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Thread #97934   Message #1933035
Posted By: Anne Lister
11-Jan-07 - 05:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: Children's packed lunches
Subject: RE: BS: Children's packed lunches
Does it have to be sandwiches? It occurs to me that if she likes cheese generally, why not give her a piece of cheese to eat with some crackers? Again, if she'll eat cold meat or ham usually, give her the slices of meat with crackers or ryvita or something similar and see if that works - some people just don't like the way bread on sandwiches goes softer when it's kept for a couple of hours in a lunchbox. Would she eat a hard boiled egg? (a lot of children won't, hence my hesitancy!). A chicken drumstick? And if you feel she must have some bread, just a plain butter/spread sandwich often does the trick and get the protein into her outside the sandwich!

And again, having witnessed many children baulking at lunches in school (whether school dinners or packed lunches) - she won't starve if she doesn't eat a lot, so make sure there's that yoghurt and fruit bar and fruit and she'll catch up when she gets home.

Anne