What do your feed your kids?
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Most of her meals consists of big macs, pork rinds and krispy kremes. Sometimes we let her cheat and get a diet soda.
What about happy meals? LOL0 -
Great post! My kids don't eat nearly this well, but I try.
Unfortunately, somewhere between toddler years and school age they have gotten pickier - and prefer repetition.
Breakfast is eggs, ww toast with pb, yogurt, fruit, smoothies, lots of cereal, sometimes homemade treats
Lunch is generally wholegrain crackers and cheese or pb and honey on ww bread almost every day - they ask for it. It is served with rotating fruit and yogurt and every now and then a little treat (a cookie, some pretzels, a few chocolate chips). I try to mix things up but they never like it and go back to their standards.
Dinner is whatever we eat which is usually pretty healthy. They have to try a bit of everything. Sometimes they devour their weight in salmon, sometimes they turn their noses up at it. If they did not care for dinner, they can have fruit or yogurt. I am not a short order cook LOL
As they get older, I try to involve them in meal planning and preparation. They each get to pick a dinner once a month - it is usually tomato soup and grilled cheese, penne with broccoli, hot dogs and beans, or chicken and sweet potatoes. They also love anything served on a stick (chicken satay) or in small versions (tiny tacos).
Last night, my 5 yr old helped me carmelize some onions and sautee some peppers. He thought it was magic! My kids generally turn their noses up at these veggies, but a taste test ensued and they each discussed why they liked green or red better - and how the onions were sweet. It was great. We'll see if anyone eats them at dinner tonight!0 -
Loving all these food choices! As much as I attempt to give my kid a healthy balanced diet, I wonder if I am a bit too anal. My mother gave my child soda once, and it felt like Independence Day, except I was the alien. Parenting is tough, and I think that as long as our kids aren't eating cigarette butts and rusty cans, we are doing pretty good. lol
That was me with my first. Of course, we had some real issues with the in-laws at first - they were trying to feed my not even 3 MONTH old pancake syrup, frosting from cake, ice cream, etc. I wasn't there for the first incident, but I went pretty alien on my DH who informed his family that we didn't want them feeding our child anything. Wasn't until the next incident that things got even uglier. My MIL and FIL finally respected our wishes but SIL and BIL didn't, so DD was never left alone with them again while she was that young. Even now, they ask if it's okay if they give the kids XYZ and know it's not okay with me if they are giving my 3 year old soda or the likes.
I have relaxed a lot on my food fanatacism, too, because DH is now primarily in charge of breakfasts and lunches and he isn't nearly as anal about stuff as I am. The kid's aren't picky about healthier choices, so I try not to worry as much now.0 -
Ramen and hot dogs.0
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My kids get what we eat unless I know that they really don't like what we are having and then they have something else. But for the most part we all eat the same foods.
^ This. They eat what we eat.0 -
On a funny note, it's my kids now that come to me telling me what is healthy and what isn't. Apparently some kids criticized their chocolate milk for not being healthy (ok, it's arguable). Gotta love what they learn at school :laugh: I think next time I'll tell them that it's fine to eat as long as you don't eat too much of it.0
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My gobbo baby is 22 months old, and she has two modes: bottomless pit or lockdown. By and large, she eats what we eat, which is nice because a little bit of leftovers go a long way for a toddler. She eats a lot of fruit (blueberries, strawberries, kiwis, grapes) for snacks, along with graham crackers, peanut butter, etc etc. At this point, we try to give her lots of options that aren't junk, we don't do any kind of sodas, very rarely does she get watered down juice, all other times it's milk and water. The grandparents keep her about 2-3 days a week, and fighting them to not feed her garbage is tough. Kidlet got her first taste of a poptart the other day, but really didn't care for it much.
Mostly though, she just eats mommy's food, because that's always better than anything else.0 -
My son eats what I eat...he is given choices and usually decides on the better option but I think then when he doesn't pick the best option for him it's ok. And to be fair my son is 3 but will eat his veggies before anything else and usually leaves the carbs on the plate. He doesn't eat sandwiches for who knows what reason except for the occasional fluffernutter but I'm ok with it. Breakfast are usually fruit and an egg sometimes with bacon/sausage. Lunch is some kind of nut, fruit, and cut up veggies. Dinner is whatever I make, usually chicken with 2 or more veggies and a carb. And he drinks water usually...so he eats fine.0
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Mostly though, she just eats mommy's food, because that's always better than anything else.
QFT - the best diet ever - just have something that they don't have and you won't have to worry about eating it!0 -
My son eats what my fiance and I eat. I try to keep dinners well rounded and as made from scratch as possible. I feel like the short of this is just make sure you stay mostly away from processed foods and add in some kid friendly items once in a while. It doesn't have to be a big deal.0
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pretty much what i eat , with more p butter and jelly and less eggs...
and they love apples and ugh bananas (not my genetics i swear)
... never thought that kids need constant"kids food" i think it does nothing to teach them about real world food, they eat pasta, i seldom do , but they love homemade mac and cheese, the yellow boxed stuff not so much0 -
my boyfriends daughter eats what we eat unless its something she doesn't like (she has to try it), something that is spicy, or she isn't feeling well.
If she just "doesn't like" what I made she gets pb&j. If its something that we planned on eating and know she doesn't like or its spicey she will get chicken tenders and a veggie.
If she is sick she gets soup if its a cold/viral thing or something from the BRAT diet if its a stomach thing.0 -
Steak and ice cream. Same as me.0
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I don't.0
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My daughter (7 yo) is getting picky, but she participates in picking what we are going to have for dinners that week, we sit down as a family to make sure we have things everyone is going to like. Breakfasts she usually has cereal, waffles, oatmeal or something quick like that. She buys school lunch, and takes two snacks to school- usually fruit snacks or cheese or graham crackers.
She likes milk and water to drink, and she drinks whole milk because she is on a high calorie diet (she's severely underweight because of a growth hormone disorder that she is being treated for.)
She likes healthy foods, but sometimes getting her to eat meat is a challenge. To be fair, I don't like meat either. But we are working on both of us getting enough protein.
I've actually thought about setting up a second MFP account to record what she eats, she's very conscious of what she eats and might benefit from seeing how her protein and sugars stack up against where they should be.0 -
Peanut butter and Jelly...with the occasional rusty tin can and cigarette butt thrown in for fiber...0
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Ever since my daughter was a baby/toddler she ate whatever we did. I've always worked and don't have the time to do separate meals for everyone, and always believed there was no reason to give children separate food. I tried pureed food on her once, but she found it frustrating and didn't like that she wasn't eating the same as us, so we just gave her finger sized and shaped pieces of whatever we had, and just progressed to not cut-up as she got older.
This is what I have always done. I was never a fan of all the jared baby food on the market.0 -
I have one of those weird kids who will pick sushi over pizza :laugh: She doesn't really like bland food like french fries but she is no food angel, she loves sweets (we save those for Saturdays) and would love to eat crisps and chocolate everyday if it was on offer but luckily she likes fruit and yoghurt almost as much. We never gave her purees and did baby led weaning and from the age of 1 until around 2½ the only way I knew she would eat dinner was to make tuna pasta, I became an expert at varying the veggies in the sauce! We have never made a big deal over food, she never has to eat everything on her plate because I want her to know what hunger is and to trust her own body. I think her un-fussiness (I think I made that word up!) when it comes to food is partly because we gave her so many different foods with herbs and garlic etc from when she was weaned and part luck and her personality, she loves to try new things and anything a bit exotic, hence fancy names for very normal foods like "jungle toast" for toast with PB and banana
Actually something she has eaten since she was a toddler is frozen peas and sweetcorn, she loves those and she still often has a bowl before dinner if we are eating something a bit junky. She also really likes frozen berries, she used to call them ice cream! We make healthy ice cream from frozen fruits blended with yoghurt or frozen blended bananas, it is as good as actual ice cream.0 -
How many of you only buy organic milk? We do and it's 7.00 a gallon! I hate spending the $$, but there are certain things I will only buy organic. Dairy, meat, eggs and the veggies and fruits off the dirty dozen lists mainly.0
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How many of you only buy organic milk? We do and it's 7.00 a gallon! I hate spending the $$, but there are certain things I will only buy organic. Dairy, meat, eggs and the veggies and fruits off the dirty dozen lists mainly.
We don't, but the milk brand we buy only uses milk from cows not treated with RBST. We go through about 10 gallons a month in our house for 4 of us...0 -
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How many of you only buy organic milk? We do and it's 7.00 a gallon! I hate spending the $$, but there are certain things I will only buy organic. Dairy, meat, eggs and the veggies and fruits off the dirty dozen lists mainly.
Yeah holy cow (haha) I buy organic milk and it is ridiculous! I use almond milk for myself, which is much cheaper and has even more calcium, and use organic cow's milk for my little one.0 -
How many of you only buy organic milk? We do and it's 7.00 a gallon! I hate spending the $$, but there are certain things I will only buy organic. Dairy, meat, eggs and the veggies and fruits off the dirty dozen lists mainly.
Milk and apples are pretty much the only thing we buy organic. But it's only $5.50 a gallon here (sometimes less depending on the store). They don't drink that much though, a gallon lasts 2 weeks here. I'd buy more organic fruit and veggies but it just gets too $$.0 -
On a funny note, it's my kids now that come to me telling me what is healthy and what isn't. Apparently some kids criticized their chocolate milk for not being healthy (ok, it's arguable). Gotta love what they learn at school :laugh: I think next time I'll tell them that it's fine to eat as long as you don't eat too much of it.
I get this too, but always reply with "everything's fine in moderation (except vegetables) INCLUDING BREAD". DD would eat the whole loaf in one sitting..My gobbo baby is 22 months old, and she has two modes: bottomless pit or lockdown.
I smiled when I read this. Before DD hit 3, I swear she ate more than DH AND me put together. I never quite believed a kid could shove so much food down. But she's always been active and is now lean, so I guess those breakfasts x 2 didn't hurt. And yes, she sometimes went whole days without eating much.0 -
My two eat what we eat except the baby who is weaning on banana at the moment0
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My son eats what I eat. Sometimes I'll make him a grilled cheese or PB&J if what I cook is too spicy. Now what his dad feeds him at his house if a whole other story.0
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When she's at my house my 15 year old eats either frozen waffles, eggs and toast, Quaker instant oatmeal or cream of wheat or cereal (Life, Honey Nut Cheerieos, Corn Pops, Fruit Loops) before school. While I don't ban them, personally I think poptarts and toaster strudels are snack foods that are saved for after school.
For lunch, this year I've been packing her lunch because last year she was blowing through money like our last name was Trump ; ) Lunch always consists of peanut butter on either bread or a flour tortilla, a piece of fruit, a pudding, homemade trailmix (almonds, cranberries, chocolate chips and sometimes marshmellows), sometimes carrots, sometimes tasteykakes and either a YooHoo or a Gatorade. She's never been a good eater and I'll back whatever she will actually eat throughout the day.
For dinner she eats what we eat, period. And while she's never been a good eater she's never been a picky eater and will eat almost anything including raw oysters, rare meat and a majority of vegetables.
Except for eating some weird things like dry hot chocolate mix or dry pudding mix she seems to have a healthy relationship with food. When she wants cookies or ice cream she only wants one or two cookies and a small bowl of ice cream and she's satisfied.0
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