Mindees in the fridge

[adele1985]

Do you allow this

[moogster1a]

I positively encourage it. They get a bit chilly after a few hours, but if you wrap them up warm they stop complaining eventually!

[Mouse]

I prefer the cupboard under the stairs - you can fit more in & they don't tend to squash the food like they do in the fridge.

[moogster1a]

ooh, even better idea, the fridge in the cellar, then you can't hear their plaintive cries and promises to be good from now on.

[loocyloo]

I positively encourage it. They get a bit chilly after a few hours, but if you wrap them up warm they stop complaining eventually!

no! the only time mindees go to the fridge is if i ask them to get the milk or something out at a meal/snacktime and my hands are full! at the moment i only have LOs, and my fridge is on top of the freezer bit, they couldn't reach anything. I can't reach the top shelf!

i have water freely available in a jug on the table/in cups. if its REALLY hot, i might keep some water in the fridge, but i would expect to be asked to get it out.

[ziggy]

I dont allow mindees free access to the fridge, its too high for the toddlers anyway.

But on a similar topic, do any of you allow mindees to help themselves from the fruit bowl? I have 2 new mindees (brothers aged 3 and 1) they have been helping themselves to fruit, once while i was preparing their lunch!!!! I dont mind them eating fruit during the day (unless we're about to eat lunch) but i find they sometimes just take a bite and leave fruit lying wherever

Plus one of our house rules is that we eat and drink at the table

[Pipsqueak]

lol loving the answers (my preference is cupboard under the stairs too... our understair cupboard is legendary in our house)

seriously, I don't let mindees go rummaging through cupboards or fridges

[dette]

i dont even let my own kids in the fridge.. i like to know what ive got left and i dont let them have free reign on snacks..snacks at snack time,meals at meal time ..end of

[dette]

i prefere to call the understairs cupboard " the toy room"..sounds better when they tell parents theyve been in the "toy room " all day

[Bridey]

Nobody goes into my kitchen - its where I hide!

[muffins]

i dont even let my own kids in the fridge.. i like to know what ive got left and i dont let them have free reign on snacks..snacks at snack time,meals at meal time ..end of

This!

My own children only go in the kitchen when I'm not minding & only if I am in there, they are 2 & 3yrs! Mindees only go in there if we are baking/cooking together!

[funemnx]

i prefere to call the understairs cupboard " the toy room"..sounds better when they tell parents theyve been in the "toy room " all day

I've been after a toy room for years, not realising I had one all along!

Absolutely NO rummaging going on in this house!

[JCrakers]

No I don't allow any of my mindees rummaging through anything
Food is only served at set times. Snack time 10 am, lunch 12pm, tea 4-5pm.
If they are hungry inbetween then they ask for fruit.

I couldn't cope with 15 mindees helping themselves. I would be out of business by Monday afternoon.

Plus, no mindees in kitchen as its brand new and has no cupboard locks (dreadful things on my new kitchen cupboards ) so I've gated it off.

[LChurch]

I prefer the freezer in the garage!! Further away from the house! Seriously though no mindees are allowed in the kitchen without me at the moment anyway and certainly not in the fridge, I don't mind too much about fruit bowl as it si healthy but they can't get it at the mo anyway but if they say they want fruit they can have it! I don't tend to have biscuits in the house anyway! Unless it is a cooking activity! My son at 7 goes in the fridge now as he makes breakfast for himself sometimes, bless him he gave me breakfast in bed at the weekend!

[notts]

I don't plan to. I see this as private and just a means of storage to facilitiate mindees mealtimes. It actually has a toddler lock

[Rubybubbles]

your all loving monday then!!

No I don't let mindies (or my own children, 10 and 7) help themselves! The only time mine do is at the weekend for breakfast whilst I have a lie in

[Ripeberry]

Nobody goes into my kitchen - its where I hide!

He,he,he...me too. They rattle my cage to get attention (got stairgates on both doors to the kitchen). Seriously, I don't let mindees in the kitchen ever and a freezer is best for them as they will be even quieter until its time to thaw them out

[JCrakers]

How long does it take for them to defrost?
Would you say getting them out half an hour before parents are due or do they need a bit longer? 40 mins ?

[breezy]

about an hour before pick up and they thaw out, dont forget to slap their cheeks so they dont look so blue

No one goes in my kitchen without me and they ask for fruit etc not just help themselves!

[dette]

i finish mine off in microwave if theyre still a bit solid