what do your kids do for lunch?

[Des10ed2b]

do they bring their own lunch, or do they eat the school lunch? does your school have special restrictions or cater to special diet or anything like that?

our school district is required to provide a special diet meal if the parents request it and they also require at least a half cup of fruit or vegetables to be on a tray for the kids to be able to get their hot lunch. there are lots of fruit and veggie options and the kids get to pick. 

my daughter brings her own lunch. she has celiac disease and even thought the school is required to prepare something for her if we want them to, i just dont trust the prep behind it and everything would be careful enough for her to not get sick from a gluten cross contamination.she enjoys bringing her lunch. today she had a chocolate soy and raspberry preserve sandwich on gluten-free bread, baby carrots, a side of ranch for dipping, a fruitables juice box, and a colby jack cheese stick. 

[mom_2006-07]

my girls eat lunch at school and have no resrictions when they eat

[natesmom1228]

My son does a little of both. He will take if there isn't anything that he likes. I am not sure about special meals or diets since my son doesn't require it.

[Des10ed2b]

Quoting Moyzila:

Kayla hasn't started school, yet,  but she'll be bringing  her own lunch 3 times a week, and  at the cafeteria lunch twice a week.

lol. awesome name. my daughter is Cayla.

[aarensmommy]

ds will buy school lunch unless he doesnt like it, like today they had meatball sandwich he didnt want that so he packed. they get good lunches at school though. he has no special diet unless u count being a picky eater a special diet lol

[wakymom]

My kids do both- buy some days and take others. We go over the menu, and, using a diff. color highlighter for each kid, mark which days they want to buy.

There aren't any restrictions, but they do have a nut-free table, and all kids who have peanut butter or other nuts for lunch have to get in a separate line to go wash their hands before heading out to recess.

 

 

 

 

 

[gracie0221]

My dd does both. She takes lunch 2-3 days out of the week and the rest is school lunch.

[ermka]

They take their lunches (occasionally ds will buy, but dd is too picky) It varies on a daily basis as to what they take, today dd had a turkey wrap w/lettuce tomato & ranch, grapes, string cheese, a cupcake & sunny d. Ds had leftover Italian sausage from last night, apples, rice cakes, a cupcake &....... I don't remember what he packed to drink, lol.

[TroyboysMom]

For the most part, ds brings his lunch. Very occasionally he will buy lunch. The school does provide healthy options to meet most dietary needs, but I prefer to pack his lunch and know what he's eating.

[Fields456]

Dd brings her lunch the majority of the time, our school doesn't have allergy restrictions however someone in dds class has an allergy to pears. Dd can still bring them in her lunch but when it is our turn to provide the class snack ( once a month) no pears. Idk if our cafeteria provides a special meal for kids with allergies. I'm sure they do. However dd can't drink milk and when she buys lunch I either have to send her with something to drink or she has to buy water.