Rate increases

[dodge__driver11]

My kids love raw veggies, and fresh fruit. (I trick em though lol) I serve my fruit with whipping cream (the thick cream that you whip, not the oil based product) and my veggies with humus or veggies dips/melted cream cheese....yummers.

[superfun]

I never used to read ingredients on everything. When my youngest daughter needed to be gluten free, the label reading started. And then the desire to not have to read labels led to me cutting out as much processed food as I could. And now when I read labels, I find it overwhelming how much non-food stuff is in my food. So now I read labels, cook from scratch (still learning though, my meals are pretty basic) but I still crave some of my old ways, like hot dogs when I'm lazy. haha

[dodge__driver11]

Culiflower bread is super!

[5 Little Monkeys]

Culiflower bread is super!

I'd like to try cauliflower pizza crust. Have you and did you like it? I've tried mashed cauliflower instead of potatoes but it wasn't my cup of tea lol. Luckily I don't eat potatoes much anyways

[Momof4]

Interesting reading. I'm on the side of home cooking with all fresh foods, never will KD touch the lips of my dckids in my home when 2 cups of milk, 1 cup of macaroni cooked for several minutes and mixed with shredded cheese is healthy, easy and delicious - and sodium-free! I answered several pages ago that I'm a partially organic daycare so I agree with a lot of brightsparks' posts. We have hot dogs once or twice a year, but we have sausages a couple times a month. When my children were small I thought buying the chicken weiners were healthier until my son bit into one and had a chicken feather in his mouth. ALL the chicken parts are in there, yuck!

I run weekly themes and we only make one craft/week to match the theme I'm teaching. I throw away all the coloured & painted pages usually to give the parents a break. I've cut way down from all the crafting we did when I was new at this.

As far as sunscreen, I buy organic - Green Beaver and I collect $5 from each family in the spring to buy the sunscreen for the season, one bottle at a time so they don't send in 5 different bottles. I'm loving this system.

[Crayola kiddies]

Well I'm a little late to the party here but I'll do my vest to just reply to the original question and not get into the debate of organic vs non..... It seems as though you have cut your costs as much as you can and the only thing left is the organic foods ..... I like the idea of a newsletter but I'm going to suggest that maybe you should ask the parents what they prefer .... Would they rather a $2/day increase to help with the rising food costs (I know this is not what you were originally looking for but its a start) or would they prefer you cut down on the organic foods .... Let them know you will go with the majority. If they choose to go with non organic products hopefully that will make it a little easier for you to adapt to as if will be what the parents want .... Just a though to maybe let you off the hook a bit Then a far as other utilities move your ac up a bit so it's not as cold in the house and in the winter drop your heat a bit and wear a sweater

[bright sparks]

Well I'm a little late to the party here but I'll do my vest to just reply to the original question and not get into the debate of organic vs non..... It seems as though you have cut your costs as much as you can and the only thing left is the organic foods ..... I like the idea of a newsletter but I'm going to suggest that maybe you should ask the parents what they prefer .... Would they rather a $2/day increase to help with the rising food costs (I know this is not what you were originally looking for but its a start) or would they prefer you cut down on the organic foods .... Let them know you will go with the majority. If they choose to go with non organic products hopefully that will make it a little easier for you to adapt to as if will be what the parents want .... Just a though to maybe let you off the hook a bit Then a far as other utilities move your ac up a bit so it's not as cold in the house and in the winter drop your heat a bit and wear a sweater

I'd be happy with the $2 a day. It was all I was going to raise my rates by anyway. I like your suggestions on talking to the parents....thanks