school lunch

Kiya's doing this too (she's nearly 7)... no advice, but lots of sympathy!

We have a couple of rules... if she doesn't eat her lunch at school, she doesn't get anything else for afternoon tea (but she can finish off her school food). If Kiya does finish all her food at school, she gets to have something for afternoon tea. If she eats all her food at school for a week, then I up the amount of stuff in her lunchbox to include something a little more treat-ish.

We got frustrated with the amount of food we were throwing away, so I have cut back what she takes to school to the barest minimum - a sandwich made with 1 slice of homemade bread/2 slices of bought bread and 1/2 a piece of fruit (either apple or orange).

At home on the weekends she eats so much more than what she takes to school! Kiya has yet to go 5 days in a row finishing off her lunch at school, yet she's always hungry

talk to the school. many schools are re-evaluating the way lunch times are conducted due to his very problem and may be reall interested in you input - or offer you some suport or advice.

Sorry ladies... not convinced getting the child involved in making their lunch makes any difference. Kiya has been making her own sandwich for school for a little while, and its had no effect on how little she eats

I've found Maya eats way less at "big" school than she used to at preschool and I think it is a lot to do with them being less supervised than they were when they were eating at preschool. Some days she brings home more than she eats, but I'm just stubborn, if she leaves her muesli bar/crackers/raisins then they stay in the box for the next day and I just replace what she has eaten, or the "fresh" stuff that won't last till the next day.

Sorry I don't have any advice but I don't thin I will be having that problem with James we have to supple their lunch for daycare and they told us to give him more because he started taking other kids food he just keeps on eating if it's in front of him it's not because he's hungry only a few times I have actually seen push food away because he has had enough.

No daycare kids don't do any better. My kids are terrible for not eating their lunches. (they eat well at daycare)

Natasha's just to fussy and likes "fresh food" not old sammies. But she now makes her own muffins so takes them and fruit.
Alex just didn't have "time" to eat. She eats really slowly at home so when she is at school she may eat one piece of fruit or half a sandwich but thats about all she has time for. If she sat and ate all her lunch she wouldn't have time to play They have the fifteen minute rule as well....and that just isn't long enough.

My rule is you get nothing else to eat until your lunch box is empty and that works well for me. They come home and sit and eat out of their lunch boxes and then get stuck into homework. It makes life easy for me.

Most of the kids Brooke started school with (including Brooke) didn't eat much at school especially in that first year. They're starving and scratchy by 3pm and will usually demolish the entire contents of their lunchbox on the way home.

I forgot to mention the one thing my kids do eat is left overs. Cold kumara is a favorite so I always cook extra. It helps that I don't like it anyway so they can have my share. Pasta salad and potato salad are really good to take too.