🔒 In order to add meals for children, you will need the Access to child information permission enabled
You can record children's meals directly from the app and keep parents updated throughout the day.
Meal Plans and Meal Entries
You can create full Meal Plans for your setting or simply add meals to a child's Activity feed as you go. Meal Plans help you prepare, while individual entries let you record what each child actually ate.
You can learn more about creating Meal Plans here:
Entering Meal Types and Items
Before you record meals, it's helpful to set up your meal types and items so you can choose from them easily.
To set up your Meal settings:
Go to Settings in your sidebar
Scroll down to Meals and click Plans
Add your meal types, such as breakfast, lunch, or snack
Some settings have an additional feature enabled that allows them to add meal items you typically serve for each meal type. Use + Add meal item to enter new foods.
If you need to remove a meal item later, return to this section and click the bin icon next to it.
💡 Deleted meal items are permanently removed from your meal plans, meal registrations and suggestions and cannot be undone.
Recording a Child's Meal
To record what a child ate and how much:
Go to Home in your sidebar and click Overview
Select the room
Click a child's photo to select them. A Status box will appear on the right
Click the Meal icon
Then:
Choose the meal type (based on what you set up in your Meal settings)
Type in what they ate and select the matching meal item
Use the slider to enter how much they ate, or click ... to enter an exact amount
Adjust the date and time if needed
Click Save
Once saved, the meal entry will appear in the child's Activity feed, where parents can view it.
If you have meal items enabled, you can choose meals from the list on the left-hand side. If you don't have meal items enabled, you can search for meals you've previously entered, or you can type a full meal and click on Create and add to add it to your list.
💡 Your meal items will always show in the order they were added, with the most recent additions at the top. You can't order the list alphabetically, for example, but you'll always be able to type to search for particular items