Does this sound like a weird packed lunch to you?

[marialuisa]

DD (nearly 4) has gone back to having packed lunches as she has finally decided that bread isn't the food of the devil. She came home quite bothered yesterday as 3 of the nursery staff apparently stood round debating the "weird" contents of her lunchbox. She then told us that they do this most days.

So, do you think the following is worthy of comment?

Smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich on brown bread

Little tub with cherry toms, carrot, red pepper celery and kosher sausage

banana

yoghurt drink

water

(BTW: this also contains her after school snack, she picks what she wants to keep for later)

I think the lunch sounds very yummy - the staff on the otherhand sound extremely rude!

Its a sign of small mindedness - don't let it get to you

Marialuisa, that sounds like a lovely packed lunch to me.

Our food seems weird to the cook at ds1's nursery because he doesn't have any cow's milk or soya products and she seems to put cheese or yoghurt in every meal and thinks I'm a horrible mum for saying he can have fruit for dessert. She said he was looking at the other kids's puddings as if he felt left out. Well I know that he loves fruit and will happily eat it at home - but if they are making him feel strange about having banana I'm sure he will wish he had the same as the other kids. It's a shame that some nursery staff don't think about the effect their comments could have on our kids who are so keen to fit in (ime).

DD1 used to take a packed lunch as she wouldn't eat the hot meals at nursery. I was actually asked to stop putting in tomatoes and strawberries as the other children were asking if they could have them as well. Think that says something about the food there somehow!!!

That's a brill packed lunch! I wish I could get my son to eat such healthy food, the fruit I put in his packed lunch comes back uneaten most days!

Sounds very similar to my dd's. She asked me why she couldn't have one of these dairylea lunchable things the other day, because a lot of the other kids do .
Why would anyone think these things constitute a healthy lunch???

They're definitely going to think I'm weird today - ds asked for 'something different' and we settled on cold fishfingers, yogurt, a pear and a banana!

Marialusia - I haven't read all of this thread but if DS1 would eat even half of what's in your DD's lunchbox I'd be the happiest Mum around!! BTW, I would have a word with the staff - bad enough if other children ever comment on lunchbox contents but staff? Totally unprofessional!

my 10 yr old has a very similar lunch he loves smoked salmon, cream cheese, pastrami,
he even has homemade yoghurt!
Other kids think he is weird too!
Are fruit and veg that irregular to kids?

This reminds me of a piece in the local paper - school staff wouldn't let a 5 year old child eat his lunch as it was a baby octopus.

I know I'm replying 15 years late and dd is probably finishing college. But was the surprise kosher sausage and a cream cheese sandwich? As dairy plus meat isn't kosher.