Almost 2-yr-old still on baby food!

[Samantha33]

Sorry this is just my opinion, but they go with the flow (eating, potty training, soothers, bottles etc.) or they can't stay due to the fact they don't fit in with the daycare. Parent's NEED to be on board or bye. Things are slow here right now but that's the rule. No matter how much I need the money I don't need or want the stress.

[Sassygirl]

Your daycare - your rules.
I give a handout of tips which I actually got from thread on here and used it as a guide and modified it. I give it to all my potential parents and I also go over it during the interview. Children MUST be self feeding (or attempting to at the very least), on table foods and able to drink from a cup/hold their own bottles.
There is NO WAY I can feed 4-5 children every single day.
I am very stubborn too and have had children still arrive with parents sending them baby food. I send it back at the end of each day.
The kids all eat what I serve or they don't eat - period. Yes, I am harsh! LOL! I do make sure that its something that each one of them will eat a portion of at least every day so I know that they all are eating.
I had one start at 11 months with me in October, think I wrote a post about him awhile ago. Parents sent baby cereal and a jar of not toddler chunky food, pureed 6 month old baby food plus 4 or 5 8oz bottles. I gave it a day or two and realized I couldn't work with that. After a few weeks of battling it out the little guy has turned out to be one of my best eaters! I would just put the food on his plate and tell him to eat like a big boy and wow look at xxx eating their xxx like a big boy/girl and point out the other kiddos who were eating well. I also cut his bottle amount so that he would be hungry enough to eat. He is now off bottles and he drinks his 2 cups of milk a day from a CUP and he feeds himself with a fork or spoon. His parents were willing to work with me though and I think that makes a huge difference.
If the parents aren't willing to work with you then you may have to think about terming.
Good luck!