My DS (2.5) loves his nursery and so do I. But his eating habits have become atrocious since he started. He was never the best eater but with being strict and consistent I had him eating and enjoying a wide variety of things. When he was at his CM I did breakfast and dinner and packed lunch.
On our first day at The nursery they told me they give cake, custard/ice cream and jelly for pudding and they can have as much as they like. (not mentioned when signing up etc). It since turns out at 'snack' around 4.30 they have cake as well.
I don't consider myself massively strict about food. We eat some sweet stuff at home but only homemade and mostly v low sugar or with honey/agave etc.
Now my son eats almost nothing. At lunch only eats his pudding and sometimes half a portion of main course (rarely any veg) and mostly refuses dinner. The problem is two fold, because he has the 4.30 cake he isn't hungry for supper but that isn't enough to see him through til morning and he wakes early begging for breakfast. But what I'm most concerned about is all te sugar he is eating both because I think it is bad for him (he also now sleeps terribly and is very crotchety when e comes home) and because it means he isn't interested in other foods at all. He constantly just asks for cake.
Why do they feel the need to serve so much cake?
What should I do? I feel like I can't have him be the only one at nursery banned from cake etc. I really do think it is a problem though.