AIBU about 10 sugary puddings a week for 14 month old?

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DS's nursery is really great but I have just come up against an curious situation and would like to know if I am BU....

DS is 14 months and is moving from baby to toddler class with a few others.

I took a look at the menu for the new class and saw that instead of the fruit or yoghurt he has been used to after lunch and tea, they give two 'puddings' a day.

These are things like carrot cake, blueberry muffin, jam sponge, ice cream, jelly.

I said DS doesn't have these things at home and seems to be doing fine without them. I really don't think a 14 mo needs sugar, let alone via 10 puddings a week.

Nursery staff said 'of course' but pointed out he would be the only one having fruit and yog instead and he may want what the others are having. I said 'Let's find out..'

At drop off this morning, I bumped into two other mums whose LOs are moving up and we discussed this. We all feel the same (one even feels strongly about the yoghurts they give as they have added sugar) but were all made to feel as if we were a bit odd.

I'm intrigued about why nursery would have a pudding menu like this but also interested in view of others. Am I being 'odd'?!

For them it's convenient e.g. they don't have to cup up/peel fruit. I think you are perfectly within your right to expect your ds to have fruit or yoghurt instead, and I wouldn't be happy with that amount of 'pudding'.

Reminds me when nursery complained about my dd1 refusing to eat her tea - which stunned me because at home she adored food and refused nothing. Turns out they were feeding her curry flavour supernoodles.... They couldn't see anything wrong with this at all. She was 11 months old at the time.

My son's nursery has a similar menu - I don't worry about it though because he's only there 2 days a week. Also, I did wonder whether they make eg carrot cake themselves with less sugar in it? I know I've got a recipe for muffins which is low sugar. I haven't asked them though so I don't know.

I'm totally with you. My dd has fruit and yoghurt in place of cake or whatever. Whether We'll be able to continue that when she's 3 I don't know, but it work for now.

Tbh, the menu at every nursery I looked at was pretty disappointing. Too much sugar and too much reliance on bread. We pay such a lot; it pisses me off that they can't do better.

Thanks for the views.

Recently when a couple of the babies had a mild rash after eating pasta at lunch time, the cook provided a list of ingredients that were in the sauce.

I was expecting a jar or tin but it was clearly cooked from scratch and had several herbs and spices and nothing nasty, so I was pleasantly surprised.

I know I'm not cooking for 10 at home every day but peeling and chopping fruit has to just as quick and easy as making a different pudding every day.

I would be so pissed off with this. As you say it must be easier to chop fruit than bake cakes. I would put it in an email with the support of other parents.

I'm with you, that's a lot of pudding at any age!

I'd not find that amount of sugary food acceptable either. Not actually because of the amount of fugal, but because it will discourage them from eating fruit if they are accustomed to cakes etc.

(Fruit is meant to be just as bad for teeth as cake due to sugar and acid content, but obvs it does have the vitamins.)

My DDs nursery there is a pudding after lunch. Some of the snack are occasionally biscuit like but mostly fruit and yogurt. I would say two puddings a day is too much.

I agree with the pps comment about it starting bad habits. Children should be encouraged to have fruit over cakes.

Yes weird. Kind of like a 1950s boarding school! They should get with the programme.