https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:05:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037869 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:07:20 +0000 cascademom 2037869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A mix. LO eats well at preschool. At home, it's hit or miss. Some days, he's hungry. Other days, not so much. With our new preschool, we have an app which tells us when and how much he eats. Some nights, he's not hungry because snack was close to going home time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037830 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:48:56 +0000 Anagram 2037830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Much better at home. I think we just have more persistance, whereas at daycare, if she throws food off her table or doesn't eat it all really quickly, they assume she doesn't want it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037812 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:39:17 +0000 lavender 2037812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way way way better at daycare. I've been told she's one of the best eaters there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037805 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:37:07 +0000 Periwinkle 2037805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way better with his caregiver!!!! He has next to no interest in food at home but generally loves what his sitter prepares for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037803 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:36:53 +0000 BoogieBea 2037803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Older one eats better at school for sure. He almost always finishes all his lunch. My younger one is about the same but I think I pack too much for her age. I pack her pretty much the same amount as her brother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037796 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:33:49 +0000 mrbee 2037796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our kids both used to eat better at school! But since our son started kindergarten, he hasn't been eating nearly as much. It turned out that he's a slow eater and they don't give enough time for lunch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037792 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:32:19 +0000 PurplePeony 2037792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely at daycare. At home, she just wants to eat yogurt and sometimes pouches or homemade purées (if we spoon-feed them to her), she'll pick at finger foods but doesn't actually eat much. At daycare, though, she shovels it in and sometimes asks for more. I've seen her eating there and it amazes me. I guess a lot has to do with the fact that she's with all her friends and they sit down together to eat, so there's a "peer pressure" element to it (in a good way). But she's also way more independent there than she is at home, in general. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037735 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:09:36 +0000 mediagirl 2037735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She eats well in both places. I think she eats better when it's just us, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037725 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:06:24 +0000 littlebug 2037725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SO MUCH better at daycare. They send his paper home often saying he had 2 helpings at lunch. But then he'll barely eat at dinner (even on days he didn't have 2 helpings). It's incredibly frustrating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-eat-better-at-home-or-daycarepreschooletc#post-2037658 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:41:21 +0000 autumnlove 2037658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 1 definitely eats better at preschool when she is around her friends.</p> <p>LO 2 is about the same at home and daycare. Good/Poor eating at home usually means the same good/poor eating at daycare. </p>