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The daycare that we'll HOPEFULLY be sending our children to DOES provide food! This is one of the reasons we're choose them over other daycares we looked at. Not having to pack lunch for my kids will be such a time-saver!

Yes our daycare provides two lunches (morning and afternoon) plus milk and a hot lunch every day once they start table foods. The menu is posted so if you have any concerns of a particular food or item you can request an alternate or give specific instructions beforehand. Since my son is very picky and doesn't eat much variety at home I actually like that they provide the food. He sees the other kids eating the same thing and it goes a long way to getting him to eat it as well. If I packed the lunch and the other kids didn't have the same thing I think he'd be a really skinny kid.

I work at a daycare that provides breakfast, lunch, and snack cooked fresh daily in house by two chefs (and formula and baby food)... If grandma wasn't watching my DS I would definitely love that food is provided!

If I remember correctly, as LO isn't here yet but already signed up for daycare awhile ago, they provide breakfast, lunch and a snack, all organic once they graduate to regular food. Meaning that if you use purees, you'll have to provide those yourself.

Our daycare does but since she's not of age yet obvs we don't partake. Haven't looked at their menus so not sure what we will do yet.

ETa: just looked at their sample menus, the breakfast and lunch aren't bad. But the afternoon snacks are horrible! Pudding, pretzels etc. so depending on the week's menu I think certain days I might bring our own.
I'm not sure either if it's cooked on site or Pre-packaged?! If Pre-packaged I will def bring our own.

@MamaG: yea I saw a lot of juice on the menu! When the time comes I'll def ask them to not give her juice. If and when we do it'll only be 100% and really watered down!

Our daycare doesn't always have the greatest food, but they do use the "Daily Plate" and try to make the day well balanced.

Given that I'm a fairly picky eater, it's really best that she gets alot of different options at daycare to help her palate.

Our daycare provides free (well, included in cost, nothing is free) snacks and lunch. Maybe breakfast too, I'm not sure since we are still in 100% formula bottles stage.

Their menus look pretty good - a meat/protein, fruit, veggies everyday. Not a ton of empty carbs or high sugar items. It's cooked on-site using fresh ingredients.

I still plan to pack food for LO because I want to really have her eating all sorts of foods that I don't see them offering on a regular basis, but its good to know that if I'm too tired to make her a lunch, she'll get decent food all day.