They already ate at daycare
Ask what was offered, then keep home dinner simple. They may be full, tired, or done with trying.
Home can be the soft landing
A familiar food at home is a soft landing. The new food can wait for a day when lunch was lighter.
Read the note from daycare if there is one. Match dinner to what is left in the day, not to a perfect plate.
What to tell daycare
Give them the allergy list in writing, and name one food your child eats. Home can then stay familiar.
A vegetarian diet, an egg allergy, or a milk allergy has to be the same sentence at daycare and at home.
A short dinner is allowed
If they ate a full lunch, two bites at home can be the evening. Offer the familiar food and end the meal when they are done.
Do not invent a new menu to tempt a child who is simply full.
A sentence you can say
“Daycare already fed you. Here is the food you like.”