz crackers.

I try to stay away from the Goldfish, when I have them in teh house, its all my 2yo son wants!! Same goes for juice, which I now have to hide in the house!

So milk and water to drink everyday here. Other typical snacks we serve:
blueberries or strawberries, graham crackers, yogurt, apple sauce, cheese, crackers, pb on toast, raisen bread, bagle w cream cheese or butter, cucumber slices, carrot sticks, pear or apple slices, watermelon or pineapple. I serve hardly anything twice in the same week we have so many options.

Mind you, most of my kids are 2yo, so these are all options for them.
I have a 10 month old and a 14 month old who would just need these things cut up tinier, but they are able to eat all of these choices. I find the mum mums are pricey, and honestly are empty of nutrients, so its just a filler food I think.

[Sandbox Sally]

I usually do a grain, a dairy and a fruit/veg (or both). Nothing wrong with fruit and goldfish, or fruit and mum mum. Mom's cracked, IMO.

Ask her what she feeds the kid.

[Sandbox Sally]

Wait...what's wrong with goldfish? I serve the whole grain or pretzel kind. IMO, they're better than a lot of cracker/breads on the market as far as overall junk content.

[crafty]

I serve the same thing, cheese and crackers, fruit, toast, apple sauce, cereal, my own garden veggies with some dip, hummus and pita bread, homemade tortillas chips with some salsa (sometimes fruit salsa), banana bread, muffins, oatmeal cookies and sometimes we make our own rice crispies or bread or anything I have planned as a culinairy activity. That's usually reserve on a special Friday. I see nothing wrong with what you are serving. I would simply tell the parent that she is allowed to provide anything she feels her child may need if she is not ok with the menu or do not think it will suffice. Provided she checks with me to ensure there are no allergie concerns in the daycare.

[kidlove]

hay jtlt: you want to know how to keep her quiet? (sorry but sounds like she has control issues) just inform her that if she is not happy with what is provided she is more than welcome to pack his lunch and snacks EVERY DAY from now on! that way there will be no more concerns re:the quality of foods you provide. can almost gaurentee she will "back track" right quick.....wants to complain about your service but almost a fact, she doesnt want to replace it with her own efforts.