Claiming Baby Food

[TheGoodLife]

I provided baby food for my DCG last year (since I was making it homemade for my own baby who was the same age, I offered to do it for DCG since it's so cheap). I am claiming standard meal deductions, but how do I do this for a baby? If it's in the AM do I claim it as a "breakfast" and use that corresponding meal rate, and the same for any lunchtime and snack time feedings?

Thanks for the help!

[Michael]

Some previous threads that may help:

https://www.daycare.com/forum/tags.php?tag=deduction+-+food

https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59582

[TomCopeland]

Baby food

I provided baby food for my DCG last year (since I was making it homemade for my own baby who was the same age, I offered to do it for DCG since it's so cheap). I am claiming standard meal deductions, but how do I do this for a baby? If it's in the AM do I claim it as a "breakfast" and use that corresponding meal rate, and the same for any lunchtime and snack time feedings?

Thanks for the help!

You can claim the standard meal allowance for serving baby food. Count the food as a meal or snack based on the time of day you serve it and when you serve other day care children. So, an AM baby feeding could be counted as a breakfast.