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Nursery feeding 3yo chocolate chip weetabix every morning - AIBU

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Hmmmminteresting · 22/05/2019 19:18

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

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Original poster
Hmmmminteresting · 22/05/2019 22:43

@yaba I wish I was... baby room kids go up to age 2 though, not sure if that's standard for a baby room?
Then they have 2-3 room
Then pre school

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drspouse · 22/05/2019 22:50

Have Ofsted not picked them up on this?

AbbyHammond · 22/05/2019 22:55

Do you have very limited childcare options?

Original poster
Hmmmminteresting · 22/05/2019 22:58

@abby only limited as in I have 2 x dc to send 4 full days which in this area is almost impossible to get them both into

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Caterina99 · 23/05/2019 02:34

I wouldn’t be happy. The chocolate weetabix themselves on occasion I wouldn’t really have an issue with, but not daily. I’m pretty relaxed with my kids diets, but I want to know they’re eating healthy food at nursery and then if I want to I can give them a treat at home!

And squash for babies? No way! My DS nursery give them apple juice with their morning snack (not the babies though) and I wasn’t wild about the idea, but it’s a tiny amount of watered down juice and they only get water or milk the rest of the time. No puddings except fruit, but they do sometimes have cake and things at snack time for someone’s birthday. Their menu has to meet a nutritional standard for them to maintain their license (not in uk)

IncorrigibleTitmouse · 23/05/2019 04:38

Just me that has a bowl of chocolate chip Weetabix Minis for breakfast most days then...? 😳

Singlenotsingle · 23/05/2019 04:54

Probably best if you give them healthy food at home, and the nursery give them treats.

SherlockSays · 23/05/2019 05:09

Are you sure it's the only thing on offer? I've never known nursery not to provide a range of things for breakfast - DD's usually serve weetabix, toast & porridge for example.

newcupcake · 23/05/2019 05:37

Only on Mumsnet would chocolate chip weetabix be treated like it is crack 🤣 thanks for a good old chuckle this morning ! From a chocolate weetabix loving family who are all fit and healthy !

PrincessTiggerlily · 23/05/2019 05:52

So many people happy to feed their DCs junk, or to have them fed junk. It's probably cheaper to buy weetabix than the choc one so why , why???

Oh it's just a few choc chips, choc biscs, sugary squash - anyone would think we had an obesity and diabetes crises in this country hahahah.

hazeyjane · 23/05/2019 06:42

I'm really surprised at the squash and sharing of sippy cups. When I did placements in a couple of different baby rooms they were very hot on babies having their own and not sharing stuff, and apart from a child who needed medication mixed into weak squash, I have only ever seen milk or water served!

SherlockSays · 23/05/2019 06:48

All children at DD's nursery have their own bottles & cups with their picture on them so they don't drink each others.

User8888888 · 23/05/2019 06:50

I’m surprised by the chocolate weetabix/ just seems a bit unecessary when lots of the kids would eat plain. At mine, they have a choice of muesli or weetabix for cereal. They all seem happy enough. Of course if chocolate is an option, they’ll go for that instead.

Starryskiesinthesky · 23/05/2019 06:55

I agree that normalising sweet chocolate breakfasts is not good. No wonder obesity is increasing!

stucknoue · 23/05/2019 07:02

Have you checked the relative sugar amounts etc, I think you will find they are healthier than some of the plain ones!

User8888888 · 23/05/2019 07:05

Oh and on squash, it is one of the things that you have to specifically give consent for them to have it at parties. Lots of parents don’t and they seem to manage to adhere to preferences when the kids have gone manic during parties. It shouldn’t be standard in the baby room and they should be able to keep control of drinks.

chocolatemademefat · 23/05/2019 07:08

If I was so worried about the food I’d be too busy looking for a different nursery to be on here asking for opinions.

Ragwort · 23/05/2019 07:14

When your DC are teens, scoffing Ginsters pasties and red bull for lunch you will look on this sort of thing with embarrassment. Grin. Honestly, pick your battles.

Maryann1975 · 23/05/2019 07:29

When your DC are teens, scoffing Ginsters pasties and red bull for lunch you will look on this sort of thing with embarrassment. grin. Honestly, pick your battles
I definitely agree with this. I wish my teenager would willingly eat a bowl of chocolate cereal for breakfast, instead, most days we argue about her having anything before she goes to school. We have talked rationally about it, she knows it’s important to eat breakfast, we have healthy options of various cereal, fruit, bread products. Quite happy to have a slice of pizza or a sausage roll from the school canteen at 10am though.... (luckily they don’t sell red bull, as I imagine she would develop a taste for that too if it was on offer).

dottiedodah · 23/05/2019 07:38

TBH if she is happy there ,and you feel this is a single issue then I would not worry too much .The important thing is that she has some food for breakfast even if not ideal .She is 3 so maybe has a year or two left.She is only there 4 days out of 7 so if you give her boiled egg/porridge at home that will even it out

yabadabadontdoit · 23/05/2019 07:43

Have Ofsted not picked them up on this?
You’d think so wouldn’t you. Nurseries have to show nutritionally balanced menu plans.

NataliaOsipova · 23/05/2019 07:52

To be honest, if you’ve raised your concerns, there’s not a lot you can do about it - all you can do is decide to leave and go somewhere else. Like schools, nurseries are providing for the needs of loads of other kids, so every personal preference isn’t catered for. If you like the nursery, I’d be tempted to stick with it and limit what you give your kids in terms of chocolate and sugar when they’re with you to compensate.

SimonJT · 23/05/2019 07:54

I wouldn’t be happy with that either, I couldn’t find a nursery near enough with a combination of good food and ethos, so I chose best ethos etc and I supply all of my sons food. That works quite well for us.

MinisterforCheekyFuckery · 23/05/2019 07:56

People saying it's only a few chocolate chips are missing the point. If a child gets chocolate cereal four days a week at Nursery/a childminder then parents will have a battle on their hands trying to get them to eat healthy cereal at home. It also sends the message that chocolate is an everyday food rather than an occasional treat.

Sux2buthen · 23/05/2019 08:01

The thing is, it's a gateway cereal. One day it's chocolate chips on your weetabix, the next you're tempted to coco pops. Before you know it you'll be an adult buying dairy milk, complaining it's not as good as it used to be while devouring bars of the stuff....

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