5 Ways To Ensure Good Nutrition At Daycare

by TwinToddlersDad on June 11, 2009

Our twins enjoying snacks at their daycare party

I have a guest post today on the Raise Healthy Eaters blog by registered dietitian Maryann Jacobsen. I was inspired by Dr. Joanna Dolgoff’s answer on last week’s Ask the Expert column regarding managing concerns about quality of daycare food. A few ideas came to mind as I thought about our experiences with the daycare our 3 year old twins attend.

Head over to Maryann’s blog and read my post which summarizes these ideas in 5 ways to ensure good nutrition at daycare. Share your experiences with daycare and what has worked for you.

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Tagged as: Daycare, Helpful Tips, Kids Nutrition, Toddler Nutrition

Adam Zerda

TwinToddlersDad,
thank you for your post. Although exceedingly happy with our daycare to date thanks to their attention to activities which exercise and stimulate our son, we recently had our first uncomfortable conversation thanks to the school offering to provide snacks for the whole class rather than individual boxes. Ostensibly this was to reduce the burden on teachers dealing with multiple boxes during what is supposed to be a short break. Although I was able to extract out an “exception” for ourselves from the cookie/cracker snack time, I don’t feel this was win-win. The other kids get cookies while our son gets a carrot? That’s a lot of temptation for a 2-yr old!!

Will try some of your suggestions above!

PS. Enjoy the site!
Adam Zerda

TwinToddlersDad,
thank you for your post. Although exceedingly happy with our daycare to date thanks to their attention to activities which exercise and stimulate our son, we recently had our first uncomfortable conversation thanks to the school offering to provide snacks for the whole class rather than individual boxes. Ostensibly this was to reduce the burden on teachers dealing with multiple boxes during what is supposed to be a short break. Although I was able to extract out an “exception” for ourselves from the cookie/cracker snack time, I don’t feel this was win-win. The other kids get cookies while our son gets a carrot? That’s a lot of temptation for a 2-yr old!!

Will try some of your suggestions above!

PS. Enjoy the site!