Nursery worker told she HAS to eat with children

emsywoo123

mildred1978 wrote: »

Really? How sad.

Perhaps that's why generations of kids are growing up only interested in junk food.

A lovely sweeping generalisation. I'm sure we all do what we feel is the best for our children. What one person does for their child might not sit well with one, but does for another

At DS's nursery, the staff eat with the children, all homemade lovely food, but using the macaroni cheese as an example, I would gag if it came near me. Probably not ideal for the kids!

whitewing

Hope the nursery doesn't decide to focus on potty training next!

mildred1978

renowen wrote: »

Just to add, generally speaking the meals offered are no different than what an adult would eat, just obviously with no added salt, nothing more spicy than a korma and nothing cooked with booze lol! It's just served in smaller portions!

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I don't use salt anyway in my cooking. My LO's favourite dinner is risotto - and I still make it as I always have with lots of garlic and white wine! I just add the wine before the stock and cook it out as much as I can. He's never had korma either - he loves jalfrezi though!!!

sariebeth

emsywoo123 wrote: »

but using the macaroni cheese as an example, I would gag if it came near me. Probably not ideal for the kids!

My thoughts exactly!

emsywoo123

Fairio wrote: »

I thought kids food is just extra mashed up until it taste squishy. To protect kids from themselves, so they don't choke?

That is a whoooooooooooole other thread :rotfl:

Nicki

Fairio wrote: »

I thought kids food is just extra mashed up until it taste squishy. To protect kids from themselves, so they don't choke?

Maybe when they are 4 months old. The children the OP is talking about are 4 years old :rotfl:

Emmzi

go vegan. make it for moral grounds.

renowen

mildred1978 wrote: »

I don't use salt anyway in my cooking. My LO's favourite dinner is risotto - and I still make it as I always have with lots of garlic and white wine! I just add the wine before the stock and cook it out as much as I can. He's never had korma either - he loves jalfrezi though!!!

Oh I'm the same with my children at home, but obviously they have guidelines to follow in these types of settings and have to take a number of children into consideration which is why they tend to keep flavours mild. Meals we have include Lasagne, fishermans pie, potato pie, roast dinner, fish and chips, pasta bakes, rissoto, shepherds pie, pizza, chicken korma, casseroles, meatballs ..... the list goes one! I love eating with the kids as it saves me having to bring my own food lol but it doesn't do my waistline much good

delain

It is a whole other thread indeed

I wouldn't be happy about being told what to eat either, as although I love stodgy food I'd be hippo size in a year eating that and my lunch.

Aaron can I ask what your gf has in her lunch? If she (and the others, come to that) are only taking in crisps etc then the nursery has a point saying she can't eat her own... I think it would be much more sensible to say staff eat with the kids but can eat their own (healthy) lunch.

renowen

Nicki wrote: »

Maybe when they are 4 months old. The children the OP is talking about are 4 years old :rotfl:

Eating food at 4 months! Now THERES a whole other thread

(BTW I am having a giggle, I don't mean to start a row about when children should start solid foods, I'm not THAT daft )