What to send to babysitter to eat

amother

Tue, Nov 08 2022, 11:13 pm

My 1 year old is going to the babysitter for the 1st time. I need to send along lunch but I have no idea what to send. She doesn’t eat much at home a bite of this and a bite of that, I can’t send along fifty options cuz the babysitter won’t spend an hour feeding her (which is what I do at home when I need her to eat). She went twice already and I sent a few options and both times the babysitter said she only took a bite of yogurt and didn’t eat- I don’t think she tried the other stuff. Any ideas would be really helpful

amother

Orange

Tue, Nov 08 2022, 11:35 pm

What did your baby eat at home?
Baby jars, baby cereal, finger food?
Pasta, cooked vegetables, apple sauce.
Does he eat bread yet?

amother

Babypink

Tue, Nov 08 2022, 11:37 pm

Have you gotten your baby evaluated for feeding issues?
It sometimes takes 7-10 exposures to a new food to develop a liking for it
(im a feeding specialist)

amother

Mintgreen

Tue, Nov 08 2022, 11:44 pm

At 1 years old, my kids still take formula bottles & they eat oatmeal, pasta, cooked veggies, cooked chicken, scrambled eggs, soup, greek yogurt.

amother

Violet

Tue, Nov 08 2022, 11:51 pm

I'm a babysitter. I don't mind trying different foods. This is what I do mind...
Very messy finger foods.
Containers of yogurt, baby food, etc that don't reclose in case the baby doesn't finish it.
Sending only food that has to be spoon fed when the baby knows how to eat finger foods. I have other kids to take care of.
I've had babies who won't eat finger food. Then the mother comes and starts putting pieces of food in the baby's mouth. That's why the baby doesn't eat it! He/ she doesn't know how to use his/ her own hands because mommy does it for them.

amother

Anemone

Wed, Nov 09 2022, 12:01 am

squeeze yogurt,squeeze Apple sauce
slices cut up hard boild eggs in a container,or mashed egg , or fried eggs,cut up fruits apples...grapes....cherry tomatoes, cut up veggies,pieces bread,soup with a straw , or no straw,pieces chicken.....aso...

amother

Tiffanyblue

Wed, Nov 09 2022, 12:04 am

amother Violet wrote:

Dumb question here - what are finger foods?

BrisketBoss

Wed, Nov 09 2022, 12:07 am

amother Tiffanyblue wrote:

Dumb question here - what are finger foods?

Foods you pick up and eat.

So for adults, things like pizza.

For babies, pretty much anything solid enough.

amother

Oatmeal

Wed, Nov 09 2022, 12:48 am

Bananas, bread shmeared with peanut butter/techina/chumus/butter etc, squeezey applesauce, baked potato/sweet potato, leftover supper cut into pieces - chicken cutlet, meatball etc, canned green beans, chickpeas, cheerios, oatmeal packet.

amother

NeonPink

Wed, Nov 09 2022, 3:55 am

Sliced hard boiled eggs,
Chumus with something to dip or spoon feed it
Pasta
Oatmeal
Cooked veggies (mine likes canned carrots or potatoes)
Baked fries
Squeeze pouches

DVOM

Wed, Nov 09 2022, 5:00 am

I usually send dinner leftovers from the night before.

Yesterday was corn salad, chicken strips, cubed baked apple.

amother

Wed, Nov 09 2022, 12:15 pm

amother Orange wrote:

What did your baby eat at home?
Baby jars, baby cereal, finger food?
Pasta, cooked vegetables, apple sauce.
Does he eat bread yet?

A few bites of applesauce/jars, a few bites of gerber puffs or cereal, yogurt. I tried pasta, bread in different ways, waffles, pancakes, fishsticks, meatballs and other stuff that would be ez for the babysitter to feed her but she still won’t eat

amother

Wed, Nov 09 2022, 12:18 pm

amother Babypink wrote:

Have you gotten your baby evaluated for feeding issues?
It sometimes takes 7-10 exposures to a new food to develop a liking for it
(im a feeding specialist)

Yes she actually has feeding therapy but I’m finding it unhelpful/waste of time