to expect my childminder to feed my child

[tiredlady]

My old childminder who looked after my 2 boys used to feed them lunch and tea - sometimes sandwiches, sometimes cooked dinners). I now have a 9 mo dd and am returning to work next week. My new childminder (old one is retired now) says I have to provide all food for her. Is my new childminder being unreasonable, or was my old childminder super fantastic - in which case I obviously didn't appreciate her enough

I provide it all I am always cooking and usually save some from night before and heat up for mindees can not see the prob really also kids would moan if say one parent sent in bag of crisps etc mine dont really have stuff like that so would highlight to my kids what a mean old bag i am hi again hen

I admire your hard work, narkymum, but can't help thinking that kids need to be taught not to moan if somebody else gets something they don't. Or else how are they going to cope with lunchboxes at school? And with going round friend's houses and finding out that people live in different ways?

i am not a marter by any means but if i can avoid wining for crap to eat and a child sitting eating crips with a crowd of watchers i will do it wining makes my ears bleed