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How old is LO?

Regardless, if the DCP said they would follow your feeding preferences, and have now changed their policy, you need to address this with the teachers and director. Because that's the bigger issue than if LO is eating table food or not (and it should be your choice as the parents, not up to the DCP). Good luck!

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Is it possible he didn't want it or was the jar not even opened? If that's the case, you should definitely address it with the DCP. Hopefully it was just an oversight, but if they aren't even trying to feed him on your schedule, that's a problem. We sent table food when LO was ready for them, but it wasn't until she was after a year old, and it was at the recommendation of the DCP that she was ready for them. Food before one for fun, and all that. They aren't old enough at 8.5 months to get enough nutrition out of table food.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I admit, I didn't worry about yogurt when my LO was under 1, even though it was milk, but I can see your point, especially if your LO has allergies. I guess I would still wonder if your LO didn't want to eat the other jars and that's why they came back, or if they just didn't give them to him. Either way it sounds like you guys either need a new spot with a menu you like better or have an intentional conversation with your DCP about what your child is fed.

I would have a discussion with your husband about when he does feel its appropriate to start solid foods. I would think by this age you want them to start eating more than purees.

However, I understand the issues with not loving daycare food. But maybe the compromise with your DH is that he gets solid food but solid food sent from home.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Also have you explicitly made it clear that you want him to have ALL of the food you provide? I would send a note in that says please feed all food at these times. That way they understand its not really just a supplemental optional choice but what you want him to primarily be eating.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: if he ate that much purée and formula when he got home, to me that would indicate he probably didn't eat much table food and therefore because he came home with his extra food uneaten, he didn't eat much food at all-and that would make me upset. Unless of course he did eat a lot of table food while there? My daughter definitely was not and some days is still not good on just table food and she is 14 months. I give her a pouch when she doesn't eat much because I want something in her tummy. I also take care of a little boy the same age who was on formula and started with me at 11 months. I would give him a banana )he would eat a whole one) or apple sauce or a pouch if he didn't eat enough table food. Nowadays he is pretty good and hasn't had formaula since 13 months, but it took us a while to get here.

I would be upset for the daycare to not follow my feeding schedule and you guys know how much table food he eats at home so you'll know how much he'll likely eat of it at daycare right now. Honestly, having worked in a few centres and now at my home, I would do whatever parents wanted for food if they sent it in. So if yohopefully gave me food to feed your kid in addition to mine then I would feed it to him unless he was absolutely too full and refused it.

My LO is on mostly table foods now, cut into small pieces and she turned 10 months on Christmas. As long as food is cut small and cooked well, there really isn't much that she can't eat. Also, yogurt is very different that straight milk and is recommended as a first food. Of course, if your LO has dairy sensitivity that's a different issue. I think that mostly table foods at 8.5 months is young.

I wouldn't switch daycares after one day of them altering the feeding plan. I would voice my displeasure and reiterate the plan, maybe talk to the director. I think there needs to be open communication with a care provider. If it's one strike, you're out, then you're going to be switching daycares a lot.

ETA: LO only has two bottom teeth, but can eat things like cheese, cucumbers, and pieces of meat without issue.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Also I consider a new room and new teachers basically the same as a new center. You've got to tell them your expectations, you have to learn the new procedures, etc. So I wouldn't assume that just because the other room did it that they know the same expectations.

We did BLW, so he was on table food from the start. We didn't have them feed him food until he was maybe 8 months old. I'm not a huge fan of the school lunches, so I look over their menu every week and cross out what I don't want him to have and supplement with food from home