Nursery feeding 3yo chocolate chip weetabix every morning - AIBU

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Not the first time I've had food issues with the nursery... they're great and a lovely bunch of ladies, barely any staff turnover.. Dd age 3 has had the same key worker since she was 8mo
However they feed the kids utter shit some days. I've raised it and been told that it's a "treat" however they have these treats every day (chocolate biscuits, icecream, cake etc) and now the chocolate chip weetabix being out on the table every day is starting to take the pee a little.
She goes 4 full days so cant exactly avoid it...
Aibu to complain (again) or do I just suck it up and accept it

I could be wrong but I think the weetabix chic chip cereal is one of the healthiest? Have you actually compared it to plain weetabix op? What is the difference?

That’s pretty bad, but I wouldn’t go the route other PPs are suggesting of bringing your DD her own cereal. How would you feel if every kid got chocolate and you were given plain? It would make for a slightly healthier day for DD but could create all sorts of issues around healthy eating in the future. I think your options are A) grin and bear it and make sure she’s having good, nutritious food at home when she’s there, or B) change nurseries.

Whatever you do, try not to have DD notice it’s a big deal. It will only increase the appeal of unhealthy food as the “forbidden fruit” in future. I tend to aim for more of an all things in moderation approach.

Honestly? Outrage? It’s a couple of chocolate chips in a little weetabix.
I won’t tell you what my kids have for breakfast or I’ll be reported to social services...

If you dont want her to have it simply tell them.

Honestly I couldn't get worked up over this. The amount of chocolate in them is so remote.

@teethingbabyhelp how old is your dc?

all fussing and refusing to eat plain cereal, jamless toast, cut up fruit.

If they are hungry they’ll eat the healthy options.

there's sugar in so much these days there's just no need to use up their tiny allowance with sugary cereal!

I started feeding my dd breakfast before the childminder because I didn't want my 1yo having cheerios - 20% sugar or something!

they are supposed to offer a balanced diet within strict guidelines, I'd be interested to see their records on what the kids alledgelly eat vs daily diary.

I'll never understand why parents send their dc to nursery and complain how their children are cared for.
They have loads to look after, it's mass childcare, not a personal service.

Their emotional happiness is more important than the kind of weetabix. I’d work with the nursery to make sure your dd isn’t having it but I wouldn’t move them over it, it’s not the most important factor.

All cereal is pretty bad. Therefore I don't care my ds has some chocolate cookie one at nursery 2 days a week. Toast and jam is just as bad. Life goes on. I don't give them any cereal at home so it ends up balanced.

School dc bring home sweets approx once a week. I d rather they didn't but I can't get excited about it either.

Choc chip weetabix has 13g of sugar per 100g. The same as shreddies and less than cheerios (18g).
Cornflakes and rice crispies have 8g. Frosties have 37g!

So, they are not great but they are certainly nowhere near the worst.

They used to give her frosted shreddies that one I did kick up a big fuss about

@Hmmmminteresting my DS is 1 so appreciate it'll be easier. I imagine as he's older he'll take a swipe at stuff he's not meant to have but my nephew is 3 at the same nursery and has the same rule as my DS and he still has yoghurt and fruit without a problem. They're supervised while they eat so it's not like they've got free run surely

Think they were about 25g

All cereal is pretty bad.
I don't agree with that at all. It's perfectly possible to buy cereals not covered in sugar!
Chocolate wheetabix wouldn't be my first choice I give you that.

@teethingbabyhelp yeah at 1 it was a lot easier. They were serving all the kids in the baby room squash and I requested mine had just water. She didn't know any differently so it was fine, but as she's got older she knows what a treat. She loves fruit and will regularly eat 6 lots a day at home as she is just always at the fruit bowl, but there's no way age 3 now that all the kids would be bought out a bowl of ice cream and she'd sit there and accept she didn't get any. She'd think she was being punished for something

@Hmmmminteresting my nephew hasn't tried ice cream or cake etc so I think he doesn't know any different, he just accepts that's their food and he has his food, doesn't see their food as a "treat" food and his as a bad option. I'm hoping to do the same but I don't know that I have the same discipline to get him to that age without him knowing what cake tastes like!
It's a tough one but if it's an otherwise lovely nursery I'd probably just speak to them and ask if they can do what they can to steer your DC towards the other options.

If the nursery is good and my child was safe and cared for then I just couldn't get worked up about a few chocolate chips!

Yes, agree RomanyQueen. There are definite benefits to nurseries over private childcare; accommodation of individual wishes is not one.

I think if it comes down to a choice between your child being excluded from the cereal options or just being more on top of her vitamins etc. at home, I'd do the latter - the last thing you want is your child picking up concerns about food. However, because the nursery seem to be doing chips and ice cream and chocolate all the time - and are unlikely to change the whole nursery policy, I'd probably seek out a place elsewhere if it was concerning me so much. Bit odd that they do this, given the lunchbox police seem to have become so acceptable in schools.

My kids have chocolate weetabix every morning. They are fine. Healthy, happy and alive 👍🏼

Why would you need to be more on top of her vitamins at home? The children aren’t being deprived of anything, they’re just having a few choc chips added to their breakfast cereal. It’s really not a big deal

I wouldn't be able to get worked up about the cereal, at least there's plenty of fibre in weetabix and it's a good breakfast at any age. I sweeten it with berries and cherries for DS but nursery breakfast has to be easy to manage as drop-off times are busy. Cake and ice cream every day on top would be too much for me though, do they have any parent events where you can recommend healthier treats to get more support? We make thick pancakes for DS and his friends sweetened using fruit with no honey nor sugar, it's cheap and easy for their chefs to do something like that instead of cake, then unsweetened fruit yoghurts another day, fruit salad another day, etc.

Mixed reactions on here. I personally would not be happy with chocolate weetabix. Mine has the option of weetabix, rice crispies or toast with butter at Nursery. It’s just not necessary.