So I think I was told off by my son's crèche this morning

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I was a little bit irritated but think they probably have a point.

I tend to send him in with something that they have to feed him and apparently he isn't really eating it. That's absolutely fine as he is only there for a maximum of two hours a day, straddling lunchtime, and the yogurt purée I send him in with is just something to tide him over until his cooked lunch at home.

Anyway they have got it into their heads that I don't let him feed himself and want me to send him in with finger food instead. I have no problem with that, it's just I don't really know what things they wanted. They suggested jam sandwiches, crisps, dairylea Dunkers!!! Then seems a little put out that I didn't want my 22 month eating crisps particularly.

So the question is, healthy finger foods please. I'm not sure about rice cakes or bread sticks because of the salt content. I know he likes hummus and will eat chopped up fruit and cucumber slices. He doesn't like mini baby bel and the sandwich I've sent him in with previously went untouched.

Ideas please of healthy, teeth friendly snacks.

Thank you!!

Can he slurp? Both my daughters loved those slurpy fruit pouches, and yoghurt pouches, and could manage them from a fairly young age. Otherwise what about those mini rice cakes? Organix do nice ones.

Just send him with a banana.

If he's almost 2 he really should be able to feed himself with a spoon though.

I'd just do fruit - and cucumber (which is technically a fruit...) Easy for you and should be enough for such a short period. Bread sticks with no/low salt could be the fallback.

At 22 months I'd send that same as I would for my 4 yr olds packed lunch. If this is not really a meal why does it matter how much of it he eats?
Keep sending different stuff, he can try it, if he's hungry he'll eat some of it most of the time.
Any kind of fruit.
Baby tomatoes.
Sandwiches with almost anything you fancy, I find grated cheese works better than slices.
Raisins, apricots.
Rice cakes
Pitta bread
Olives
I rarely actually 'feed' my Dd (20 months) anything anymore. She feeds herself.