Thanks Heidi, nice to know I'm not alone

Kara - LOL about the breakfast. You're right though, whatever works, I'll just do it at this point.
Amanda - thanks for the ideas. I've added a snack to M's day which the daycare lady gives to him around 3-4 ish. I think I'll try hard for now to make it home early, if not for the food then just because he is so tired lately with learning to walk and all, the sooner we're home, the sooner I can put him to bed.
Well I should know by now because it's been working that way for 11 months now - one step forward, two steps back

. M has been pretty much refusing to eat all week-end. No idea why, maybe the pears I gave him upset his stomach, maybe I'm giving him too many Nutrios and it's making him bloated, I dunno, but he's barely eating. It's just so upsetting when things were going well. I NEED him to eat well, for my sanity!
Glad to know that the quantities he was eating were normal though, it's reassuring.