DD is 27 mo and started nursery a couple of months ago. She's repeatedly coming home asking for food.
I've spoken to the nursery and they tell me she's eating well. In general she eats everything she's given which is breakfast, snack and lunch including pudding. I pick her up straight after lunch so she should be full.
But she wants more food. Today she ate an apple on the way home then came home and ate some broccoli, a peanut butter sandwich and half an avocado. It's not working for me as it means I'm getting her down for her nap really late, straight after eating and I'm not expecting to feed her so I have to 'find' something for her to eat - the point of paying for lunch is I shouldn't have to.
She has a snack and tea (cooked meal) at home, plus milk, so it's not that I'm expecting nursery to provide all her daily calories during the morning but I do expect her to not be hungry.
She's above average height and below average weight so I don't limit her intake of (healthy) food. If she's hungry then I think she should eat.
In fairness to the nursery she does eat more than friends toddlers, so I think she does just burn it off easily.
Where do I go from here? I think nursery should be giving her more food, they think she's getting a lot and it's more than enough for the other children. I don't care what the other children eat, it's not enough for DD.
I'm reluctant to start sending her in with an additional meal as I'm paying for them to feed her, and I think once I start this I'll have to continue it, and she's getting the same number of meals at nursery as she'd get at home so I think their portion sizes are just too small for her.
Anyone else had this problem? How did you resolve it?
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newmumwithquestions · 30/11/2016 22:56
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