Originally Posted by Unregistered:
Some days it blows me away how much food these little ones can eat! Most of my kids get here around breakfast time and have already had one breakfast at home. They then proceed to not only eat the breakfast I serve, but ask for seconds and thirds!
Do you cut them off at any point? I have a 5 yo that can easily eat six waffles/pancakes and two full sized bananas and that's in addition to the breakfast he ate at his house before arriving.(He arrives during breakfast time). None of the kids are overweight or even close to being. They eat way more than I could even think of eating in a day! Ha!
I don't serve breakfast and require parents to do so prior to arriving for multiple reasons.
I serve A.M. snack, lunch and P.M. snack
I don't offer or provide seconds for snack but will allow seconds for lunch IF they are available and the child has eaten all of their firsts. I do not offer anything beyond seconds as in the past too many parents simply relied on my program for the only food their child ate all day.
It's bad enough we practically raise them in every other aspect so I am not about to be the only source of nutrition.