I know my kids, and there likes and dislikes. Generally one of them hates anything and its a fight to feed her myself. The other one is a bit shy to ask for anything and direct questions will make her clam up. She eats well, but its more of a game with her. She has no problem eating my sisters cooking, my close friends, or my in-laws. However I have had a few others watch her very seldom, and they have had problems getting her to eat anything other than snacks. Going into it, I am aware of my kids issues, if they dont eat at the sitters, then they get asked once, when we get home if they are hungry. Then if they are not, they go to bed hungry. My littlest now is a year and just getting into the eating thing. I am fine if a sitter is ok with feeding him baby food and a sippy of milk. I never feel bad if they dont eat. I know them. It is AWESOME you try to feed them, and a large home cooked meal at that! Its above and beyond a sitters need! Kudos! can you come to MN to babysit?