Originally Posted by
Helen79
I don't get why you're being so critical of them as parents when it's exactly what you're doing with your own son. As a mum who has a fussy eater who eats a different meal to the rest of the family everyday and eats the same type of food as the mindee you might be a little more understanding to their situation.
I think if you're so against changing your meal plans to include his genuine likes and dislikes then it's probably best to tell mum that you can't provide him with an evening meal and for her to feed him once he gets home.
It's so difficult to cater for a child who is fussy but mum has told you that he will eat meat just not in a sauce. Many children don't like sauces on food or food that's mixed together. You're not going to be able to please every child every night with a meal e.g I make peas and carrots, some kids will eat the carrots, some will only eat the peas and some will eat or none but they have a choice, if he really dislikes sauce on food then he isn't even able to pick the bits that he does like out.
I wasn't suggesting that you change your total meal plans but maybe just some nights of the week. There's plenty of healthy meals that don't include sauces. If you're doing a chicken curry, once you've fried the chicken then just take a small portion out before you add the sauce and serve it plain with some rice for him or with a cottage pie just take some of the mince out before adding the gravy and save some of the mash before putting it on the top.
If your own child was going to a childminders what would you like them to do with mealtimes if they're fussy and don't like the childmninder's food? Would you hope that they might be a it flexible with meals to include your child's likes/dislikes.