What are OFSTED going to say about this

[Saltire]

Or should I just not tell themOne of the children (siblings) that I am going to be minding only eats processed or tinned foods.
He eats
Chicken nuggets
tinned spag bol
tinned macaroni
tinned beans and sausages
tinned pies (fray bentos type)
and grapes and crakcer and cheese. That's it.
I have tried him with home cooked spag bol, macaroni, toad int eh hole ,, mince and tatties, casseroles, etc and he jsut sits there wailing "I no like it" and won't eat it

OFSTED are coming next week, I have menu plans, but they are all out the window if he won't eat them

I think they won't blink an eyelid. You're caring for the needs of that child and it's surely better he eats something (I have a food phobic child) than nothing.

My cousin is autistic and he is very fussy with what he will and won't eat.
Do the other children in your care eat other things you cook? If yes, that's fine then. Ofsted aren't food nutritionsists or dieticians.

You don't say whether this child is food phobic/SN or whether that's just what his parents give him.

Also, your menu plans for other children could also be out of the window if they just don't feel like eating on the day Ofsted come.
I think it'll look better if he's eating something (that you say his parents have asked for him to have) than if he's sat there refusing to eat anything in front of them.

yes it will be fine Saltire

you are acknowledging his uniqueness per eyfs

ANything else you want to run by us?

food phobic?!!! I tend to find the phobia disappears if you ive them no choice for a couple of days.
Never failed yet!

moogster I take it that you have never had dealings with a child with a genuine eating problem

moogster - food phobai ian't purely about being a fussy eater and if you were my childminder I'd be a bit if that was your attitude.

'phobia' not phobai!

I have to agree! I know ASD kids who it is very hard to get to eat anything but chocolate muffins and breakfast cereal, and have not eaten on a weekend school trip because they didn't want any of the food on offer.

i was food phobic...not just fussy, and to this day actually am scared of baked beans-like a real fear

My step-mother is food phobic. She is genuinely scared of mashed potatoes.

Haveyou tried putting the home cooked food into the packets of the ready made food? Maybe it's all in the Childs head that he doesn't like home cooked food. Xxx

For the Ofsted day, could you put the tinned whatever into a tupperware beforehand, so when you're 'cooking'/serving it it'd look homemade?

It's definately not special needs. At the risk of being flamed, he's been getting looked after by his dad, while the mum worked full tiem and I think it's been a case of "anything for an easy life".
The child ate 2 bread rolls with philadelphia in for me today, after me being told that he never ever eats bread.

I'll repeat what I said earlier then!!
Won't have worked by your OFSTED unfortunately,.
Just give him a plate with a wide choice of proper food, and if / when he says he doesn't want it, don't make a fuss, just say "ok , maybe you'll be hungry later" and leave it at that.
Give the inspector a copy of your healthy eating policy ( take one off another childminder site, or Bromley if you're in a rush). there'll be well used to seeing fussy eaters.
DON'T say you're pandering by giving him rubbish

You'd think his parents would be glad he was coming to you and encouraging you to try and get him to eat different foods outside of his everyday eating setting.

How the hell did they ever find out he like tinned (vomit) spag bol or tinned (blerrr) macaroni. Would feed that to an animal much less a child.

Couple of chicken nuggets won't hurt him, but that diet is truely vile. It is obviously the parent fault, trying for an easy life at the cost of their childs health.

not all bad alternative view

Interesting thread.

When I had my ofsted inspection, I had two children with me who would not eat anything unless it was considered 'junk' (processed/tinned foods).
Now, my philosophy as a parent and a minder is homecooked meals from scratch - even chicken nuggets and occasionally a packet or tin etc.

Anyway the day of my inspection - i KNOW these children well and I know what they do and don't eat.

I served up what the inspectors considered processed food - baked beans, fresh (baked) chicken strips and mashed potato (fresh veg). There was a plate of cut carrot sticks for the children to help themselves too. I wondered why the inspector started asking me do I normally served processed foods and directed her for a second time to my menu's. One child would not eat anything on his plate demanding hotdogs. I offered the child a sandwich instead - which he accepted and he wanted ham. Not the ham that I had cooked the night before, he wanted packet ham.

Anyhow when it came to review time the inspector started telling me that I serve too much processed food and what she wrote in my report much to my shock 'serves mainly fresh meals but could do with reviewing how much processed foods are served'

Do you know what though, stuff her!

No wonder so many child minders are giving up - Ofsted are so thick!