school lunches

[lovemygirl]

Our daughter just started school this year and I was wondering about lunches. The school understands her need for high calorie but I like to send healthy meals with some added fat and not send too much junk food in her lunch box. I have two questions
What do you send for drinks, considering there are 2 snacks & 1 lunch? I am hesitant to send milk in her lunch box because it will be in there for 4 hours and I don't think an ice pack is enough. I don't want to send 3 juice boxes because it is too much juice, and a 500ml bottle of water weighs down her backpack.
What do you send for lunches (besides sandwiches every day)? She can't heat anything up, and I want to make sure she gets her calories.

 

[anonymous]

Coll was a major fan of Yoo Hoo when she was your daughter's age (it doesn't require refrigeration)

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Kathy
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[anonymous]

You can also add Scanical (sp??) to her drinks (in a sippy cup if that is allowed). It doesn't add much fat but does add extra calories. As far as an ice pack not holding the cold of her milk, if she has an insulated lunch box and 2 small ice packs packed around the milk, it should be just fine <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Hope this helps!

 

[anonymous]

We would send lunch to school and have our daughter just purchase her milk at school. Your daughter's school does not have a microwave for heating up food? Ask them because sometimes it is in the teacher's lounge. We would also put food in a thermos to keep hot/cold. We have a coleman thermos (little more expensive) and it keeps things piping hot.

 

[anonymous]

I am a teacher. I would suggest she buy milk at school. Our school only has low fat milk though, not whole milk. We have a microwave in the lounge but we are not permitted to heat up student's food there, only staff members. We don't have time to heat up student's food. We (teachers) barely have 10 minutes to eat ourselves. What about small bottles of water in her lunch box?

 

[anonymous]

I agree with the have milk at school thing. A lot of the kids at my daughter's school pack lunches & pay the .50 or whatever it is for milk. They can even get 2 cartons if they want to and a lot of them do.
I also heat up spaghettio's (sp), chicken noodle soup, those little kid type pasta's in the morning, etc & put them into a thermos and it keeps them warm until lunchtime.
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[DebbieC]

See if she likes ensure or boost. They don't require refridgeration either and come in alot of flavors and have a bunch of calories (she may get too full sometimes, so ease her into it). When I need a snack I eat yogurt or I have a Luna bar (the women's energy bar by Cliff). They are in my opinion the best tasting energy bars out there. Also, a good granola bar is loaded with the good kinds of fat, and don't overlook fruit just because it isn't high calorie. She still needs variety and balance.
When I was little, I had one of those little soft coolers for my lunch box. It kept things cool enough through out the day.

 

[anonymous]

What about Carnation Instant Breakfast in the ready to drink cartons? They don't require refridgeration either. The school nurse should be able to keep milk for her and many schools do serve 2% milk so you may want to check on that.

HTH!

 

[anonymous]

Kait has been taking in pedisure and the nurse keeps it in her office until snack time. She has a snack daily at school and goes to the nurses office for it and her enzymes, we also have bought chocolate milk from the school cafeteria and the nurse refrigerates it for us.

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[julie]

The nurses office should hold her extra snacks for her. Even a refrigerator in the classroom (one of those small ones) isn't a bad idea.

 

[kybert]

TOTALLY off topic but when i was in primary school my mum would always bring me takeaway for lunch every thursday. i was the envy of every kid at lunch. those were the days <img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

 

[NoDayButToday]

I'm guessing that your daughter's school doesn't sell milk? That's a bummer, when I was little you could buy milk that they kept in a fridge in the cafeteria, so I would have that AND YooHoo. I was just thinking about what I had in my lunches. Cheez-Its are pretty high calorie, so I had those. I was a big Rice Krispie treats fan. My mom usually packed a banana too, and some cookies. I also loved (and still do) Smartfood Popcorn, the popcorn with cheese on it. Also, Ensure doesn't have to be refrigerated before opening (though it doesn't taste as good when room temperature). Good luck

 

[anonymous]

Hi, I always have sent my daughter with a waist carrier which she has her gatorade/powerade because of dehydration. I have never sent milk only those in a box pasturized. I always have boost in the teachers fridge that I provide in case she gets extra hungry (used as a filler). As far as her lunch as a whole, I send the most food of all the students. Some families send their kids with two fruit and a sandwhich, I can't believe it, my daughter eats that in one sitting!!!!! I do cook chicken nuggets in the morning and they are somewhat warm come lunch time ( she has adjusted to eating luke warm meals ), I give her lots of cut-up meats, yogurts frozen sticks, by the time she eats them at lunch they are just thawing like a freezie, I usually give two meals, (sandwhichs, bun with butter,meat and potatoes, left overs) two fruits and four snacks, such as cheese and crackers, pizza pockets, pogos, cheese strings x's two. It's very costly to feed her, she gets the same she would if she was home and she never comes home with any left overs except for the crackers cause she never eats them. Theirs a few ideas, hope it helps, two heavy (water or gatorade) I couldn't help worry that she was not accessable to juice or water at all times cause she tends to start chocking when she is dry and no water near by could be scary. The teachers know that she needs her juice everywhere. They also know that she can eat at any time if she feels hungry and can be excused to get a snack. I would never want her to feel hunger, when that is exactly her disease.