To just send what he eats to school?

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So my son, aged 7, just eats a sandwich and maybe a piece of fruit every day, meaning I’m sending in snacks every day that don’t get touched. Aibu to just send in a sandwich and a piece of fruit? He says he doesn’t have long to eat lunch, so the snacks just come home untouched (and often if it’s a yoghurt or something it needs to go in the bin which seems a shame)

Does he get hungry? Are you just sending snacks he doesn’t want?

He will absolutely have enough time to eat more than just a sandwich. I wonder if he's leaving the snacks as he doesn't really want to eat them and would rather be outside playing with his friends.

I wouldn't put yougarts in if hes not eating them. I'd put stuff in that lasts just incase he doesnt eat them.

Yeah ive started just giving them what will be eaten too.. such a waste of food when they don't eat it.

I used to fill my DS's lunch box and it would always come back empty with empty wrappers where appropriate. And yet he was still hungry when he came back and would always complain about not having enough time to eat. Turns out he didn't want to offend me by not eating it and he wasn't allowed out to play until he'd finished his lunch ... so he sat with some kid who ate anything and who ate very quickly - he gave it all to him (to fool the teachers) got the wrappers back (to fool me) and until the other kid's mum told me of their cunning plan I had no idea.

Doesn’t sound like enough food to sustain his energy through the day, to me.
He may struggle to concentrate etc if he’s hungry. I’d be concerned.

He would definitely be rather playing or chatting to his friends, at home he’s not a good eater either, he finds it boring. With the lunch policy it’s hard to find snacks that will be deemed ‘healthy’ but also survive out the fridge for the day. I don’t want the school thinking I can’t be bothered or can’t afford to feed him more than that, but also hate wasting food.

Something he can eat whilst running around, like a snack size banana loaf or something?

Does he like cheesstrings, they last longer than yoghurt and are fun to eat.

Nakd bars are good

Primary school is very unlikely to allow him to run sound whilst still eating his lunch. For a host of reasons.

Kids are allowed snacks at break time and can eat them outdoors.

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I used to be a lunch time supervisor at a primary school, honestly if I noticed a child only had 2 things in their lunch box I would have flagged it to their teacher.
He will have enough time to eat but I bet he just wants to be out playing with friends.
I’d have a word with his teacher and ask for the lunch time supervisors to check that he is eating all his lunch. For my son I found 4 items was the magic number less he was hungry and anymore he didn’t eat.

Can you put in 2 sandwiches and 2 pieces of fruit?

I used small pots that I could pop dry fruit into or nuts as snacks for my kids. But YANBU to pack only what he would eat.

I'd just send him with what he eats and if school asks about it, let them know that he won't eat anything else that's allowed in a packed lunch and you can't be constantly wasting food.

My son has a limited diet and eats the same thing every single day - ham sandwich, crisps & yogurt pretty much.

At a lot of schools they only have a short window to eat. At my daughters its supposed to be 20 mins but they seem to often be late in and only get 15 mins, she's a slow eater and really struggles with it. Its also too early for her, she'd eat quicker if it was 45 mins later.

I'd send him with the sandwich, fruit and some sort of snack like mini cookies or whatever and he can eat them after school or whatever

I'd send a snack that is going to last - a small chocolate bar, bag of crisps etc, cereal bar etc . then if he doesn't eat them at lunch time he can eat it on the way home or have it back tomorrow.
We swapped to corn snacks over potato crisps because they're easier to eat. They're always a mix of snacks and I just resend what doesn't get eaten. I did cut the sandwich down to one sliceo f bread tho because it was a waste sending a whole sandwich

One of mine took a buttered roll and some mini breadsticks with an Ella's fruit pouch. Nightmare eater but kept him going through the afternoon

Don't t worry about what the school think. If they have a problem they'll talk to you about it

They contain nuts so aren't suitable for primary schools

Nakd bars are good but have nuts so probably not allowed. My DC like bear yo-yos a lot. You could also try a babybel or cheesestring. Definitely stop the yoghurts.

If he was hungry he'd eat. And we have no idea what size of sandwich. Could be 2 slices of thick bread.

I think its plenty for a 7 year old, i took a sandwich and a piece of fruit to school every day till I was 18 and it was enough, and I rarely ate the fruit.