https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 17:54:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275993 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:21:32 +0000 LuLu Mom 2275993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daycare includes breakfast, 2 snacks, and lunch. It's not always what I would choose to serve but it's included and easy to not worry about. it follows the state daycare standards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275904 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:19:40 +0000 looch 2275904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is no lunch program at my son's current school, we have to pack a lunch. They do provide snack, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275901 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:17:24 +0000 illumina 2275901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She only goes 2 mornings a week but she gets breakfast, snacks and lunch included in the price. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275874 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:45:08 +0000 LulaBee 2275874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 snacks and lunch are included in the cost and you can't opt out. But I pack her lunch daily because they provide our county's public school lunches- it's in the basement of a public elementary school- and it's not vegetarian (she is). The snacks are not very nutritious (Fritos twice a week), so I send those too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275824 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:01:41 +0000 AmandaB8 2275824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They provide breakfast, lunch, snacks, and milk. It would be totally worth it to me to pay the money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275794 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:39:05 +0000 MamaCate 2275794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We provide lunch and school provides two snacks and milk. We provide all food for the infant room. Lunch is pretty monotonous but we have gotten into a good routine. It does sound nice not to worry about lunch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275730 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:55:18 +0000 Finfan 2275730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I could do lunches cheaper than $50 a day and I would have loved that meal plan option. Our daycare provided breakfast and snacks so we had to send a lunch. Would have been great to have one less thing to think of every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275682 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:17:07 +0000 regberadaisy 2275682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All meals, snacks and cows milk are provided. I did pack dd1's lunch till she was two because I wasn't happy with their offerings. But then they started the NAEYC application process and their menu got revamped for state standards. I'm much happier and started letting her eat daycare lunch. But I do bring in soy milk for her.<br /> DD2 just turned one and now eats their food too.<br /> If I had to pay extra I'll probably just pack it since I just pack leftovers anyways. Both girls are historically good eaters so that's not a concern. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275661 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:58:25 +0000 californiadreams 2275661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>food is included in the price, i didn't have a choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275659 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:56:52 +0000 matador84 2275659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it was only $50 a month and my kids ate it, I would do it. That's about how much I spend on their lunch and snacks weekly and it would save me so much time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275654 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:55:29 +0000 Mamaof2 2275654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They offer it but its $5 a day and the portions are tiny! So for $25 a week I pass and make their lunches myself</p> <p>They provide 2 snacks though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275285 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:03:17 +0000 nana87 2275285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They provide snack mostly (we bring in for the whole class once a month) but we provide lunch and milk. And diapers/wipes/sunscreen/etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275262 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:53:52 +0000 catomd00 2275262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare included 2 meals and 2 snacks. It was so convenient! Now, my in-laws feed her on their days. I send a lunch to our friends house when she watches her, but she usually gets other snacks while she's there, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275226 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:37:55 +0000 travellingbee 2275226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Man, ours doesn't provide any food but $50 a month sounds like a steal that's less than $3 a day, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275197 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:25:52 +0000 mrsjyw 2275197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lunch! He's part time 8-1245 three days. Week they provide snacks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275181 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:19:08 +0000 catlady 2275181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours includes breakfast, lunch, two snacks, and milk in the tuition. Honestly I would not switch to making her lunch even if it did save money. We had to provide our own food while she was in the infant room (up until 15 months) and it was so much work to make lunch and snacks every day. It is such a timesaver to not have to worry about it. Plus the food they serve is healthy, and she eats better seeing the other kids eating the same thing as her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275149 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:06:18 +0000 BandDmommy 2275149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Food is included in the price. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275143 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:58:47 +0000 CakeLady 2275143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Includes breakfast, lunch, and two snacks as well as milk. The food is pretty healthy, but I prefer for DS to have organic milk so I send that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275137 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:53:29 +0000 MenagerieMama 2275137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Includes all meals/snacks, formula if needed, milk and diapers/wipes. It's pretty great. We send her EBM and she's in cloth diapers (which they happily do) but we could do disposable if we wanted less work. It's so nice not having to pack meals! They'd be slightly healthier if we did it but so not worth the effort, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275128 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:46:32 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2275128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>none of ours ever included food, but i would have still packed lunches anyway since my kids are happy to starve if they don't like what's served. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275105 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:33:17 +0000 Charm54 2275105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We provide all food and milk. I don't mind because I'm packing Dh and my lunches anyway. I think it made her a good eater because it's almost always leftovers from the night before, so she gets two attempts at a meal whether she likes it or not :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275092 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:25:11 +0000 PurplePeony 2275092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Morning snack, breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack are included in the price. We're not allowed to send outside food (I think they would make exceptions for kids with severe dietary restrictions, but their kitchen can accommodate some restrictions, too). Even if we could send food, I know I wouldn't be able to provide a month's worth of lunches and snacks for much less than $50, and the time saved by not having to prep it is priceless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275045 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:03:58 +0000 blackbird 2275045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Every place I visited has food included in the price </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2275037 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:52:14 +0000 DillonLion 2275037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyann: Ours is provided by a totally separate caterer and paid for separately. The price changes each month depending on how many days they are providing food for the month (they deduct for holidays and whatnot) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2274999 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:30:06 +0000 mauxie 2274999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our tuition includes food-- breakfast snack, lunch, and afternoon snack. Of course milk, too. They try to provide organic but definitely some things are not. I would provide my own lunch/snack if I had the time/energy to do it all every night and keep the meals actually nutritious and varied, but I don't! Lol :P Plus, I think my daughter actually prefers having the same lunch as her school friends, and I feel she eats more stuff she wouldn't normally eat bc of the peer mentality of it all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2274980 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:17:34 +0000 lilyann 2274980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our tuition includes two snacks, lunch, whole milk. The food is not the most nutritious but at least the kids all have the same food. I make sure breakfast and dinner are somewhat healthy options. I don't think we can ask for a tuition discount if we don't want to use their lunch plan... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2274974 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:11:15 +0000 kiddosc 2274974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours includes two snacks and lunch. I can't get it together to pack my own lunch. I think they do a much better job feeding him than I would :silly: I don't think that you'd end up saving all that much either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2274963 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:01:53 +0000 hellobeeboston 2274963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours only includes 2 snacks so I pack his lunch. I wish our school offered a meal plan!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-provide-meals-for-childcare-days#post-2274962 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:00:32 +0000 DillonLion 2274962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOs school has an optional lunch meal plan that we pay for. It includes lunch and two snacks. We provide breakfast for her and she usually eats most of it on the way to school in the morning.</p> <p>I'm working to convince DH to consider stopping the lunch plan just to save money as it adds about $50 to our monthly tuition costs. But I admit that meal plan is great/nutritious/convenient for us.</p> <p>Does your childcare provider include food? </p>