Packing Lunches

I just wanted to throw out one more suggestion... Check with the school to make sure it is okay to have peanut butter. I sent a pbj with my son on his first day of MDO and found out a week later that the school has a "no peanut butter" rule, even though there aren't any allergies in his class. He's a very picky eater so I was disappointed that one of the foods he will eat wasn't allowed!

He gets to school at 9 and they eat around 11:30, so keeping food cold isn't that big of a problem. I also use an ice pack that others recommended, or else he just eats things like apple sauce, mac and cheese, cheese crackers, fruit, etc. at room temp. Good luck!

I usually do peanut butter crackers, fruit (grapes, oranges, sliced and peeled apples, or if I need to go to the grocery store, premade fruit cups), applesauce, yogurt, cheese, chips, etc. My sister also has done mac and cheese, ravioli, or spaghetti-o's with her kids. You can get a thermos, nuke the food in the morning, super hot and then by lunch, it's at an edible temperature. Also, for refrigerated stuff, get one of those freezer gel packs, it'll keep the food or drink cold enough until they eat.

Hey C. I know they say it can't be refrigerated but my little girl won't eat any sort of food that doesn't have to be kept cold, so I just stick an ice pack in her lunch box, it keep everything cold all day long. She usually takes ham, cheese, and some sort of cracker and it all works well. Good Luck!

Lunchables are great, as well as pbjs, cut-up fruit, crackers and cheese, gerber graduates yogurt melts, juice boxes, chef-boyardee makes those little meals that you can microwave, but my child never minded if it was room temp. They were only $1 a piece too!

I send cold food to school with her but I add a cold ice pack in it that helps keep the food cold.

I had ordered Chocolate Strawberries as a gift for my husband and kept the ice pack that was in it. For some reason it stays cold and doesnt sweat making her lunch bag wet.

Another thing I found was a layer tray that you can put food on the bottom add the ice tray over it and then add the two remaining trays on top for sides then cover it up with the lid. No sweating in the lunch box...

Other ice packs I found sweat so I end up putting paper towels around them to help stop that.

I hope this helps resolve the no fridge issue.

My MDO doesnt have a fridge either but my daughter will only eat Turkey or Chicken lunchmeat, cheese and tomatoes for lunch - no pb&j. So I had to resolve that issue quickly :-)