to be a bit [shock] at what dd's playgroup feed the children for snacks?

[earlyriser]

angel delight, jelly, spaghetti hoops, hot dogs etc. Not much in the way of fruit or veg, lots in the way of sugar, artificial sweetners and colourings. Is there not some healthy eating policy for pre school groups? or am i being too fussy?

I think they should at least offer some healthy snacks.
Am quite surprised they offer Spaghetti hoops as a snack?!

sounds liek the sort of foods we would produce in the old people's home i worked in very old fashioned sort of ideas.

how often does she go?
Mine gos to play group couple times a week and they either get toast or petit filous and drink.

Sounds like they are feeding them a load of crap, but it depends on how often she goes and if its regulated by ofsted etc depending on a healthy eating policy etc

I had to insist on choclate at dd's. It was all healthy stuff. kids need energy!

I heard YANBU

a programe about this on the radio; in one place they went to the staff were boiling the veg for over an hout to make it soft so the babes could eat it!

Apparently there are calls for them to be 'Jamied'

mind I heart Angel delight (Chocolate only, butterscotch is powdered sick)

opps YANBU got stuck in themiddle there!

How often is your child there?
I'd be OK with the jelly and spaghetti hoops once in a while.
Hot dogs are OK if proper sausages and nice bread.
I would take my child out of the setting rather than let them eat sweeteners though, tbh.

I thought that there was one? You are not being too fussy IMO. Have you brought your concerns up with staff or could you join the playgroup commitee to try and change from within?

well at the moment she goes 3 times a week but that will increase to 5 times after christmas when her place is commissioned (paid for by government). We eat a healthy (&vegan) diet at home and wanted to make sure it wasn't just me being fussy before i say something to playgroup. but tbh i wouldn't eat spaghetti hoops and jelly? as a snack also baffles me. what is wrong with a banana or flapjack? are other playgroups like this?

I am a member of the committee, and have canvassed some other mothers to see what they thought and it is split between those who are horrified at the food (it is all the cheapest stuff they can buy) and those that don't see any prob because that is what they feed their children anyway.

You eat a vegan diet, and they fed your child a hot dog?
What did you say to them?

So its a nursery pre school then?

These are ofsted reg as far as I know and should have a healthy eating policy

If you are really concerned then def mention it and help to develop a healthy alternative

DD's playgroup offers either fruit, biscuit or toast. It changes each day. Also only either milk or water as a drink.

my kids plagroup respected their vegan diets. I'd send them in with vegan biscuits.

it is not a good diet is it... unusual i would have thought in this day and age, age of healthy eating, 5 a day and stuff

perhaps you shoudl send them in with fruit and veg

its only a snack, not a main meal and if a child eats healthily at home a biscuit for instant energy is no big deal. I would be angry at non-vegan things though.

No, pooty, they didn't feed my child the hotdog, but it was on the menu (but they have given her milk and pancake before). They know my dd is vegan and i've been asked to say what she can eat and provide a snack on other days but it has to be equivilent to what the other children are eating (which is fair enough) but means i can't give dd a banana if they are having jelly! I know i have to say something but not sure how to do it tactfully!

the thing is that if my dd has a snack at playgroup then she generally won't eat much lunch that day, which is fine once or twice a week but not every day, especially if the snack isn't healthy.

I expected this thread to be a PFB thread about how someone's dc was being fed a biscuit but I would be very unhappy with artificial sweeteners tbh.

I'd look for another playgroup rather than have my ds have aspartame.

Am still at spagetti hoops for a snack!!

Our playgroup have toast, fruit, yoghurt, cereal etc. ...although they did do hotdogs one hallow'een (made them into a scary hand )

Oh, YANBU btw ...

even one biscuit?
What about seinding in a tub of vegan jelly for jelly days and a flapjack or biscuit for other days. If your dd feels left out she is more likely to want forbidden (non-vegan) foods.
Mine were all raised vegan but I made sure what they had was as similar to the other kids as possible.

my dd isn't too bothered as long as she has something to eat, but i was told that i couldn't bring in something that the other kids might drool after!! so if i did make a flapjack it would have to look very unappealing- grey food colouring?? lol! not much choice for pre school education around here. quite happy for her to have a biscuit though. What i don't understand is that the younger ones get toast and sliced banana, i'm not sure if ofsted insist upon more variety when they get older. But if this was the reasoning then would they nor insist upon healthier snacks too?

WHAAAT? You can't make her flapjack because the other kids would drool over it?

I'd be looking at alternative childcare tbh.

Thank you for your responses, it's always hard to judge just how unreasonable you are being, but as a committee member i know i will have to bite the bullet and mention the need for more healthy eating. any suggestions on how i do this without getting anybody's back up?