Does your child have breakfast before or at childminders/nursery? (8am start)

onlyroz

I always found that those yoghurt or fruit pouches were good for a quick light breakfast when you're in a hurry. The child can normally suck on them while you're getting ready yourself and there's not usually much cleaning up required afterwards.

mrcow

susancs wrote: »

I must admit I just assumed that babies and young children would have breakfast at home before going to a childminders.

You'd be surprised.

At my son's old nursery, some parents didn't even bother changing their babies nappies from the night before. They just dumped their kids off without them even being clean.

I doubt breakfast was even on the agenda.

bagpuss38

As a former childminder who had to take my own children on school run.
I was happy to give the child breakfast if they arrived before 8am.
Anything after this is difficult as previous posters have said, what with getting shoes on teeth brushing finding that "lost" shoe book bag, hair brush etc!
I was happy to give the child a snack on the way to school.
As for the playgroup is it at a distance so the cm has to leave to get there for 10am?
Sounds to me like nursery may have suited your child better as each childminders has their own routine and way of doing things.
They have to adhere to a timetable of their own as it is just them, whereas in a nursery there are more people to deal with each childs needs.
May i also add that my daughters preschool started at 9 and they were expected to be fed.
Good luck with it all

neverdespairgirl

quidsy wrote: »

It can take several weeks for a baby to adapt to a new routine but tbh, from the sounds of it could be grumpy cause he is hungry, missing breakfast every day will do that to a baby

Not just babies - my OH is capable of getting seriously grumpy if he's hungry, and it's well over 30 years since he was a baby!

Janepig

mrcow wrote: »

You'd be surprised.

At my son's old nursery, some parents didn't even bother changing their babies nappies from the night before. They just dumped their kids off without them even being clean.

I doubt breakfast was even on the agenda.

How do they know that the child didn't wet/dirty their nappy in the car on the way to nursery? It happens, and I wouldn't have wanted the staff at DD/DS's nursery to think I wouldn't change them from the night before.

Also, the nursery provided breakfast (they put the breakfast menu on their website!) and as I was dropping off at 8am they weren't going to have breakfast at home first.

Jx

pigpen

Janepig wrote: »

How do they know that the child didn't wet/dirty their nappy in the car on the way to nursery?

It is fairly obvious whether a child has been wearing a nappy for 12 hours or 1.. without having any qualifications on the matter!

Spendless

Never used a CM but I used 2 different nurseries for my children, 1 did give breakfast,1 didn't, both with the same start times 8am.

I should imagine this is very much as others have said it is to do with the ages and arrival times of other children she minds and her need to get them out of the door.

As for the times all play centres opening, when mine were little the mum and tots type playgroups all had a 9-9.15am start they were frequently run by other Mums,some of whom were also CM themselves and they'd drop school aged kids off and then go along and set up playgroup and they felt that other parents would also do the same. The soft type play centres round here,if that 's what you mean do open later, usually from 10am.

FBaby

The issue of meals is one of many things I discussed before I decided on which childminder was better for my baby when I went back to work. The first childminder had two kids of her own and I felt from her response that she expected my child to fit around the needs of her children. I was happy with that. The childminder I picked explained herself that she was valued the first hours of arrival as quiet time and only took kids out after 9:30 am. She explained that all the kids had breakfast at hers. My baby woke up very early so always had a bottle before going and would always have had his nappy changed.

neverdespairgirl

My experience is a bit different, because we have had a nanny for our son, rather than a childminder.

We didn't always feed him or change him before she arrived, though - if DS was still asleep, there was no way I'd wake him up to change him. Of course, if he was already awake, then he was changed, dressed, etc.

mrcow

Janepig wrote: »

How do they know that the child didn't wet/dirty their nappy in the car on the way to nursery? It happens, and I wouldn't have wanted the staff at DD/DS's nursery to think I wouldn't change them from the night before.

Also, the nursery provided breakfast (they put the breakfast menu on their website!) and as I was dropping off at 8am they weren't going to have breakfast at home first.

Jx

There is a big difference between a nappy that has been on for 12 hours and one that's been on for two. No matter what the child has done in it!