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My daycare provides a meal plan at +1 year. But before that, I did the same variety as Mrs. Bee but mine were not nearly as pretty! My LO mostly likes to eat so I haven't had to make everything so cute like Mrs. Bee but the same variety is still there. I think once you get your system going it isn't too bad but I still get stressed out thinking that I HAVE to always have food available for the LO.

It's so funny b/c I found that post so intimidating but bookmarked it b/c my son (who's 2.5) was starting a new school/daycare where I would need to pack a lunch. It's only been three weeks, but so far, it has been so much easier than I expected. The bentos are so small, but when packed are actually a lot of food. I usually just include two items from the previous night's dinner, and any combination of pretzels, graham crackers, veggie (usually frozen peas or broccoli that thaw by lunchtime), etc. If we ate crap for dinner, than I toss in an egg (there's a fun way to cook it like a very thin omelette and roll it and slice it) and maybe some breakfast sausage.

I am dreading the whole lunch prep thing, because I can't stomach looking at food in the morning! Whatever we do will have to be made at dinner.

I plan to offer a lot of variety with the full expectation that it might not get touched and what he will like on Monday, will be totally gross and he won't even look at it on Tuesday. I don't plan to do the bentos with the scenes, but will probably use a Bento style lunch box with compartments...there's something about the compartments that seem to appeal to toddlers, like they have some control over their consumption, which is what a lot of food issues center around.