The daycare I work at has kids bring their own food in each day.

In a typical day, you will see:

DCG1 (14 months): Screams when being spoon fed Gerber shelf-stable yogurts. The Gerber toddler meals (like pasta pick-ups) are hit or miss, but there's less screaming over it. Had pizza the other day because of a Birthday party and loved every bite.

DCB1: (14 months): All meals are pureed and consist of cereal and fruit/veggies. Will also eat things like Cheerios and Puffs.

DCB2: (14 months): Lunch is a jelly sandwich with Entenmanns Little Bites muffins as an alternative. Is also fed a fruit/vegetable pouch that is poured into a bowl and spoon fed because he won't eat from the pouch.

DCB3: (11ish months): Lunch is baby cereal and formula; consistency is very thin- it could probably be put into his bottle instead of spoon-fed. Refuses to hold own bottle.


Now, to compare, here's a list of the foods my friend's 15 month old ate for dinner at Bible Study Thursday night:

Rotisserie Chicken
Baby Carrots (raw)
Strawberries
Macaroni and Cheese
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Peas & Corn
Potatoes
Sausage

She may have even eaten some salad. No purees. Just bits of the same food everybody else was eating.

DCB3 barely even ate any lunch. It was so runny that it ended up all over him.

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