dd2 has been offered full days at nursery BUT she has food issues

[misdee]

lunchtime is usually for her, kist buttered sandwiches/rolls (i have tried spreads, meat, jam, usual sandwich fillings etc) or sausage roll, followed by banana and milk/smoothie. she eats well in the evenings now most nights. so at home i am not worried if she doesnt eat. she has some issues with her behaviour (ASD/autism/dysprxia have all been mentioned regarding dd2 but no dx yet) and sees a SALT as well.

I want to jumop up and says 'yes' to full days at nursery as this will make life just a little bit easier for when dh gets his transplant. but the food thing is worrying me. they provide full cooked meals at the nursery and its great, but what if she refuses to eat anything at all? will they try and make her eat, resulting in meltdowns and me getting called in? i know she will eat the bananas and apples at break time and will get milk and water during the day. she eats a bowl of cereal in the morning, doesnt snack during the day anyway.

am i being silly?

speak to them

they wont force her to eat if they realise

they always have bread

she may surprise you though

You won't know until you try and if it might make thigns easier for you int he long run I'd say it is wiorht a try . Can you discuss how they might handle it with the nursery ? Does she start school this year , in which case it might be better to address it sooner rather than later

DO IT!!! DD1 was like this, she would choke on food and I was worried about her having lunch at nursery but she surprised me. Was never call in at all. The nursery are very good Misdee, she will go over to the other side for lunch and morning nursery

Misdee,

you may be pleasantly surprised. my dd is not a great eater but she has even tried (that is - put it in her mouth!) for example; things like oranges, peppers, tomatoes which she 'normally' hates!!

if the children are having the same foods she may not want to feel left out and will try some of her food. its hard to say but do talk to the nursery as I am sure they will be very supportive.

good luck and let us know how she gets on

My ds has food issues too and has since he was very small. I often feel that if he had gone to a nusery where he had to sit down and eat what all the other children were eating, he wouldn't have half the problems he has now. I feel that I really mismanaged the issue when he was younger and now (he's 9) it's irreversible.
His younger sister is also very fussy, but she does get meals at nursery and although she doesn't eat everything, she certainly tries most things and eats things she would probably not even try at home.
I would go for it.

Go for it. Did some short term between jobs work in a nursery quite recently as dinner lady. It only served super healthy food and I was astounded to see how well most children ate. And if/when some kids didn't it certainly didn't cause ructions.

I was shocked when DS started nursery as at the time he was a nightmare at home. I went to pick him up the first day and they said what a lovely eater he was.

Im sure if you mention your concerns they will be very good.

Try it.

Do they have to have a cooked dinner,would she be allowed a packed lunch ?

brilliant. like i say, she eats well at breakfast and dinner so am not too worried myself about lunch. will go for it. hopefully papaer work be ready today and get her there ASAP. she starts school in sept.

paperwork is being sorted now!

so glad they approached me, i was going to ask them anyway lol.

go for it, DS has food issues and possible autism so i was really worried too. But he eats just fine at nursery - sleeps easily too.

she starts tomorrow!

misdee -- just wanted to add that my DD ate things at nursery that she wouldn't contemplate eating at home. So don't stress too much about it. Great that you are getting help!!

ds (26mths) is really picky and we have just this week started him on having his lunch at nursery to see if it helped his eating habits. Within 2 days he was tucking into lentils and potatoes with the others. Gasp. Apparently this happens a lot - kids copy other kids and eat much better than at home!

but !