ridiculous boring question about containers in packed lunches.

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ds starts reception in september and is having packed lunch. they have said that they need to be able to take the lids off everything themselves, and I can't find any little pots that he can get the lids off, for raspberries, strawbs etc. I'm so sorry and fully acknowledge that I am now the most boring person alive.

Can he open the lock & lock containers? They do some in very small sizes which are leak proof and very durable. It's what I use for packed lunches. Don't panic too much if he struggles a bit, although they want children to be able to do things themselves the reception children often need a little help with that and they will help. At our primary school there are lunchtime staff around to help and often an older year 6 pupil will sit with the little ones during the first term at school to help them with exactly that sort of thing.

Yep, the ones with the little clips on the side are easy to open and you can get really small ones for lunch boxes. I bought one yesterday from Sainsburys.

Why don't you buy one of those zip-up insulated bags and then just wrap sandwiches etc in tin foil. Easy-peasy!

Second lock & lock. My DS's have used a collection of various sizes since nursery and could always deal with them OK, including DS1 who had some small motor problems.

Bonus is that we're still using the same ones and he's now 11!

How about a re-usable sandwich wrap and snack bags? Most use velcro so easy for little hands.

www.ecosnackwrap.co.uk/eco-ethical-credentials/

thanks so much. i'll try lock & lock. it's really for soft fruit so I'm not sure a bag would work.

oooh, although just looked at those ecobags and I like!

They are fab

My son uses the lock containers, perfect for strawberries,melon,grapes ect.
He has sen (autism, DCD) and he can open them so perfect for younger children.

I use those tommee tippee weaning pots for DD's lunchbox - they are about the size of a yoghurt pot with a lid.

Very easy to open (she has a disability and one has use of one hand)

Thanks for posting about those ecobags monkey, they look great!

we use a mixture of the lock and lock containers.
sistema boxes
and I have just ordered easy lunch too

Firstly, I think it's really mean for them to say that the kid has to be able to do it by themself - they're only little! I made sure that I opened all packets of things like cereal bars. Mine couldn't even manage the lock & lock containers so what I did was to take a small pot (usually a ramekin dish) and put clingfilm over the top. Also if you're using juice cartons a good tip is to open the straw packet as they are very difficult to break into!

They don't mean they won't help if needed Twiglets, just that they'd prefer not to have to help all 30 in the class every day.

You can also get weaning lots with kids that you can push fingers through and grab the fruit but will still keep the fruit in. Can't describe them very well but if you look in the baby aisle with all that sort of stuff you'll know which ones I mean!

things in packets - I open the packet and re seal it with a clip. DS can undo clips but not a crisp packet.
lock n lock are good pots, easy to open.
cling film over a unlidded pot works, or plastic and an elastic band.

Children "need" to be able to open things for themselves as the lunch supervisor with them may be dealing with 30 or 40 , 4 and 5 year olds ALL wanting bananas started, juice cartons stabbed, frubes ripped, crisps opened, satsumas peeled, cheese strings broken into AND parents expect that same supervisor to be urging little jonny to EAT his sandwiches as well as his biscuit, while stopping little sheila mashing chese wotsits into kylies hair AND dealing with little peter who is in tears because he didn't get his favourite character yoghurt. Honestly lunchtime in year R is FAR more stressful to supervise than Year 2.

I use the little weaning pots too, Asda does a pack of 3 or 4 for a few pounds.

www.wrapnmat.com/Products.aspx?pg=&tid=1&sid=&vid=1&pid=&d=1

these are brill.

somersault do you mean these?

They are v good and DD 2 can now take the lid off herself which defeats the original object but does mean it might work in 2 ways for the OP (ie a 5 year old will def be able to get the lid off)

yy to lock and lock small individual boxes in larger lunch box.

I wouldn't recommend the sistema compartment ones as you can't fit any decent sized fruit in it eg an apple or a nectarine. Everything has to be flat!

DS eats more apple if I slice it and wrap in cling film. A whole apple he has 3 bites and leaves the rest.

Not a boring conversation at all

My DS refuses any fruit that isn't freshly cut.

Have a few practice pack lunches at home to see how he tackles the whole thing.

Doesn't apple go brown and horrible?