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Shocked by the Nursery picnic!

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sharond101 · 14/04/2014 22:20

My DS doesn't yet go to nursery so I don't know how meals work when they go but today we were in the Country Park beside our house and there was a local nursery there on an outing. The leaders had brought a picnic with them and brought out some blankets and the children all raced over for a snack. This was at 3.45pm so I was surprised to see each child being given a filled roll to eat. A while later came the crisps which were passed out and then chocolate biscuits (chunky kit kats)and then some jelly sweets. The children looked as young as 2 years old say up to 5 years old. I would be unhappy to think my DS had been given crisps, chocolate biscuits and jelly sweets all at once. Is this normal nursery practice?? It really isn't anything to do with me, it just shocked me is all.

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Laquitar · 15/04/2014 17:45

The shocking bit for me is that you went to the park on a sunny day and you sat next to a Nursery group? I imagine the noise!!

And you sat there observing the food they fed them?
I thought they don't give crisps to under 2s due to chocking, especially if they play/run?

sharond101 · 15/04/2014 21:49

Well this sparked controversy!! It definitely was chunky kit kats (alongside other chocolate biscuits) and yes I agree a treat is fine but really to have crisps, chocolate biscuits and jelly sweets is extreme imo, one of these would be ample I would have thought? There was no fruit to be seen which I found worrying. Isn't it as convenient to carry some apples than to carry some chocolate. I didn't choose to sit next to them either. My DS was playing on the slide which was right in front of where they chose to lay down the rug they sat on. He is fanatical about slides and happened to spend the best part of forty minutes going up and down giving me a front seat view of their entire picnic.

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ThinkIveBeenHacked · 15/04/2014 21:53

Kit Kats are pretty much the only shop bought biscuits which do not have any aspartame/the like in them. id be quite happy for dd to have a ham roll, a kit cat, crisps and sweets for a pack up on an outing.

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 15/04/2014 21:55

Hope he wasnt climbing up the slide starts another thread

WalletInspector · 15/04/2014 21:57

Meh, I probably wouldn't care. I was brought up on food like that and I'm a very healthy adult now.

Falconi · 15/04/2014 22:06

I am off to eat some hot cross buns with loads of butter and jam on it.
Thanks op.

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