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grandmom 06:22 PM 04-27-2010
Sometimes life is boring. With boredom comes calmness, which is what you likely need at the beginning of your career with children. Feel free to choose 10 meals and just rotate them. The children will grow to expect certain foods on a regular basis and those touchy ones - the ones children are challenged with and don't try the first few times - will be served more often if you only have 10 to choose from. Thus, more exposure to that food, more likely they will eat it.

As for lunches: I have basic ingredients I mix together for a casserole. I chose a protein, either noodles or rice and a vegetable. That's lunch with an added fruit on the side.

Snacks are grain and milk. That's simple.

Just don't burn yourself out on trying to be supermom. Daycare is a high burnout profession. Cut yourself some slack. Your business will fail or succeed in the first few years based on your abiity to "do it all". Leave something out so you have time for yourself.
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