Mom question. Is this a bad idea?

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I have these little thermos bowls that I've been using probably once a week in Payne's lunches. I put Mac and cheese in there or spaghetti sauce to eat with toast, etc. Today I'm packing him leftover enchilada casserole in it.

I'm maybe wondering if his teachers secretly hate me though, because the kids eat in their classroom. It's a large room, but I wonder if the warm food smells are obnoxious. I'd never send him with anything like fish, but I still wonder.

[iamgrace]

As a teacher who used to do lunch duty in a grade 1 classroom, I can say that I wouldn't care. It doesn't smell that much. The only thing that bugged me ever so slightly was having to open everyone's thermos. Lol.

[sunshineluv]

Do the teachers have to heat it up for him? That might get annoying, but if not, I bet the smell isn't too strong by the time he eats it.

And I imagine lunch time never smells great even with almost all just sandwiches, I wouldn't worry .

[candreco]

I don't see a problem with it, and would also like to know more about these thermos bowls. DD has a small thermos for stuff like that, but it takes up a lot of space and it's bigger than a kid-sized serving.

[wambam]

Not a mom, but whenever someone says they don't like when they smell other people's food, I find that strange. Unless it's something really exotic or fishy, I think most food smells good.

[CrazyLucky]

I'd hate you because I'd be jealous of your kids lunches every day! I think you're ok as long as it isn't fish, egg salad, etc.

[rex]

I think you're fine. When I worked at a preschool we had to prep all the lunches anyway so that wasn't an issue, and all the smells kind of cancel each other out. Fish is pretty much the only awful smell.

[hopecounts]

i think as long as it isn't something with a strong smell (tuna, egg salad, etc) it's fine.
I don't think what you have been sending would have an obnoxious smell or be overpowering so it should be fine.

[speckledfrog]

It wouldn't have bothered me.

[Deleted]

Ok. Good! Thanks.

I heat it in the morning so they don't have to prep it.

The thermos bowls are Aladdin brand and I found them at Target. they do take up a lot of space, but usually if I'm bothering to pack a hot lunch I just throw an applesauce pouch or something small in there with it.

[Deleted]

Im jealous your kid eats enchilada casserole.

[LLL]

I do a thermos lunch about once or twice a week

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Sept 30, 2013 8:38:39 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I kind of want you to adopt me so you can make my lunches.

Haha!

I think ds prefers the days where I'm al "Fuck it" and throw five various ore packaged items in there. He calls those "snack wunch".

[Deleted]

It's probably lukewarm. He never complains though. I think soup and spaghetti sauce stay the hottest.

[lauralala]

I need to buy one of these so that I can send leftovers. Lukewarm would be perfect for my kid anyway - he thinks hot food is evil.