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EAT => Eating For Toddlers => Topic started by: Ennypen on October 15, 2007, 18:05:30 pm
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Well.. I shouldn't really be the one to start this since I have a poorly toddler and all he has eaten all day is apple and pear puree and drunk water... poor baba..
Hope your toddlers have eaten better than Woo today!
Part I can be found here:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=49609.0
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}}}}]hugs{{{{{{ to Woo. Marking my spot, have no idea what Jack ate as he was at nursery, when I find his sheet I will write it down. Mostly at the mo he is eating his cereal in the morn, sandwich and fruit at lunch, and mostly refusing his dinner ::) unless it is beans and sausages ::)
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Know what your going through, I've got a grumpy, teething, cold & snot monster on my hands >:(
Today Lily ate
Toast with peanut butter, 1/2 small plum
slices of cheddar cheese, soft cheese & 3 breadsticks, chewed on chicken satay stick, few slices of banana.
1 white grape, 1 red grape
10 or so blueberries
1 munch bunch squash-em (think thats what there called)
homemade broccoli, cauliflower, pasta in herby cheese sauce, which she crammed in like it was going out of style, used as face cream & shampoo ::)
heres wishing all poorly babies get better real soon :)
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Thanks aisling, I'll definitely try that :)
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when she wakes, 8oz bottle (5 milk 3 natural soy yogurt)
breakfast 2oz chicken with carrot millet and lentils with beet, banana
snack in the blender I put 5oz of soy milk 1/4 apple, 1tspoon flax seeds, 2 tea sp sun flower seeds (total 11 oz of liquid) she ate around 6oz.
late lunch 1 scrambled egg with brown rice, lentils, sweet potato, cabbage and kiwi. 8 weetabix
snack 2 rice cookies with 8 oz soy milk
another snack an hour later a 1/8 apple
dinner mixed in blender: 4 almonds, 2 sp oat, 1 sp whole wheat, 3 oz soy milk, 1 sp avocado, 1sp kiwi
total 9 oz she ate around 4 and in other bottle she ate 8 oz of milk. I really think she doesn't like the night mix on the blender...
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They certainly are thick, but she used to eat them well, and I use a nipple with an extra big hole. She is theething. I am presuming she doesn't like the wheat germ.. I am going to try it without it tonight. She eats another blender mix during the day without problems, so that is why I am assuming she doesn't want some ingredient of the night. about the blender Is a regular philips blender, the nuts are reduced to dust!, that is great because I mix grains for the whole family in omelette's and sauces without DH know it, he hates nuts and grains ;D
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Yesterday Colin had:
Breakfast: cereal (rainsin bran) and some craisins
Lunch: soup
Dinner: Rotini plus-pasta with pesto, beets, 1/2 banana and a few more craisins
Snacks: whole-grain goldfish crackers, apple slices
milk and juice throughout
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Colin Macs Mom - What are craisins?
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craisins are dried cranberries - like raisins, but instead of grapes it's cranberries. Colin loves 'em! They're really good in salads too.
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Ooh, they sound good. Are you in UK, I've not seen them?
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Tom had a bottle at 7.00 am
Toast and Weetabix at 9.00am
Snack - bun and banana 10.45
Lunch 12.30 - spagetti hoop and sausages ::) his fav and a yogurt
Snack an apple
Dinner - leek and potato soup and a custard.
Bottle at 7.30
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Ooh, they sound good. Are you in UK, I've not seen them?
Nope, US. I guess I assumed they were sold everywhere...
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oh bugger!
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Ooh, they sound good. Are you in UK, I've not seen them?
Julian Graves sell them :)
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Oh yeah, Colin's are unsweetened too.
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Not heard of Julien Graves, I live quit in the sticks really, we have Somerfields, Solar, Sainsburys Tesco & Asda. Thinking about it theres a Marks & Spencer Food Hall in next town, they might be worth a look. Thanks for heads up Stacy will be careful not to get sweetened ones if I do find them ;)
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DD ate
B: whole banana, cheerios,
S: milk
L: cheese sandwich on whole grain bread, sliced cucumber, apple
S: milk
D: Salsa chicken with chick peas, brocc, carrots, served over rice
S: milk
DS
B:bowl of rice krispies, with an orange
S:fish crackers and water
L:cheese sandwich, cucumber, apple
S: yoghurt
D:Salsa chicken with chick peas, brocc, carrots, served over rice
S: watered down juice with rice cakes
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soy milk bottle with yogurt total 10 oz
1 chicken and corn flour nugget, and 1 spinach brown rice nugget, carrot, pear
blender mix with 1tsp flax seed, 2tsp sun flower seed, 2 oz banana, soy milk total 9 oz
fish with lentils broccoli and apple
milk with 1 chicken and corn flour nugget
blender mix with 4 almond 1 tea spoon avocado, 2 teaspoon relled oat, soy milk, total 4 oz with 8 oz of soy milk in another bottle.
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Hi Ladies,
Mind if I join? Ella will be 14 months on the 25th and boy does she like to eat, especially at dinner time!
Today:
Breakfast: pineapple, 2 pieces of toast w/ cream cheese, milk
Lunch: A ton of grapes and milk
Snack: Cheerios & water
Dinner: 2 big tbsp peas, 2 slices of cheese, tuna, few pieces of turkey, 1/2 yogurt (split with Mom), a small handful of Cookie Crisp cereal for dessert, milk to drink
Lunch is a little awkward right now because she is on 1 nap a day, but it starts at 11:30 so breakfast (8 am)and lunch (11 am) are only 3 hours apart and she eats a good amount for breakfast. So sometimes lunch is more like a snack like today, other days she will eat a full lunch and a very small snack. Tonight's dinner was a noncooking one for me ;D
Shannon
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oh boy - I didn't even know this thread was a part #2. Chayse has been doing terrible. Maybe teething? LOL. Well you never know. She's always been a picky and terrible eater - but has her moments and has/was doing a bit better. Lately - hardly nothing at all. Even breakfast her favorite meal. Plus she's soooo picky and isn't into trying new things. Sometimes i'm just like forget it...if you don't eat what we are eating than I guess your not eating. There are plenty of things we have that she should like or be able to try. We went to my mothers not that long ago and she had made sheppards pie. When I told her I doubt she'll eat it my mom was like WHAT!!!!! she's soooo picky. She just can't believe it. Anyways let me see if I can remember today.
1. She did have 2 out of the 4 sticks of the frozen waffles that you put in the toaster and a few strawberries this morning.
2. DH took the day off because we had to take Chaunda to a GI appointment and he bought her 2 plain munchins
3. Wayyyy later on in the day she nibbled on some ham, had a slice of american cheese and a frozen yogurt pop.
That was it. Anything else I tried got thrown into the floor and she didn't eat it. Actually I barely offered her supper because I just knew she wasn't going to eat anything.
Sometimes when she's like this she will BEG for milk and drink a LOT of milk. But I have to admit, she wasn't even into her milk as much. But of course she still drank her milk.
It's getting harder for me not to give into the milk with a reflux baby at home. I stress out enuf about stuff.
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legend, thhething could be, my DD eats terrible when theething and now she is theething 4 at the same time! :o
today she ate
turkey, with millet, pumpkin, beet and kiwi/
shack soy milk with flax seeds and apple mixed in blender/
chicken, with corn flour, asparagus, snap bean, and banana/
snack bread with 5oz soy milk/
5oz soy milk, 1 oz apple, 4 almonds, wheat germ and oat miexed in blender.
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I guess I can join this thread now Leorah is 1 :) We are having a terrible teething time :P One molar poking through and 3 lumps but surprisingly her eating hasn't been too bad today:
On waking 5oz rice milk
breakfast: ½ slice of french toast with marmite, 3 grapes
snack: rice milk and a few bites of plum
lunch: a few suck on a slice of garlic bread and about 3 bites of tuna pasta, the rest went on the floor ::)
snack: 1 oatcake, natural yoghurt with apple sauce, raspberries and a squirt of honey
tea: carrot bread with dairylea, 2 cherry tomatoes strawberries and apple puree frozen into an ice lolly
She will have 6oz of rice milk before bed and Ill probably add some rice protein.
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Can I just ask..for those of you that have your kids on rice milk, is it due to a lactose intolerance or is it just popular where you are?
*my kids LIKE it, but it's SUPER expensive here.
DS today,
B: bran cereal, 1 orange
S: crackers, with milk
L: apple, chickpeas, pumpkin bread, water
S: apple, juice
D: Chicken in mushroom sauce, with flaxseed and broccoli, over rice
DD
B: banana, cheerios
S: milk
L:apple, chickpeas, pumpkin bread, water
S:milk/crackers
D:Chicken in mushroom sauce, with flaxseed and broccoli, over rice
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Yesterday was:
Breakfast: handul of Cheerios as an appetizer ;), oatmeal, milk
Lunch: left over cheese pizza, grapes, water
Snack: another handful of Cheerios and water
Dinner: Turkey & cheese sub with lettuce and tomato, yogurt, milk, part of chocolate chip cookie for dessert
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Can I just ask..for those of you that have your kids on rice milk, is it due to a lactose intolerance or is it just popular where you are?
Ds is lactose intolerant and I'm a bit funny about having extra soya in our diets, so rice milk was the best alternative. It is expensive, though :(
Today:
Breakfast - Carrot oat bar / fruit smoothie pot
Lunch - HUGE red salmon and tomato (cut up really small so he didn't know it was in there ;)) sandwich
Snack - handful red grapes
Dinner - Pasta, cheese and tomato, with a spinach and sweetcorn tomato sauce (only things left in the house, need to go shopping ;))
Rice milk throughout the day
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Riley does not tolerate cow's milk at all, is fine with yoghurt etc. though. He also cannot tolerate the lactose free milk, so I am not sure what his issue specifically is, but he is doing great on the rice milk.
I buy mine (CA) at Trader Joes, a half gallon for $2.69, so not bad at all. More expensive in regular supermarkets though.
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DS has a slight lactose intolerance that we just ignored, as the only way it bothered him was runny BM's..(our doc told us not to worry) and now we limit his dairy to yoghurt, cheese, and about 5oz of milk a day...DD doesn't seem to be bothered by dairy.
Michelle I'm not sure how gallon's vs litres translates...but at our local "superstore" which is cheaper than a safeway...a 2 litre of rice milk is about $3.89 last I checked.
Is there a fat content to rice milk? like what babies are supposed to get in comparison to whole milk? sorry just a little ignorant on the "rice" factor... :-[
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waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I tried giving chayse raviolis cut up. no reason for her not to eat it. she has eating spagetti and noodles.
she wont even tryyyyyyy. she had a stinking banana instead. it never ends with her.
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we tried the raviolis again when DH and I ate dinner. She wouldn't touch them. instead she ate the italian bread - had a decent amount too. wow BREAD for dinner.
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Leorah was MSPI so we have only just introduced cheese and yoghurt since she turned 12 months. We are holding off cows milk for now as we are a bit scared of a reaction but rice milk costs us about £50 a month so it will be great to try sometime soon!
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Cool thread!
Ryan had Toasted cheese and marmite toast for breakfast with a large cup of milk. No snack, rarely asks for one in the morning.
Lunch - Peanut butter and banana sandwich and a cheese string along with a cup of kiwi,apple and lime smoothie. Oh :-[ and a choccy lolly pop for dessert! Know its bad but he was a good boy helping me out at the supermarket so thought a treat was in order (plus he let Mummy have a bite ;D)
Tonight we will all be having Orange and Ginger chicken stir fry and rice and left over Blackberry and Pear crumble.
He will get a biscuit this afternoon at his art and craft class with more milk.
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grapenuts cereal
3 strips of ego waffle
strawberries
banana
yogurt pop
noodles
2 chicken nibblers
some vanilla pudding
italian bread
animal crackers
some of the stuff were just a few bites ect
but she didnt do too bad.
also 23 OZ milk
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yesterday:
8oz sippy of formula
nutrigrain with milk and some of my just right with milk, and some orange juice, and some sultanas
carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
offered vegemite sandwhich, refused, ended up with plain bread, nothing on it
some rockmelon and some sultanas
a tiny bit of cheese
herb and garlic crumbed fish, carrot, corn, sweet potato, and not sure if she ate the other veg or not but was offered squash, snow peas, broccoli, cauliflower,
Also had water and diluted apple juice throughout the day
Today so far:
8oz sippy formula
nutrigrain and some of my just right (both with milk)
rockmelon, dried apricots
cream cheese sandwhich (1 1/4 slices bread)
just a couple of tinny teddy biscuits
and is now napping...
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Lily is not doing so good with eating at min, git a feeling she's cutting her canines. So far today
1/2 bowl oatibix
2 mouthfuls banana (mostly got spat back out)
pineapple juice
1/2 slice toast + peanut butter (other half got chewed up and spat out)
Yeo Valley probiotic yogurt tube thingy
1 Organix animal biscuit (chewed up & spat out)
2/3 satsuma (1/2 of which got chewed up & spat back out)
water
sleeping now. Not sure what to do for dinner, its a bit disheartening when it mostly gets chewed up & spat out >:( I think I'll do chinese noodles, this normally goes down very, very well and is so yummy that I do tend to wolf down all the leftovers ::)
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So, forgot to add the orange juice at breakfast.
Zara then had a couple of a friends chips at the pool,
sultanas,
finished off the tiny teddies
2 pieces of cheese, but dh found some under her bed
dinner - a few mouthfuls of plain rice, then cause I was trying to deal with hugh at the same time (dh wasn't home) she proceed to put the rest of her dinner on the floor. When I said, Zara what are you doing you are making a mess she quite simply replied "fifi" - she was feeding the cat!
diluted apple juice and water throughout day
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Well we did have Chinese noodles for dinner, Lily ate some of the noodles, chewed and spat out a few bits of broccoli, baby corn, carrot and Quorn. I think some of it got swallowed tho ::)
followed by large handful blueberries (funny none of them got spat out ??? )
1/2 pot rice pudding
few sips juice
BF
bed, arghhhh.....
now mummy is having a mini Bud ;)
Oh yes and mummy did indeed eat the leftovers ;D
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Don't worry Nicola, that is way more than Zara ate each day when she was cutting her eye teeth! It isn't our job to make them eat, it is our job to provide healthy food for them to eat if they are hungry.
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Thanks Rina :) I do find it hard, having one that would eat for England normally, when she doesn't eat. But I don't tend to get stressed over it, unlike her sleep which does stress me out but thats a different thread....
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B- 5 oz Milk,brown bread toast with pate & cheese, orange juice.
L- courgette sup
S- apple,yogurt
D-salmon, peas, potato & carrot mash
S- 8 oz milk, banana
Water throw the day and at meals.
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Yesterday Colin had:
B: graham crackers and milk
S: goldfish crackers
L: chicken and rice
S: yogurt and craisins
D: cheese pizza and granola snack balls
Milk and water throughout
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Today Lily ate
scrambled egg & toast, 1 satsuma, 1/2 plum & apple juice
banana
cream cheese on toast, apple juice
most of a pear
chips, pizza & chicken dippers, custard, blueberry juice
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Yesterday
BFast: sippy of formula, small sippy OJ, just right with milk
MTea: Sultanas, Banana and dry nutrigrain
Lunch: Cheese, ham stick and PB sandwhich
Snack - fresh apricot (at about 1/2) and a snack pack of choccie bickies
Dinner - steamed veggies (squash, carrot, sweet potato, corn, beans) and a couple mouthfuls of fish.
Water and diluted juice throughout the day.
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I have just got back from a weekend with Leorah's cousins aged nearly 3 years and 17 months and they eat loads so I am now very paranoid L doesn't eat enough. Today she has eaten loads for her so far :
Breakfast 1½ fried eggs and a quarter of a slice of toast, half a mandarin and a cup of rice milk.
Snack - sliced fruit at playgroup
lunch - half a sliced boiled egg (she loves eggs at the mo'!), ½ a cherry tomato, 1 cheese cube and 2 raisins!!! Cup of rice milk after lunch.
As I said before this is loads for her, well she's not wasting away so I guess it's all fine....
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Tom had a bowl of weetabix for brekkie
Toast for snack with a banana
Lunch was sausages and hoops - his fav
yogurt for dessert.
Apple for his snack
Dinner was a chicken and pasta bake - he ate 4 spoonfuls !
Tea with us was Potatoes - fish carrots, broccili , sweetcorn and peas - he ate very little.
9 oz of milk before bed :-[
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Skatty, we measure meals here in bites/mouthfull too. So even though I list a whole lot of different foods I have made variety my focus rather than quantity LOL. Today not so great, she was being finicky - had an off day all round really.
Bfast - Milo milk 200ml, a few bites of toast with cream cheese, and small sippy of OJ
Snack - refused her fruit (rarity), ate tiny teddy biscuits, a little bit of cake, and fairy bread. A small sippy of non alcoholic punch
No lunch
PM Snack - a piece of bread, a ham stick and a cheese stick
Dinner - 2 bites lasagne, a carrot stick, 1 green bean, 1 bite cauliflower, a couple mouthfuls of pumpkin, and a few mouthfuls of peas and corn.
Water and apple juice throughout the day.
So, not much eaten, but all food groups covered!
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Ryan is off his food at the mo as he has a bit of a cold (funnily enough though chocolate is still a hit ::))
Breakfast - Peanut butter and marmite on toast - ate half with a cup of milk
Refused snack at playgroup but had another cup of milk
In order to get him to eat a bit more I made his sandwich for lunch into a man, ham and cheese in the middle with raisins for eyes and buttons. Ate all the filling, all the raisins left over and about half of the bread, cup of Kiwi/Lime/Apple smoothie followed by half a banana.
Likely to have some fruit snacks later when we meet up with friends for a playdate.
Tonight we have beef stew that I hope he will eat plenty of with peach cobbler for dessert.
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Ooooh, can I join this thread? I came on here looking for ideas for James. He is teething & turning in to a picky eater. Lately refusing food, throwing on floor what he doesn't want- he knows I hate this so his new thing is hiding the food in his lap, then banging his empty bowl saying all done! Then I get him up & find the whole meal in his chair! I can't believe he is trying to be sneaky now!
He has been on a total banana kick & will eat banana for breakfast, lunch, snack & dinner. The only veggies he will eat now is peas & corn. He's also allergic to peanut & egg- so I'm running out of ideas!
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yeah, I need ideas, too. that's why I've kept this thread open on my screen all day and have been exploring it when I have time! fun to read.
my DD is 12-months-old. she has a bottle in the morning and a bottle at night (about 6 ounces each) and I'm trying to train her to have milk from the sippy with little success. here's what she had today (each with water in a sippy):
B: scrambled egg with a little cheese, part of a waffle, pear
S: cheerios and dried bananas/strawberries
L: leftover wagon wheels w/ chicken, peas, a few leftover chicken/veggie raviolis (Gerber), some cheddar cheese
S: blueberry/peach muffin
D: (wasn't very hungry) chicken, broccoli, carrots, mashed taters, just a little bit of yogurt
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Just wanted to put this out there for picky veg eaters, DD isn't a picky veg kid but doesn't tend to eat her veg if she has say, fish fingers, sweet pot chips, peas & carrots, but will scoff them up if mixed into a stir fry or something. Thanks to a tip from Stacy to give things in different more exciting ways like kebabs etc. I tried DD with a small chunk of corn on the cob, with a tiny smear of margarine, on skewers the grown up way and she loved it, total novelty factor I'm sure, but she ate nearly every piece of corn of it :)
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Ryan tends to not have many snacks lately but seems to be getting enough food for all the energy he burns!
He had scrambled egg and toast with milk and a choccy from the advent calender.
Lunch was a peanut butter and marmite sandwich with a banana, some of Mummys Thai flavoured crisps with hummus and some of Daddys tuna and cheese sandwich lovingly dunked in the hummus too ;D
Had some chocolate milk after nap
Dinner was pasta with homemade bolognase sauce with garlic bread, followed by an orange jelly.
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I've been neglecting this thread :-[
Breakfast - weetabix with rice milk
Mid-morning - half a bacon sandwich
Lunch - mixed plate (apple slices, sliced ham, dried cranberries)
Snack - really big banana
Dinner - sausage casserole with mashed potato
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He loves them, he loves raisins too.
Especially as when we were in the health food shop, he fell in love with the lady who suggested them to him ;)
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Ryan LOVES raisins and I have found these ones in Sainsburys that are made to taste like Cherries, Lemons or Oranges, they are great! Ryan loves Julian Graves and we get these Fruit Snacks (leathers I call them) 100% fruit, good way to get a portion in!
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Today Malachy ate:
Brekky: 1/2 bowl of weetabix
Toasted Currant bun with jam
Some banana
about 1.30 - he ate 1/2 a bowl of my muesli
Lunch: V.mild chicken+veg curry with rice (a few mouthfulls)
My beans+cheese on toast (a few mouthfulls)
1 Petit Filous
Tea: Pizza (about 2/3 slices)
Garlic Bread (1 slice)
1 potato wedge
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Julian Graves it is here, too :)
Where the 'nice lady' works ;)
Think I need to do some shopping - I have no idea what we're going to have today, nothing in the house :-[
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Yesterday was my LOs 2nd b-day party.
Breakfast- Nutrigrain bar
Lunch- Almost 2 slices of pizza at his party in the afternoon.
Handful of pretzels, some if his egg-free b-day cake, not interested in the ice cream.
Dinner- not interested
He's pretty picky lately.
Today so far he had blueberry oatmeal reheated around 10am, since he refused breakfast. That's it so far besides some milk.
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Ryan can be a bit tricky with his food too!
Morning - 3/4 peanut butter and marmite toast (his fav), cup of milk, and choccy from advent calender.
Lunch - Nibbles, beef, bacon, cheese, bread and butter, strawberry smoothie, followed by rasins and dried blueberries. Left a fair bit of the bread.
Snack - Dried blackcurrent fruit by Lyme Regis
Dinner - Stirfried Chicken terriyaki and veges. Ate all the chicken and baby sweetcorn, a little carrot and a little rice. Pudding was Chocolate custard. Drink cup of Blackberry smoothie.
Water to drink throughout the day.
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Question for all of you who make smoothies: How does your LO drink them? Aren't they too thick for a sippy cup? Do they drink out of a regular cup without pouring or mixing their other food in it? Or do you use a special straw? Just curious b/c seems like a lot of you make smoothies to get your LO to eat and I think it's a good idea. But James would create a huge mess if I gave him a regular cup.
Also, got to try raisons & craisins!
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Have to say I buy most of my smoothies but Ryan just drinks them from a cup, but they aren't real lumpy ones anyway.
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i use a special nipple a very big one ;D
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Thanks. Stacy- I have the take & toss cups, but they have a sippy spout on the lid. I'll have to try & find the straw ones. Nipples are out as my LO has not used a bottle in over a year.
Umm, I guess I should be stricter with table manners?? I don't always take him down when he starts "playing" with his food b/c sometimes he will eat his mixed up concoction.
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Jenny - Lily is the same, sometimes she will mess with her food and start playing with it but if left continue to eat more. I think sometimes she is just bored with eating rather than actually being full.
We are currently having fun with her tipping up her drink cup, we have always used a cup not a sippy and she has been drinking really well from it on her own, but now she is in a bad habit of drinking some then just pouring the rest right out over her tray ::)
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Hello all, I wonder if i could get some advice. ds presently drinks his milk first thing when he gets up, then as an am snack, pm snack and bedtime before bath and bed. He drinks water during meals. At this age should I be offering milk during meals instead? And not sure anymore re the last bottle as it may be too much liquid prior to bedtime? he has a VERY saturated diaper in the am. We have been potty training for a while now, and for the first time this week when we change from PJ's he points down to his very wet diaper and says: "pppp". I am just afraid of him being too hungry....how long before bed do you feed your toddlers their suppers?
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thanks, will probably try moving ds' milk around!
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I just weaned Lily of the last remaining bf before bed and other than in her cereal she doesn't have any other milk. Occasionally I will give her a sippy of warm milk if she needs to relax while watching baby einstein dvd (only way she will sit still and relax for 15/20mins) but she does have yogurt, cheese, or fromage frais pretty much everyday so I'm wasn't too worried. Should she have more do you think as I was advised she didn't really need regular milk drinks anymore.
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I think pedatrician is different. Mine advised to continue with whole milk until 2yrs as the fat was important to his growth. gosh, if I let ds drink as much as he wanted he would drink a gallon a day! (exag!) but seriously ds is still drinking at least 20oz per day! i know that is on the high end too.
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My ped advised at least 16 oz. of whole milk at his 18 mos. appt. & at his 2 yr. appt. said OK to switch to 2% milk- still 16 oz though. We are keeping him at whole milk though b/c I think he needs the extra fat!
Stacy- when does Kaleb nap? After lunch? I've been trying forever to get James to eat lunch before nap (pretty much when we switched to 1 nap), but he is just not interested. He used to be such an early riser 6am, then would nap 11-1pm & have lunch when he got up. Now he is getting up between 7 & 7:30, won't eat lunch at 11- then naps 12-2, sometimes later. I'm finding him eating lunch at 3pm then not hungry for dinner.
bowl of blueberry oatmeal, half a banana & milk for breakfast
Macaroni & Cheese mixed with ground beef, carrots, & peas for lunch & diluted juice
2 fish sticks & applesauce for dinner & milk
finishes more milk before bed (after bath & before brushing teeth)
Water throughout the day.
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jennyb, i don't mean to just jump in but we have had an earlier nap as well. ds used to be an earlier riser but has lately started to sleep in a bit. in order for us to fit in all meals and snacks I have had to push nap out a bit so that he'll be hungry for lunch. he now has a small lunch at 11:45, nap at 12:30 and then a snack when he wakes up (so we split lunch in 2).
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Right I will be adding more milk back into Lilys diet then. The trouble I have found is getting her to eat enough if she drinks milk through the day. I think I will go back to giving a sippy first thing in morning as we dont tend to eat breakfast till 8.30am at earliest. If I give her milk mid morning she definitly wont eat enough lunch so will give another sippy when she wakes up from nap.
What other foods are good source of vit D?
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6:30am small breakfast to tide her over until mommy's Birthday breakfast
-few bites of banana and a few gold fish crackers (daddy did breakfast ;))
8am Real Breakfast
1 big slice of cantelope
2 bites of egg/sausage
4 bites of french toast
MILK
11:30 Lunch
Cheese (lots of it)
few sips of drinkable yogurt
2 bites of turkey
WATER
1pm snack - no nap today ::)-
Cereal bar
MILK
5pm Dinner
1 chicken toquito (sp?)
4oz of sweet potatoes
4oz strawberry/banana yogurt
handful of Lil Crunches
MILK and WATER
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Thanks Stacy :D
Yes, it was quite yummy.
Fruit Question....do you all try to avoid fruit before nap/bedtime so that they fall asleep easier (no sugar rush) or does it not effect your los?
Melissa
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Melissa - I don't think I've ever noticed anything like that, in fact, a banana often calms him down - he gets very hyper when he doesn't have enough food, so a slow-burner like a banana really calms him down :-\
Today -
Breakfast - Oat bar / Damson and blackberry smoothie
Snack - a pear he snaffled from the fruitbowl without me noticing :D
Lunch - a 'mix' plate, today was slices of ham (I gave him 2, he asked for another one, so 3), crumbled Cheddar cheese, raisins, and a toasted teacake with butter. Followed by a pureed fruitpot (a baby brand but he still loves them)
Dinner - Lasagne, then a soy yoghurt
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No sugar rush here either from fruit. Lily has fruit after every meal and lunch is right before nap.
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DD had a really good eating day yesterday:
- Breakfast: About 5 ounces 2% milk, 1/3 whole wheat bagel with butter, few raisins
- Lunch: About 4 ounces 2% milk, 2 "cheese pockets" (the Amy's mini spinach snacks with cheese and spinach inside - healthy and tasty), one no sugar added applesauce
- Snack: diluted Juicy Juice (with fruit/veggies), small amount Robert's veggie tubes
- Dinner: one homemade meatball, fair amount Barilla Plus spaghetti, fair amount salad (mostly iceberg lettuce and red cabbage in vinegar based dressing)
- Dessert: Teddy grahams and about 5-6 ounces 2% milk
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Strange...I posted two times, once yesterday and once the day before and neither one showed up....it's a mystery!
Thanks for all the input ladies.
Today
Breakfast:
Handful of grapes, toast, cheerios
Lunch
Hot Dog/Bun
Snack
Pasta and more grapes
Dinner
Egg mixed with Ham, mixed veggies, even more grapes (she's obsessed with grapes), handful of little crunchies and a few gold fish.
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The last 24 hours
Snack: popcorn and 2 lollies.
Snack: frozen peas
Dinner: Veggies - broccoli, cauliflower, squash, pumpkin, potato, carrot, and a few bites of fish
BFast: Sippy of milo (milk chocolate drink, she won't drink milk). Bowl of nutrigrain with milk and a banana (this was over a couple hours, since we walked the dogs between the milo and cereal and banana.
Snack: smarties
Lunch - beetroot. Asked for beetroot. Was offered beetroot, avocado, chicken, cheese and apricot. At the beetroot. A little bit of orange juice.
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Rina- you can give frozen veggies not cooked as a snack? Or did you cook the peas?
I worked all day yesterday, so don't have a rundown of exactly what James ate in the last 24hrs. However, New Year's Eve DH made homemade pizza & offered to James with a side of veggies. James refused to touch the veggies. so then DH put the veggies on the pizza & folded the slice in half & James gobbled it up! So the next night, DH decided to hide some veggies in Chicken Quesadillas. He ground them up quite a bit in the food processor & it worked!
So I got the Magic Bullet for Christmas b/c I'm going to be introducing solids to the baby within the next month & wanted to be able to puree small amounts of food without breaking out the big Cuisinart. And my mom saw the Oprah episode with Jessica Seinfeld & her book "Deceptively Delicious" & went out and bought me the book for Christmas. So I didn't see that Oprah episode, but since we know we can hide some veggies & James will eat them, I can't wait to look at her recipes.
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wow rina, lots of veggies.
chayse:
cookie crisp cereal in milk - ok i know. usually grapenuts or rice crispies. felt like seeing if she would like it since I bought it for me
1/2 bannana
apple 1/2 of good size one
milk
graham cracker and some pretzils
she doesnt eat veggies at all.
soon will be nap time. its noon now. she woke at 6:30
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Grace is starting to like real veggies as of late (and not the pureed stuff) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
-lettuce :o
-tomatoes
-uncooked carrots
-broccoli
-peas, etc.
I am so happy. She'll eat it as long as she has something to dunk it in (ranch, etc.)
Today
Breakfast: cherries, grapes, 4 bites of egg, 1/2 slice of oatmeal bread
Lunch: pasta, sauce, peas, meatballs (at the sitters)
Snack: dried fruit and cheese
Dinner: Ground turkey (3 small bites), some yogurt, 3 peas, 3-4 bites of potato, and a handful of gold fish crackers.
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Jenny - yes I just offer the peas still frozen, she loves them.
Zara eats most things, although protein is somewhat lacking. BUT she eats only small quantities LOL.
Oh and if Zara has something to dip things in, all she does is dip and suck, dip and suck. Until she gives up pretending and sticks her hands straight in it and licks it straight off her fingers LOL.
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;D ;D ;D
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Well we where at a birthday party this morning. My Kid hasn't eaten this much at lunch times for ages. So today so far
Sippy milk
Bowl of Cheerios
Blue Berries
1 medium size sausage roll
1 party egg
3 fingers of pizza
about 20 cheddar biscuits ::)
3 grapes
4 cubes cheese
5 wotsits & 3 quavers
1 mini swiss roll
then stuffed as many more cheddar biscuits as she could get her hands on :o
currently having a crib party instead of napping, probably got belly ache backwards ;) At her Aunt's this afternoon where she also does nothing but eat, infact she goes in and the first thing she says is Din Dins! so who knows what her tally will be by bedtime ;)
Stacy, nice one on the rice :) Lily used to eat it but has refused it lately so we have the opposite.
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Rylie is a good eater but lately starting to get a bit fussy
Breakfast
Organic Yogurt (added fresh bluberries and strawberries)
1% milk
Snack
Bananas
Water
Lunch
2 slices of turkey and 2 slices of cheese
Cottage Cheese
Tomotoes
Applesauce
1% Milk
Snack
Cheese Rice Cakes and a few raisins
Water
Dinner
Turkey Tacos (she ate 2!!!)
w/cheese, tomotoes, avocados and sour cream
1% Milk
She doesn't drink juice - pediatrician says that if she eats enough fruit then there is no need for the added sugar of juice.
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Breakfast: Raisins, 2 bites of a cream cheese sandwhich and 1/2 of a breakfast bar (strange breakfast today)
Lunch: At the sitters...ate a ton (go figure) of mac n cheese mixed with peas and carrots. Watermelon
Snack: wanted more raisins, 3 tiny toddler organic cookies, organic cheese crackers
Dinner: chicken, carrots, red peppers, broccoli and a few bites of bread
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Tom choice of food lately is driving me nuts !!!
Had 7 oz of bottle at 8
Breakfast- one slice of toast and one spoonful of weetabix
Lunch - one bite of chicken ::)
Snack - nothing
dinner - i made potatoes chicken, broccilli and peas - he would not eat one bite instead he asked for a potato waffle and he only ate half of that!!!!!!!!!
Should i offer him anything else or am i just letting him play a game with me ??
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Their 'playing' at this age is enough to drive us nuts huh?? :P
Breakfast - only a little cereal, bite of Daddys toast, box of raisins, cup of milk
Snack - Some more raisins ::)
Lunch - 2 crumpets with marmite and peanut butter plus 2 cheese strings and some juice. No pudding, was full.
Snacks at a birthday party today of sausages, carrot sticks, juice, a bite of cup cake and a bite of mini egg bite.
Dinner - Fish fingers, broccoli and mash potatoes with a large cup of smoothie, followed by a slice of home made Jamaican Fruit loaf (made by me and the little guy!)
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Today
Breakfast: 3 bites of banana and cereal bar
Snack (we never have a snack but we hosted a play date so we offered one): 1 bite of a strawberry, 1 small bag of animal crackers ::), a few gold fish
Lunch: two bites of cheese and about 4 bites of chicken
Lunch #2: non existant
Dinner: 3 fish sticks, corn, wheat bread and butter, cheddar cheese
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Today:
Breakfast: Dried bananas, 1 bite of egg and 1 bit of potato
Lunch: ham and cheese
Snack: strawberry cereal bar...more bananas (begged for them)
Then we went to Costco and they had food samples out so she ate some bow tie pasta and a piece of bread and butter
Dinner: 1 chicken nugget, a few bites of lettuce and a few bites of carrots...very little dinner tonight, due to snacking at Costco.
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Marisa is getting over a nasty cold but starting to eat again. Yesterday she had:
- Breakfast: 1 Kashi waffle toasted with butter, handful raisins. About 5 ounces 1% milk
- Lunch: Cheese pockets (from Amy's organic - with spinach inside) - about 1.5 little ones and a Dannon Natural lowfat blueberry yogurt. About 3-4 ounces 1% milk
- PM snack: handful cheddar bunnies, some diluted white grape juice
- Dinner: small amount of Tilapia (I made in a butter/garlic sauce), good amount steamed green beans, some homemade french fries
- Dessert: few teddy grahams, about 6 ounces 1% milk
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how long do we need to keep giving Grace whole milk?
She is 21 months and is still only 22 lbs, but the Dr. is not worried....she's just tall and skinny. :) Super Model here we come ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) ;) ;)
Since she doesn't weigh much should I keep giving her whole milk?
Yesterday:
Breakfast I bite of egg ::) She called them 'yucky eggs' today.
Lunch (at the sitters): ravioli, broccoli and something else...I can't remember
Snack: yogurt, bananas and cheerios
Dinner: pasta with red sauce (ate a TON), and some carrots (her favorite veggie...not cooked but dipped in ranch ;)) and lettuce. Refused the shredded cheddar cheese I gave her and said it yucky
Marisa, glad you are feeling better sweetie :-*
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Melissa, Colin's doctor has said that he should stay on whole milk until around age 5 because they use the fat to develop nerves, which are growing and changing until around 5 YO.
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Funny Jessica - Marisa's Ped (whom I've always thought was great) said after age 2, barring weight issues, they switch to 1 or 2% and they only need the full fat for the first two years. He doesn't do it for obesity reasons per se, more to help with cardiac issues later in life.
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I've heard that too Karen, but I think the final decision probably depends on the LO and the family history and all that.
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Definitely! I more just meant it's interesting that the doctors in general can't agree on what age full fat is needed for brain development, etc. TBH we'd have kept DD on full fat milk but (1) DH and I drink 1% and it's easy to have her on the same and (2) milk fills her up a lot and then she doesn't eat as well so the less calories in the milk the better she eats!
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I have been thinking about the whole milk thing as well. My DD seems to fill up on milk and then not eat breakfast or dinner.
So far today...
Breakfast- I offered oatmeal. She refused that and ate a few crackers.
Lunch- Homemade pizza- one slice and apple slices
Dinner- I have no idea what we are having tonight.
She usually does not snack, sometimes she will ask for one after nap if she did not eat well for lunch. Usually she just has a sippy of milk after nap.
Teresa
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Stacy - I know, how cool is it that after her insane food pickiness/problems that she's a pretty good eater now? Still some issues but she eats better than most of my friends LOs and my nieces/nephews for the most part! Crazy. And Marisa has popcorn once in a while too.
Aisling - LOL about the egg "pits" and the being Jewish thing. DD is ADDICTED to pickles! And sauerkraut too!
Teresa - in addition to using 1% milk (but 2% would be fine too), we try to limit DD to 16 or so ounces a day (more if she's sick). If DD is really insisting on more milk but not sick, etc I may give her more if she's eaten well that day or I may give her more but water it down so as not to fill her too much...
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Marisa will seriously grab saurkraut by handfuls when I serve it. LOVES it. Goes along well since we are Jewish and like a lot of traditional Jewish foods!
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I know this is a little off the subject, but how are your LO's doing with table manners? Our DD is 22 months and is acting like she is 8-10 months. She never eats with a fork anymore (and she was doing very well). She is throwing her cup when she takes a sip and sometimes throws some food too. Just wondering if this is part of some phase that they all go through or what.
Today-
Breakfast-1/4 slice of toast with butter
6 oz. whole milk
2 blueberries
Lunch-3 chicken nuggets
a few apple slices
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Read my post from earlier today:
https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=104349.msg1185760#msg1185760
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Breakfast - soft boiled eggs with dipping toast (dippy eggs & soldiers ;)) - ds would eat these until they were coming out of his ears, but we limited it to 2 eggs this morning (he has been known to eat 4 :o)
Snack - strawberry/blackberry/raspberry smoothie - shared with Mummy, but he pinched my glass and drank that too :D
Lunch - one of his faves - a cold mix plate. Today it was crusty French bread / sliced ham (more 'am, please, Mummy) / cheddar cheese / warmed sweetcorn
Forgot about afternoon snack :-[ (then I wonder why he was a whinging mess come dinner time ::))
Dinner - gammon / peas / parsnip croquettes (offered red cabbage, but apparently that's the devil's food ::))
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Wooohooooo!!!!!!!! Mouse and I often go out to lunch one day a week. Various fast food places or buffets. Today was KFC where I found something that looked like a chopped steak/sausage patty that had been breaded and cooked. ??? Anyway, she tried it. Took it out of her mouth. I added ketchup, she tried it again. Still did not like it, but as least she tried it! Mama on the other hand still does not know what the heck that thing was. ;)
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Did my link not work?
https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=104349.msg1185760#msg1185760
Breakfast: rice krispies with milk & bananas
Lunch: Grilled turkey & cheese sandwich, yogurt, juice, some peas & corn
Snack: handful of grapes & pretzels
Dinner: Spaghetti & meatballs, milk
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Wooohooooo!!!!!!!! Mouse and I often go out to lunch one day a week.
We love doing that, Jenn - a little Mummy and Charlie time, even if it's just the local supermarket cafe (jacket potato with beans and cheese is a must for ds there :D)
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Caroline, Ryan would NEVER let me forget a snack time!! That boy would snack forever if he could ::)
Yesterday as the little guy is at nursery today
Breakfast - Crumpets with marmite and peanut butter and cup of milk.
Snack - Banana from Mummys Chimp Camp ;D
Lunch - Tuna pasta in vege sauce with mixed veg and a handful of olives on the side, followed by banana custard. Cup of smoothie
Tea - At nursery, sandwiches, piece of cake. Milk to drink.
Snack after nursery - Blackcurrent snack by Lyme Regis (La Fruit)
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marking my spot...need some new ideas for my hungry 15 mo...
we still have two meals left for today but so far we've had:
breakfast: milk, dried blueberries, 2 "cutie" oranges (he's addicted), oatmeal w/ peach puree & chopped banana
snack: water, cheese cubes, tried some almond butter & jam sandwich but wasn't interested
snack #2: small bran & apple muffin & some cinnamon goldfish
lunch: gerber toddler meal :-[ (my emergency lunch if i'm in hurry to get him down for a nap)
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Good grief if I let Ryan have that much snack he would just not eat Lunch or dinner. He would snack forever if I let him!
Today was the usual breakfast ::) Toast with marmite and peanut butter with a cup of milk.
Snack was a biscuit and juice at a local toddler group.
Lunch - Mustard seed coated ham and cheese in multiseed bap, olives, pretzels and cup of smoothie, followed by a banana with white choccy sauce (he was being good so had a treat!)
Snack - Blackcurrent fruit flakes and some water
Dinner - This I was really pleased about ;D Thai chicken yellow curry with mixed vegetables and sticky rice followed by (naturally) lemon/sugar pancakes with a bit of maple syrup on the side. Did have smoothie but knocked most of this over the kitchen floor!
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Breakfast...bowl of Organic O's cereal, grapes and banana 'chips'
Lunch...turkey and ranch
Lunch #2...salad-lettuce, carrots and tomatoes and two bites of egg....all dipped in ranch. ::) ;D
and 3 organic toddler cookies
***She asks for carrots at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Is there any harm in me giving her too much carrots...raw, not cooked..she hates cooked carrots.
****Also, she is not keen on yogurt or cheese anymore
She drinks milk, but I don't think she's getting enough calcium
I do have her eating 1 toddler multi vitamin every day (for 2-3 year olds)
Do I need to worry?
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I don't think you need to worry M. Colin eats a lot of raw carrots too :) I think you're doing fine - actually it seems Grace is eating way better than she was there for a while!
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Thanks for the carrot encouragement ;D
She is eating better....loving those raw veggies.
Cooked ones, not so much, but I can't complain.
At least we are done with purees :D
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That's really great that she's gone from purees to raw veggies in such a short time!
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Zara is doing pretty well I think on the eating...
Today so far -
Just Right with milk, sippy of milo, and half a banana
about 1 doz grapes, several dried apricots, a couple of corn chip thingys (slightly different than the ones we would eat ;)). 2 cheese sticks, 1/3 of a packet of 2 min noodles, and some juice (heavily diluted)
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To finish our day, Grace had multi colored pasta wagon wheels with tomato sauce. I also offered fish sticks....one bite only.
I try to not offer veggies at dinner because she'll refused everything else if I do so. That's why I give her her veggies after her nap ;)
She did eat some strawberries and 1/2 an apple cereal bar later.
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Well will do yesterdays menu as the little guy is off to nursery this afternoon.
So breakfast, guess what....peanut butter and marmite on a crumpet ::) Jeez he will not eat anything else for breakfast at the moment! Plus a cup of milk.
Snack was at a messy play group of juice and cookie.
Lunch - Left over cottage pie, blueberry smoothie and cupcake that he decorated at the messy play group. It had a chocolate on top, there was no way that was gonna last!
Snack - was at the park with friends so another cookie...whoops! Water to drink.
Dinner - Chicken and mushroom pasta with carrots and potato salad (not so keen on the salad, think he prefers his onions cooked), cup of smoothie and banana custard for pudding.
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Wow. Everyones lo's seem to eat sooo much more than Grace. ;D
Breakfast: 3 spoonfuls of cereal, 5 raisins
Lunch: chicken lunch meat
Snack: granola bar
Snack from Grandpa: tomatoes and lettuce (like 5 bites...very tiny)
Dinner: Yogurt (1st time in about 2 months :)...maybe the calcium strike is over), 4 bites of mac n cheese, 2 grapes and then she begged for a cereal bar and I gave it to her since she just won't eat and I'd rather that than a hungry baby in the middle of the night :P
::) ::) ::) lame eating day but she just won't eat much else.
She use to gobble up meats, cheeses, etc. but won't anymore.
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Yep I don't get the peanut butter/marmite thing but it was a suggestion on the Skippy jar so I thought I would give it a go and Ryan loves it!!
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Hi everyone!
I was recommended to read this thread as been fed up with LOs eating habits. She's younger than yours but should still be interesting to see what they eat. So, can I join?
Will post DDs daily food later
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Thanks!
Ok, today was quite a good day, but that's because I fed her stuff she likes... my lo loves fruit and eats some veggies, but doesn't really eat meat, potatoes, pasta, that kind of thing. Healthy but maybe not so calorific. She ca eat good amounts, but is picky with what she eats. I've not been feeling very motivated with her food lately, so looking forward to getting some new ideas and, hopefully, to get her to try some more stuff. She's VERY suspicious of everything new.
today:
breakfast- oat porridge, water
snack- baby rice cake
lunch- (at play group) cheese and cucumber sandwich (few bites only) 1/2 a mango, banana and oat pure baby jar, water, 1 whole banana, small box of raisins
snack- (at home before sleep) finished other 1/2 baby jar, water
snack- 1/2 orange + 1 kiwi cut in bits, water
dinner- 3 1/2 fish fingers (wouldn't try the mash potato or creamed spinach)
Oh, and she always has two bottles of formula (won't take cow's milk ::)) one in am, one before bed. Each of 9-10 oz!
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Not a bad day yesterday:
Breakfast - bowl of Fruit and Fibre (dry, refuses to have milk :-X) with extra 'chewies' (raisins ;)), Innocent Fruit smoothie, an apple
Snack - 2 (!) buttered crumpets
Lunch - cheese/mushroom/orange pepper/ham toastie - ate half
Dinner - Daddy took us out to a restaurant, so ds had 'wigglies' - spagetti in a tomato/garlic sauce - ate a huge bowl :o. Also raided the salad bar, so had loads of sweetcorn and crunchy croutons ::). Chocolate brownie for pudding ;)
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a toastie is just a grilled sandwich right? like stuff between bread, fried in a pan. Kinda like a panini?
Sort of, it's a sandwich toasted in a sandwich maker, like this one
I wouldn't fry a sandwich in a pan, something about taking something healthy like a sandwich and making it unhealthy frying it :-\
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Yesterday DD had:
formula
breakfast -rice crispies multigrain cereal with vanilla yoghurt, water
snack -1/2 pear, water
early lunch -porridge, 1/4 apple,water
late lunch (after nap) -3 fish fingers, 3 broccoli florets, some rice, water
dinner/snack -grapes, 1/2 banana mashed with 1 egg yolk, water
formula
Like the idea of toasties! I have one of those sandwich toasters, have to dig it out from the back of the cupboards...
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Yesterday Colin had:
Breakfast: 1.5 waffles :o
Snack: some fruit gummies and a fruit leather
Lunch: half a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (low sugar jelly and low sugar and sodium PB), a few pieces of apple
Snack: popcorn and a few sections or orange
Dinner: three bites of a chicken nugget and a couple green beans
He had probably 30 oz of milk too and some water :o :o
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Well Ryan had his usual breakfast ::)
Breakfast - Crumpet with Peanut butter and marmite, cup of milk (though the other day, dh beat up an egg with milk and added it to a pan with a bit of butter and a crumpet, he loved it!)
Snack - Cookie as we had friend over for coffee
Lunch - Open sandwich on whole grain bread with peppered salami, roast beef, olives, crisps (as friend stayed for lunch), large cup of smoothie (blueberry and blackcurrent). Treat pudding of chocolate covered rice crispie square. Ate half the bread and all the rest.
Snack - Cherry flavoured raisins, cranberry juice
Dinner - Spaghetti bolanese (about half his plate) with garlic bread (again about half). Mango yogurt. Strawberry and Banana Smoothie.
Water to drink throughout the day.
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caroline, dont you have to butter outsides of the bread to put in that toastie thing? I actually have one, well its a waffle/sandwich maker
yes, but no more than you'd butter the insides for a sandwich ;). I don't associate low fat = healthy, never have, particularly for los. But I do think of 'frying' as unhealthy, maybe I'm wrong :-\
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DD just had a snack... yes a SNACK of 1 banana, 1 kiwi, 2 wafer crackers, 1 clementine, 1 slice of cheese, a few bites of bread and butter :o she eats more fruit than I do!
Only wish I could get her to eat cooked foods too, like potatoes and meat...
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That would be good! I sometimes worry she'll turn into a fruit...
Is it possible for them to eat too much fruit do you think? I mean, she would probably have had another kiwi and another clementine straight away if I'd let her...
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I don't think she can eat too much fruit, she sounds like she is having my portion too!!
Well what a surprise Ryan could not be swayed from his usual breakfast!
Crumpet with peanut butter and marmite with cup of milk.
Snack - Biscuit and juice at a messy play group
Lunch - Baked beans, sausages, cheese string, roast beef, peppered salami, cup of kiwi and apple smoothie (left a bit of smoothie and a few beans) Strawberry yoghurt with blueberries.
Snack - Fruit flakes and a cookie (for being a good boy) Water
Dinner tonight will be beef casserole with baby sweetcorn, onion, carrots and peas. Thinking of doing some mash potatoes with this too. Possibly rice pudding for dessert.
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Breakfast: 1/2 orange, 1/2 bagel w/cream cheese
Lunch: would only eat a bagel w/cream cheese
Snack: 2 bites of chicken, raisins
Dinner: 5 bites of chicken noodle soup, bowl of whole weat pasta and sauce, 3 grapes
She's sick (cough and runny nose) which is making eating even less than normal
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Oscar 22 mths today ate:
rice crispies and milk and chopped up apple on side for brekkie
snack - frutapura pack and dried apple crisps
lunch - chicken and veg risotto, 2 fish fingers on side, handful of raisins, small fromage frais
tea - just a bowl of cheerios and full fat milk, then asked for more milk in sippy cup after bath!
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not sure what's going on with Chayse. She keeps begging for milk ALL day long and wont' really eat. Everytime I try to ask her or put her in the chair and get her to eat food, she's already a step ahead of me crying milk milk milk milk. I can't even keep track of how many glasses of milk she's had in the last 2-3 days. Never mind, shes a picky eater to begin with. Today, I think she had some strawberries, 2 yogurt pops, 1/2 cup of vanilla yogurt and maybe some bites out of some ham.
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Not the best eating day.
breakfast: 2 bites of orange, 3 bites of cereal bar
Lunch (if you can call it that) would only eat a bagel again ???
Snack whole wheat pasta shells and tomato sauce (she asked for it)
Dinner: 5 bites of ham, a few small bites of carrots, 2 spoonfuls of applesauce
Crazy tiny eater. I guess that's why she so stinking skinny ;)
Thanks for the get well wishes.
Oh my gosh..the girls should be sleeping but I hear her having a dance party in her crib....literally. ::)
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Wanted to ask how come some of you give more than one breakfast or lunch?
I sometimes read what you guys give your little ones for snacks and think that Ryan doesn't eat that much! For example the boiled egg as a snack, Ryans snack would be a bowl of raisins! Wonder whether I should be offering those sort of snacks instead?
Oh and guess what??? A different breakfast today, scambled eggs and toast!! ;D
Grace sounds like Ryan, has her fav and wants it pretty much everyday!
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Yesterday, ds had the sum total of half a tuna and sweetcorn sandwich b/c he's got a stinking cold. Hate it when he doesn't eat :(
Drunk lots of water this morning, then proceeded to throw it up all over me and my bed, so doesn't look like he'll be eating much today either
Sharon - ds doesn't usually snack much, either. He prefers largish meals with nothing in between, I think it depends on the kid - some prefer to graze all day. I think, as long as whatever you're doing is working, then it's fine either way :)
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Hi everyone,
Oscar eats a great brekkie usually....then a snack when out in pushchair around 10am (it's usually when I/the childminder need(s) to distract leaving the playground and then a big, sometimes HUGE lunch and a great 3 hr nap.... it's usally all downhill from there, this week only will eat cheerios and milk in the evening around 5 (about an hour after he wakes up) and a sippy cup full of toddler formula after bath during snuggle and book time....he's nig thouhg (15 kg at 22 mths and about 92 cm height) and is a truly spirited Duracell bunny! That's why he needs all the fuel during the day!
They are all so so different...
I work with 3 yr olds whose appetite is even more all over the place than Oscar's!
have a good day,
love Siobhain x
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Sharon, I used to do a split lunch while transitioning to one nap but now we do early lunch and afternoon snack.
I had forgotton to keep checking in on here and realised its because I hadnt posted!! so it wasnt coming up in my recent replies
my DD has an ear infection :( so all she wants to do is snack ::) she has so far had
milk on waking up
3 bites toast with butter and 2 bites of a pancake
1/2 banana
1/2 a small fromage frais
some grapes
2 bites of a peanut butter sandwich (which isnt something she has ever eaten but asked for ???)
am away to make a toastie with some cherry tomatoes and cucumber on the side, I am hoping she will tuck into it
does anyone else go through phases of making the same thing for their toddlers over and over? its not so much my DD asks for the same things but I tend to forget about all the other stuff I could try ::)
have started to plan our lunches for the week, already do this for dinner , so we are getting a little more variety
x x x x
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DD has gone from being a protein loader to eating very little protein. Yesterday she had:
- Breakfast: about 5 ounces 1% milk, one whole wheat English muffin, some Dried strawberries
- Lunch: About 3-4 ounces 2% milk, 1 chicken nugget (met SIL at Wendy's) and some applesauce
- Snack: half a Clif kids Z bar, some diluted apple juice
- Dinner: Refused chicken and stuffing, had bunch of steamed green beans and some pineapple chunks and a bit of bread. Also about 5-6 ounces 1% milk
So far today she's had two small Nutrigrain pancakes, some raisins and about 4-5 ounces 1% milk. Probably will try these homemade spinach/cheese things I have for lunch along with yogurt. Dinner tonight is fish, baked potato, salad and garlic bread.
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Hi!
I also find that snacks can ruin Lois' appetite for lunch/dinner, so try keep them small. More often than not hough, we'll end up with a huge fruit snack cos she keeps asking for more, and hardly anything for dinner ::)
I also find that I end up feeding her the same things over and over... it's annoying me that she won't try new things, so I've almost given up on preparing new things for her meals, just offer a bit of something we're having to try get her to try new stuff, but she always refuse to taste it >:(
Hope all poorly bubs get better! Hugs to them!
Nello's appetite resembles mine LOL I'm also always hungry and love food! Lois eats lots too I guess, but mostly fruit so not very calorific. Weird thing is she won't have juice either, only water, no cow's milk either, only formula still... they have a toddler version though here so guess that's ok.
today she didn't eat much though, she had:
breakfast - formula, few bites of toast
snack - 1/2 apple
lunch - 2 fish fingers, refused the rice, refused cheese, had a few bites of bread with caviar spread
snack - 1 1/2 banana, small packet of raisins (wanted to fill her up for swimming)
snack 2 - 1/2 banana & more raisins... ::) (after swimmin)
dinner - 1/2 bowl of porridge as it was too late for anything else and she wasn't hungry after all those bananas and raisins ::) ::)
bedtime milk
Hope tomorrow will be a bit better balanced
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Today she ate well for her
Breakfast - bowl of cereal and cup of milk
snack - banana
lunch - chicken sandwich and apple with milk
snack - orange
tea - spaghetti bolognese with carrots and peas and yoghurt
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Since Grace wakes so early, breakfast is early thus lunch is at 10:30 or 11am here.
She may or may not eat a lot.
Thus we have lunch part 2 when she wakes are around 2pm
Dinners always at 5pm(ish).
She eats so little that both lunches really should be called snacks ;)
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I have no problem with snacks as long as they are healthy (and only less healthy ones occasionally and if she has eaten well). I'm the same way - I tend to eat 5-6 times throughout the day and get really cranky otherwise.
So today DD has had milk and nutrigrain pancakes for breakast, raisins for snack, turkey breast and yogurt for lunch (with some milk too), all-bran crackers and also baby carrots dipped in hummus for snack and some very diluted juice. Dinner offered will be crusted fish, baked potato, salad and garlic bread. Probably pineapple chunks or other fruit for dessert.
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Today Oscar had similar day...
Milk am on waking around 7- 210ml toddler formula
Breakfast wth childminder around 8.30 - 2 weetabix with full fat whole milk, mandarin on side
snack - raisins, water and half small bread roll which he begged for around 10.30 or 11
lunch - 1pm was mu mo in laws defrosted veal stew (he loves it!) with potats, carrots etc, then a fromage frais and another mandarin
after waking we wet straight outside and he begged for another bread roll in the local shop as I was stocking up on milk and eggs (a real Polish kids thing - you forever see them eating these plain bread rolls... its the Pole in him)
so when we got home I made us some whole wheat organic pasta (hard to find in this country) with mu own tomato and mascarpone sauce which he refused point blank so he had a choice of either shreddies with milk (to break the cheerios habit) or dreied cranberries(craisins) and fromage frais and he chose the latter...about an adult handful of craisins and two small tubs of fromagr frais, some of which was smeared over the table...
then his nighttime milk...again toddler formula 210ml. He will drink cow's milk and eat it on cereal but onlu cold and only as part of a meal... if he doesn't have his milk with evening meal then it has to be warm toddler formula during book and snuggle time....
that was it today!
s x
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Thats funny someone mentioned raisins as a treat snack, I see it as a way to the 5 a day and Ryan loves them, especially the Lemon and Cherry flavoured ones you can get (they are very yummy!).
You have inspired me though to try some other snacks but like a lot of you I have to be careful how much he has so as to not spoil his appetite. He actually asks for very little during the day, lunch is the main struggle to get him to eat but most of the time he is agood eater. He weighs around 30lbs.
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He ate something tonight :D
We had a lovely afternoon snuggled together on the sofa, snoozing away, so he had a late night - spent the evening making homemade pizza. He was sooooooooo proud of his (wasn't bad actually ;)), he actually ate about 4 slices. We are in the habit of thanking the person who made the food before we eat it, so, before he started, he said "Charlie cooked it, thank you Charlie". So cute ;D
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That is too cute Caroline!
DD refused the fish (which she used to like) and the baked potato tonight. Ate some salad (lettuce and cabbage), some garlic bread and then cheerios and milk and some pineapple.
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Almost a zero food day :'(
-teething
-and a cold :P
Breakfast: raisins, eggs w/cheese and ketchup (the biggest meal of the day)
Lunch: Nothing at the sitters (would not eat) :-\
Snack: Nothing at the sitters ( would not eat) :-\
Snack try #2: ate a few bites of chicken lunch meat dipped in ranch ;) and a few raw carrots.
Also, the sitter made PB cookies and I gave her a few small bites. Hey, PB's good for you right ;)
Then she stuck a toy in her mouth which tickled the back of her throat and threw it all up ::) :-[
Dinner:
4 sips of a strawberry/banana smoothie, 1/4 bagel plain.
That's it. Poor Girl.
Melissa
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DS ate like you wouldn't believe today-
He had a bowl of Rice Krispies, a slice of toast, a cup of milk and a banana for breakfast..
...got to daycare, made big eyes at the leaders and begged for more "bisties" (Krispies in his language)..ate another bowl of those and another slice of toast midmorning..
Had lunch at daycare, lamb, veg and potatoes, scoffed the lot plus yoghurt for pudding, managed a cheese scone at afternoon snack time
Home for a dinner of spaghetti bolognese, plus Petit Filous, plus grapes and a few chocolate buttons...
I have no idea where he puts it! He turned 2yo three weeks ago and is 3ft tall and approx 37lbs.
Some days he eats loads, others next to nothing, but this took the biscuit!
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linfran-What a day!!! My dd will by 2 in one month. Hopefully in the next couple of months she will start to eat like yours ;)
Today-
A few bites of cream of wheat for breakfast.
Midmorning snack- 1/2 of a bannanna
Lunch- Maybe 1/4 cup of pasta with broccoli mixed in
She has had 2 sippys of watered down juice, but no milk today.
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Zara will be 2 in a month also, and she had (for her ) a pretty good day yesterday (bear in mind she is little weighing in at only about 23lbs I think (10.4kg)).
Bfast - 1 slice rockmelon, 1 weetbix with milk and honey, 1 sippy of freshly homemade apple, carrot and celery juice, a few cheerios
Snacks - 1 banana, 1 sao (kind of like water cracker), 1 home made cordial icey pole. about 3 marshmallows
Lunch -1 slice rockmelon, more banana, 1 cheese stick
Snacks - a few mini choc chip biscuits, apple juice, frozen peas and frozen corn
Dinner - crumbed oven baked fish, (prob about 2/3 of a fillet),broccoli, peas, corn, zuccini, pumpkin, potato and more juice
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Rina
Grace and Zara weigh the same :D
Skinny Minnie's ;)
Wow, that was a good day for Zara. Way to go.
What is rockmelon? Is it a hard fruit?
Sorry for being clueless. ;D
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Emily is right at 30 pounds with very chubby cheeks. Maybe I should not worry as much when she is on the food strikes. ;)
I have already posted for today except dinner.
3 bites of Gerber pasta
1/2 small box of raisins
(We were at a friends house who has a new baby, no time to eat)
Big handful of Cheerios before bed
Oh and she usually drinks 8-10 oz of milk after bath.
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I am not 100% sure but I think you call it canteloupe?
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Oh, ok.
Thanks Rina. :)
I love cantelope.
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Today so far
Sippy of Milo (chocolate milk drink) and a sippy of apple carrot celery juice
1 weetbix with milk and honey
1 piece toast with butter and vegemite
1/2 banana
chocolate cake mix (while we were baking ;))
lunch: asparagus, cheese, beetroot, tomato, baby corn, baked beans (small amount of each of those), and a little more banana
some icing (whilst icing the cake;))
A peice of chocolate cake (but mostly only ate the icing LOL)
It is 2:30pm.
Dinner tonight is going to be veggies and sausages - both chickpea and spinach sausages which she loves, and beef sausages, which she may eat a little of. No doubt she will want a snack before then though, will offer watermelon and yoghurt and sultanas, she can choose.
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Hi all
Well, I've come on here to look for inspiration as Seren is down to living off bread and pasta and LOADS of fruit. I'm concerned about her vits & minerals intake. Oh well.
So, today so far she has had:
1 x slice of wholemeal, granary toast with butter and cream cheese, some grapes
snack - some more grapes, a few bites of mummy's ciabatta roll, 1 tiny piece of choc brownie
Lunch - nothing, refused to eat anything so will try after nap
hmm, not looking so great. She weighs 25lbs and turns 2 in 1.5 mths.
Shanaz
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Shanaz
do you give Seren a multi vitamin?
Grace doesn't do too well with food as well so we give her one Flintstones vitamin (its for ages 2-3 but we've been giving them to Grace for the past month now) every morning to help compensate for the day.
Just a thought.
Melissa
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Hi Mel,
Funnily enough I've had kids vitamins (liquid with omega 3) in the cupboard for ages & I broke them out & gave her some tonight after a disasterous dinner. :D
S x
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:D
What ever works right? ;) :-*
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absolutely!!
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Shanaz, both Grace and Zara are a similar size to Seren, so try not to worry too much. Also, I have heard that extra fruit will go a long way to making up for the veggies thing, at least she likes one healthy food group right?
Don't forget, pasta sauce is tomatoes, and have you tried grating some carrot or something into the sauce? Can you get a bit more creative with that?
Also, if she loves spaghetti, that might help if you do stir fry with noodles in it, I do stirfries with rice vermicelli, Zara likes those. Would cheese sauce on the veggies help? And remember, kids eat when they need to eat, don't worry about skipped meals, just try to cover the food groups with snacks also! Finally, have you ruled out teething if she reluctant to eat lately?
I think if you don't push the issue, they come round eventually, Zara goes through phases of barely eating then eating what I consider to be loads (but really isn't compared to other kids LOL).
Re the apple carrot celery juice - yes I make my own, that is probably my fav combo. I was using 1 carrot, 1 apple, and some celery, but I needed extra for Zara, and I added only extra apple and carrot, so it is a little sweeter, she likes it better that way. LOVE my juicer!
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Wow, Zara is eating soooo much more than last tme I read this thread!!
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Michelle I know, it is great! It probably won't last, but I just offer everything, and she eats what she wants.
I would like to point out that even when she eats, for example, that huge range of veggies for dinner, some of them are literally pieces that she can eat in 1-2 bites. But they all add up, I know plenty of mums who would be happy if their lo ate 6-10 mouthfuls of veggies each day.
One thing I can say for Zara, whilst her quantities are not brilliant, her variety is. And she is happy, energetic, and growing, so obviously she is eating what she needs.
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Shanaz - my DD is lately refusing most meats/chicken, etc but does eat pasta, cheese, etc. For pasta I only make the Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta. It looks and tastes like regular white pasta but has extra fiber and calcium. For sauce I either make my own cheese sauce or I puree some veggies into a tomato sauce (often zucchini and/or eggplant). One lunch staple here is "cheese pockets" which are actually called spinach pizza snacks and made by Amy's kitchen (great company). They are made from wheat and whole wheat flour and include cheese, tomatoes and spinach. DD loves them!
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Hi everyone...
I find the lack of quick but tasty snacks and suppers here really annoying.
today, for the record, Oscar had:
210 ml toddler formula
bowl of rice krispies, an apple and about 100ml full fat milk (brekkie)
about 5 shreddies and a pureed fruit squeezy pack at 10-10.30am
spag bol (toddler bowl portion), a cheese string, some dried cherries and two little fromage frais for lunch (he's a hoover at this time)
just water on waking after nap though I offered a few choices of snack
then refused tea and ate one piece of dry wholmeal bread.
has now eaten two pieces of peanut butter on toast, 200ml full fat milk and about 10 banana chips but this is thanks to the fact that he's been watching Bob the Builder and eating at same time!!! Woopsy, just having really bad day and fell into that accidental parenting hole in the ground!!!
Early bed tonight all round I think!
good luck to all,
Shiv x
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Stacy I LOVE Amy's products - both for DD and for myself! Healthy and tasty - make great lunches in a pinch.
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Been getting into a rut with lunches so have noted a few new sandwiches to try out.
Breakfast - Cereal (have a multi pack for him to try some different ones), raisins and milk (did offer pear but it wasn't ripe enough so too tough for him, need to cook it and puree up, any ideas as to what I can use it to top off would be appreciated ;D)
Snack - Mini digestives at play group with apple juice
Lunch - Let Ryan help make strawberry jam and cream cheese bagel (he loved this) with a cheese string and water. Mango yoghurt with dried blueberries.
Snack - One of those kinder hippos at a friends house, no drink since lunch.
Dinner - Chilli (mild) with rice, sweetcorn and rice pudding with pear for dessert. Likely to have smoothie for drink and water at bed.
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Can't remember what she ate yesterday except for the fact that she didn't eat dinner thanks to DH giving her a late snack at 3pm ::)
That's what happens when mommy goes to get her hair cut ;) ;) ;D ;D
Actually he does amazingly with her...just forgets those kinds of things once in awhile so really no complaints here :D
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LOL. We don't have times for sizes of snacks, we feed when hungry, because all too often, she isn't hungry LOL.
For the Pear Q - instead of puree why don't you just stew it? Stewed pears with some yoghurt would be really yummy.
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Thanks Rina!
Breakfast - A very naughty cereal Cookie Crisp ::) Thats the only time of having that one. A Banana and some blueberry juice.
Snack - small biscuit
Lunch - Cooked as off to nursery this afternoon and always a battle ::) Cucumber and Pepper sticks with humous and a muffin split in 2 to make mini pizzas. Topped with pizza sauce, pastrami, olives and parmasen cheese (ate about half and had to really get him to eat it). Cup of Orange smoothie, yogurt (strawberry, ate half)
Tea at nursery is sandwiches, cakes, custard, milk or water to drink.
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Breakfast: apple (1/8 of one), 1/4 bowl of oatmeal
Lunch: (DH did lunch) bagel and cream cheese (1/4), chips ::) so much so that she didn't want her after noon snack/lunch part 2
Lunch Part 2: 1 bite of a banana, 3 bites of kiwi :P
Dinner: cooking as we speak =chicken, bowtie pasta with spinach
Yesterday
Breakfast Grapes, Cereal
Lunch: ham and turkey lunch meat with ranch
Lunch 2: 1 kiwi, veggie chips
Dinner: Hamberger, mac n cheese, corn, whole wheat bread (2 bites)
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Go Gracie go!! ;D
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LOL
;D ;D
Well, dinner wasn't too bad.
She had a good amount of corn, a few bites of chicken and about 2 bow tie pastas...tried sneaking that spinach in there but she wasn't having it ;)
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LOL. Most days I can't post, because I can't remember what she ate (very tired and busy mummy here LOL). Will try to pay attention tomorrow.
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How awesome is your avatar Melissa?!
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Thank you so much!
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Guys, can't remember all the food from yesterday, but made a new rissole (meatball) recipe that was delicious. DH LOVED it, and so did Zara, she ate 3 for dinner plus veggies, and Hugh ate most of 1 too. They have some grated veggies in also. Let me know if you want me to post the recipe!
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Hi girls,
Dominic (2 this month) has suddenly gone really fussy at mealtimes but I got some advice from my HV and today he's eaten much better:
Breakfast: cornflakes, half a slice of toast
Snack: small banana, 2 tangerines
Lunch: (not so good) ate the ham out of his sandwich, yogurt, biscuit
Dinner: Sausage, mashed potato, broccoli & carrots, small amount of apple rice pudding
He drinks loads of milk throughout the day, as well as diluted fruit juice.
Today was a great day, there is something so satisfying when your baby has a full tummy!
Sal
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Please post Rina :D :D :D :D
Sounds yummy.
Today: 1/2 of mommy's oatmeal, raisins, 2 or 3 spoonfuls of cereal
At the Sitters (not sure how much of each...she just writes down for me what she served her)
Snack: orange, goldfish
Lunch: apples, celery (she never eats that for me), french fries, turkey
Snack Graham crackers, grapes
2nd Snack (we went on a play date)
blueberries, strawberries and a million teddy grahams
Dinner
3 bites of carrots, grapes, 1/2 slice of pizza, 1/2 yogurt (shocker)
Pretty good eating day, I'd say.
She ate better at the sitters and the play date.
Why is it that they tend to be better when they aren't eating at home?
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Hi Rina,
Can you post that rissole recipe??
Ta very much,
Shiv x
ps. I have some recipes such as courgette and cheese nuggets which Oscar loves if anyone's interested.... I use a lot of Annabel Karmel
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ps. I have some recipes such as courgette and cheese nuggets which Oscar loves if anyone's interested.... I use a lot of Annabel Karmel
Oh yes please!
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Rissoles - from the Womens Weekly Babies and Toddlers recipe book
500g beef mince
1 small carrot grated coarsely
1 small zucchini grated coarsely
1/2 small brown onion grated coarsely
1/2 cup stale breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
2 teaspoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
TANGY SAUCE
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 cup water
Preheat oven to moderate. Using hands, combine mince, carrot, zucchini, onion, breadcrumbs and sauces in a large bowl. Roll level tablespoons of the mixture into balls
Combine ingredients for tangy sauce in a small bowl. Heat oil in large non-stick frying pan; cook rissoles, in batches, until browned all over. Transfer to meduim shallow baking dish; cover with tangy sauce. Cook, uncovered, in moderate oven about 20 mins or until rissoles are cooked through.
I used fresh bread that I grated for the bread crumbs, and I made a double batch and froze the cooked leftovers, so that I can quickly reheat for Zara's dinner if need be since she has dropped her nap most day and needs to be in bed pretty early to compensate.
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Those meatballs sound great! DD has been eating pretty good for breakfast and lunch lately and not great for dinner - although at least two nights ago she had a fair amount of homemade meatloaf and corn on the cob and some apple slices. Last night she refused fish, ate a few bites pasta and a bit of salad and then wanted cheerios.
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Rina, when you say tomato sauce you don't mean ketchup do you, you mean something like Hunts in the tin yes?
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Hi,
Rissoles sund yummy,
Here is the cheese and courgette recipe: Annabel Karmel makes it as a sausage shape but my DS prefers nuggets!
6 oz fresh breadcrumbs
1 oz butter
1 medium onion finely chopped/grated
6 oz coarsely grated courgette/zucchini
5 oz cheddar cheese grated
1 egg , separated
a little salt and pepper
oil for frying
(I also add 1 clove of garlic for the immune system at this time of year )
Heat butter in frying pan and then fry the onion till soft, add the grated courgette/zucchini and cook till softened, also add the optional garlic here
mix in the egg yolk (keep white in bowl for later), the salt, pepper, half the breadcrumbs (other for later) and grated cheese
shape into sausages/nuggets/burgers
beat the egg white and then dip your shaped mix into it then into the remaining breadcrumbs.
set them aside in the fridge so they can firm up and then fry when ready to eat.
Oscar adores these...and as a treat, he has oven baked sweet potato chips on the side....
I have a few more recipes I use on an ongoing basis...so just let me know if you need anymore ideas....and plese share some more with us!!!
Siobhain x
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Hi Stacy,
I also love those apple and chicken meatballs...that was another I was meaning to post!
I use her tomato and hidden veg sauce (my freezer has about 6 of the 6 oz pots of it at the mo) for pasta a lot.
Other favourites are salmon rissoles: really easy peasy...
1 can red salmon (about 7 oz)
1 heaped tablespoon of grated onion
2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
1 tablespoon fresh breadcrumbs (plus a little for coating)
2 tablespoons of veg oil
Flake the salmon in bowl, check there are no bones, mix with ketchup, onion and breadcrumbs, then form small balls and coat in remaining crumbs and sautee on pan one to two mins til golden brown...
My prob with Oscar is, he loves these finger foods but hates to spoonfeed himself anything that is more like "mush"! At the moment will only properly "spoonfeed" himself Cheerios and after that, it has to be finger-lickin' good finger food or at least, dig the fork in and the meal will follow if you know what I mean!
Is that normal????
He would live on toasts, french toasts, rissoles, fruit he can bite on and chew, meatballs, pasta with thin coating of sauce (so as he can scoop it up with hands when tired of fork), nuggets etc.....
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By tomato sauce, I do mean ketchup!
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Oh thats great thanks, I was thinking what would be a good alternative to the other stuff over here!! ;D
Well today Ryan ate very well.
Breakfast - Shreddies with honey, cherry flavoured raisins, cup of watered down cranberry juice
Snack at nursery - fruit and drink
Lunch at nursery - Sausage bean bake, courgette and parsnip mash, spotted and custard
Home dinner - Slow cooked steak with gravy made from juices, stock, worchestershire sauce, soy sauce and gravy granules, peas, mashed potatoes and mashed sweet potatoes with maple syrup and butter. Bread and last bit of gravy. Let him have a bit of choccy as he ate so well and had been pretty well behaved for the afternoon. Orange Smoothie to drink
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I dont cook specifically for Zara either, but some of the toddler recipes and family food recipes look yummy for all of us - hence why I made those rissoles!
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Not a good eating day....My sitter called and told me she had/has a fever and wasn't eating I think she has the flu :P
Breakfast: raisins and dry cereal
Lunch/Snack: not much she said....few bites of banana bread, 1 bite of mac n cheese
When I got her home she ate a fruit strip and 2 pieces of turkey lunch meat :)
Dinner: 5 pieces of pasta, 2 cherry tomatoes, 1/2 apple sauce
Melissa
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My toddler just does not eat. Going to the GI tuesday to see why.
Today: a few bites PB sandwich, 1 piece of pizza, 2 cups of pediasure.
:(
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Let us know how things go! :-*
Gracie is still sick. :-\
Had a 102 fever this morning so not too much food is being consumed but it's not horrible....a little is better than nothing.
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Another good day for us,
Breakfast: cookie crisp cereal (not great, dh gave him it), bit of my bacon buttie
Snack: grapes and sausage roll
Lunch: baked beans, bit of rice salad, bit of pasta salad, yogurt
Dinner: jacket potato with cheese, cherry tomatoes,
I still don't think he gets his 5 portions of fruit and veg most days which stresses me out but I am going to try and be mch more organised with his meals and plan more so I can try and squeeze them in. I used to give him drinks of smoothie but seem to have stopped doing that. Don't know why.
Sally
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Ryan had pretty good day today and was an angel for the most part!
Breakfast - Peanut butter toast, cheese string and milk
No snack just rest of his milk
Lunch - Bit of a struggle, Frankfurter, pastrami, chicken, bagel with cream cheese and strawberry jam (only had about a third of this) Ate the rest ok. Cup of orange smoothie, banana custard with a jelly baby from DH.
Dinner - Pasta bake, brocolli and baby sweetcorn, devourered almost the whole plate full, Orange smoothie and as he was a good boy DH bought Ben and Jerrys Cookie Dough home ;D I wasn't complaining!!
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My dd doesn't get 5 servings of any on thing on a daily bases ;D but I know she's eating what she needs and is doing well.
Like Stacy said, try to not worry. Your lo seems to be doing fine.
Melissa
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Thanks. :-*
Breakfast: 1/2 oz of freeze dried mangos and bananas
Lunch: Asiago Cheese
Dinner: Asiago Cheese, 4 bites of ham lunch meat
:-\
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Wow, I've got crossed eyes now, just spent about 2 hours reading the whole of this thread and the previous one :o. Needed inspiration for lunches (and reminding of the good things I used to give him and have forgotten :P)
He's back on track now after being poorly and not eating much. Today:
Breakfast: 1 and a half Weetabix, sprinkled with ground flax seeds, rice milk. Strawberry smoothie
Snack: a banana as big as his head :o
Lunch: ham sandwich, raspberry soy yoghurt
Snack: went out with Daddy - a lolly to get him through a haircut ::)
Dinner: I made a vegetable ratatouille in the slow cooker that I just knew he wouldn't eat, so I took out a portion, mushed it up (so it went sauce-like), and served with wholewheat pasta. Went down well ;). Couple slices garlic bread.
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Today
Breakfast: strawberries, blueberries, grapes
very small bowl of organic bunny cereal
Snack: cinnamon apple sauce
Lunch: tuna w/mayo and carrots (very little of both)
Snack: cheese and 2 bites of ham and 3 boxes of raisins :o :o :o
Dinner: chicken from mommy's sandwich and 3 bites of red peppers and then a cereal bar when we got home
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Ryan and I both have colds so he has had more treats and snacks as he hasn't wanted to eat a big meal. Today wasn't too bad though.
Breakfast - Scambled eggs and toast with milk. Ate all the eggs and half the toast. Bite of DH's Strawberry jam on toast and a cheese string!
Lunch - DH being a bit adventuous but Ryan not really playing! Panini with mozzerella, tomato, advacado, and bacon. Ate all the bacon, half the bread, most of the cheese, tried the advacado but did not like it, did not touch the tomatoes! He is like me as a child, loves sauce or soup that is tomato based just not the actual fruit! Watered down cranberry juice.
Dinner - Filled fresh pasta with bolongase and spinich and ricotta with tomato sauce and pesto covered gnocci (sp). Ate half the pasta and sauce, tried the gnocci but not keen. Strawberry and rubarb smoothie. Cherry raisins for pudding.
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Sharon - I love pasta with tomato-based sauces/etc, but you couldn't pay me to eat a tomato :-X
Yesterday:
Breakfast: 1 1/2 Weetabix with ground flax seeds/rice milk, banana smoothie
Lunch: scrambled eggs with cheese and spinach, baked beans, bread and butter, raspberry soy yoghurt
Snack: chocolate raisins
Dinner: an obscene amount of homemade lasagne, which he had helped to make ;). Ate too much to have anything else.
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Wow!
Will have to try my mum's on Oscar next time we go back to the Emerald Isle!
Our St. Paddy's Day was atypical!
Cheerios and mik (by choice)
Bread sticks and squeezy fruit pack
Spag bol, humzinger (hooray from trip to UK) and fromage frais
peanut butter sandwiches on wholemeal, milk and another humzinger
more milk going to bed...
so not a very green day nor very Irish! But anyway, a good day eating-wise so I'm not complaining! lol
Big hugs for all the Irish Paddys out there!
Shiv x
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not exactly in this order
1. bunch of strawberries
2. banana
3. apple jack cereal in milk
4. fish sticks
5. ham
6. cheese
7. gerber cookies
8. a few grapes (of which I have to peel each one)
I think thats it.
and of course milk
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Good job peeling the grapes. :D
I'm so lazy that I've never peeled grapes for dd ;)
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Breakfast: strawberry cereal bar, cantelope
Snack: cookie (she had a rough Dr.'s apt and DH treated her to a small cookie)
Lunch: Ham and Ranch (DH)
Snack w/ Mommy: Grapes and honey graham "cookies"
Dinner: Chicken, Pasta, broccoli
Nothing too spectacular
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I keep meaning to ask - what's Ranch Dressing?
Today:
Breakfast: Weetabix with ground flax seeds and rice milk (original ::)), mango and passion fruit smoothie
Lunch 1: red salmon mixed with finely chopped red pepper sandwiches
Lunch 2 (down to pure gluttony ;)) toasted ham and sweetcorn pannini, ate about half
Snack: chocolate buttons ;)
Dinner: slice of ham, baked beans, scrambled eggs with spinach and cheese
Snack (b/c he was STILL hungry :o): toasted teacake with butter (raisin bun)
Hollow legs today b/c we've been to the zoo, he's done a lot of walking, and they've got a great playground there
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holy!
I know! Life would be much easier if he did that every day ;)
ranch dressing is a salad dressing, creamy one. Lots of people use it to dip all sorts of stuff into besides on salad
thanks, always wondered, hear it a lot :)
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Yes...I love humzingers....very handy fruit snack but unfortunately unavailable in this country....always the frst ting I ask for, along with Weetabix, when anyone travels to UK or Ireland!
sorry for late reply! Hadn't a second all day, with Easter Bonnet Parade in the snow!!!
Shiv
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Hi girls,
not sure if it's coincidence or not but since the hv gave me advice on Dom's eating (he got really fussy overnight) he's been eating great. I'm also making a real effort to get more fruit and veg into as I know most days he wasn't getting anywhere near 5 portions...
So today:
Breakfast - peanut butter on toast, bit of my porridge with honey and dried fruit in
snack - grapes and an orange
lunch - dairylea & ham sandwich
snack - biscuit
dinner - chicken (minute amount, he's not very good with meat) in a white wine and cream sauce, mashed potatoes, sprouts, carrots & swede. Yogurt & fruited malt loaf for pudding.
I want to start cooking different things for him tho, I feel like we are really in a rut. When I get a minute I'm going to get some new ideas
Sal
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Caroline, you can get Ranch dressing over here but it is no where near as good as the stuff from the states. DH always makes a beeline for it in Mum and Dads fridge when we visit ;D
Ryan had an ok day today but stil has this cold.
Breakfast - peanut butter toast, and milk, ate half.
Snack - Biscuit at messy play group and juice
Lunch - Ham, mayo and salad sandwich, ate all ham left most of the rest, 2 cheese strings, strawberry and rubarb smoothie, olives. Half a pot of custard.
Snack - banana and organic biccies, some juice
Dinner - Potato wedges, fish fingers and beans. Ate most of this, had a little treat, mini eggs. Water to drink.
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Mmmmmm, Ranch.
Grace's favorite thing ever.
She dips everything in it and it's the only way we can get her to eat somethings.
I love ranch but now that she eats it so much kind of am starting to get grossed out by the smell.
So far....
Breakfast, cantelope, cereal
Lunch: bagel w/ Creamcheese (DH)
Snack: (about to get her up for this)..applesauce, cheese
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We can get dried fruit here no probs but not in the foil-packed multicoloured style of a humzinger!
My friend's DS who is now nearly 3 refuses al other varieties from UK, even those in brightly coloured packages, if they are not a humzinger!!! Oscar went through a phase of calling everything packaged "choccie" but is not as naive now...but still loves these as a treat! LOL!
Shiv x
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Wow, thanks for the ranch dressing recipe, sounds really unusual. This is my favourite salad dressing, goes really well on gutsy things like tomatoes, melons and goat's cheese (my fave salad ;))
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
pinch caster sugar
salt and pepper (freshly ground)
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DH and I make what we call pepper salad - so good. After making your tossed salad and throwing in croutons if desired, you pour in a little olive oil, a fair amount of red wine vinegar, a handful of seasoned breadcrumbs, some garlic powder, some salt and some pepper and mix/toss it all around. SO good (sorry I don't tend to measure much of anything)!
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To be honest I don't know why it's called pepper salad - DH got it from his aunt and I guess she just called it that too! The breadcrumbs really help make it...
DD had a small nutrigrain pancake and a bit of milk for breakfast and maybe 1/3 of a homemade granola bar a little later. Lunch she had most of a half grilled cheese made on natural honey flax bread and with a bit of homemade guacamole on there as well as a no sugar added applesauce and some more milk. Snack she had very diluted apple juice and a little bit of veggie booty. But she skipped her nap and is exhausted now and I think her teeth hurt as she said just now her mouth hurts and she keeps chewing on her straw cup by her molars. She refused the skillet hamburger, green beans and pasta I made and only had a bit of her milk. Oh well...
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I mainly use croutons in soup then they get nice and soft ;D Plus it makes soup more interesting for the little guy.
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I don't use croutons (diet reasons) but DH likes them. But what I meant for the salad was seasoned breadcrumbs, not croutons. I either buy the 4C ones or make my own - again though, for his salad, not mine!
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Yup! Personally though I think store bought bread crumbs are pretty nasty, especially the seasoned ones which always taste stale to me. I use them in a pinch but prefer to make my own by putting whole grain white bread into the food processor to make fine crumbs and then mixing with some garlic powder, onion powder, parsley and a little oregano, then putting in a baking dish (lightly greased) and toasting them for like 5 minutes.
On topic - DD ate pretty well this morning considering the nasty virus she has. Most of her milk and about half of a whole grain english muffin and then a bit of my fresh OJ. We'll see if she wants lunch - probably will offer a small portion of cheese pockets (the Amy's snacks with cheese and spinach) and a Dannon all-natural yogurt.
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Hmmm Aisling your croutons sound lovely.
I agree shop bought stuff just isn't the same tho I don't seem to make enough stuff nowadays, as I said before I'm totally stuck in a rut.
I'm going to a couple of party's this weekend and made some buns and biscuits for them today. I haven't baked forever and it was so lovely. Must do more. Must do more!
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Today:
Breakfast: dry cereal and grapes....ate like a handful total...much too distracted by Elmo :P Bad mommy
Lunch: Ravioli, green beans, breadstick, banana (at the sitters)
Snack: blueberry bagel, cheese (at the sitters)
Dinner: whole wheat pasta, chicken nuggets, carrots (still to come, but it's on the menu ;))
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We went to a family lunch yesterday and Dom ate so well:
(breakfast: Shreddies)
Lunch: Starter - tomato soup,
main course - fish pie, more mash potato, green beans, peas, brocolli,
dessert - 2 yogurts
Then we went to a birthday party and OMG he had an obscene amount of sausage rolls and buns...he could reach the food table and I hadn't realised he wa walking along and helping himself all the time. We didn't get home until 6pm and he hadn't napped all day (Dom very much still needs a sleep) so it was straight upstairs for bath and bed with a big drink of milk.
I'm going to try the tortilla crisps Aisling, Dom loves dipping things. Yes please for the healthy pesto recipe.
Sal
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Breakfast: refused Pooh Bear toast (honey on toast ;)), but drank 2 different types of smoothie ::)
Lunch: Quorn burger on a bap, with layers of sauted spinach, cheese and tomato ketchup
Dinner: just come back from an Italian restaurant (pre-birthday treat ;)), ate loads of lasagne, then had a rather large chocolate cake, which the waitress, whom he had completely charmed, kept topping up with chocolate sauce :P
Had quite a large tummy tonight ;) :D
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So far....
Breakfast 1/2 bagel and cream cheese and finished off daddy's cereal (refused fruit) w/milk
Snack 2 pieces of chocolate (she went on an easter egg hunt ;)) and a fruit strip w/ water
Lunch: ham and turkey w/ranch, cheddar cheese, bread w/milk
Just woke up from her nap....after only one hour :P knew I should have kept her up longer so i offer her some applesauce before we leave as we are heading out to the mall for some Easter fun.
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Charlie had a big tummy? So did we today! Have the inlaws down for the weekend so good eating kinda gone out the window!
I made a super chocolate cake which you cover with flakes and put mini eggs in the middle of to look like a birds nest (Mum used to make it at Easter when I was a child and boy do I live on nostalgia!).
So lots of choc and it isn't either Easter Sunday yet!
Breakfast - DH made him Jamie Olivers crumpets with egg (2 with ketchup) all gone with a cup of smoothie
Lunch - Ham sandwich, olives, cheese string, juice. Ate most of it. Piece of Mummys cake, ate about half.
Dinner - out tonight, spag bol and with a huge piece of bread (ate all the bread and about 3rd of spag bol). A little of choc sundae. I ate better than he did and my tummy is very big (diet I feel needs to be got back on after Easter ::))
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Stacy, it is very simple really.
Crack egg in bowl, whisk up, dip crumpet in hole side down, turn over, dip underside in and pop in frying pan with oil and fry for 2 minutes or so until brown. Can add cheese, chilli, whatever you like with it. DH thinks it would go well with bacon and a bit of maple syrup. Ryan has so far just had it as an eggy crumpet with ketchup for dipping.
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Here's what Colin ate yesterday:
CHOCOLATE ::)
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we have a big bad green cold at the moment....so eating what he likes within reason....mainly peanut butter on different varieties of bread, cracker, rice/corn cake or chewing cheerios thogh he did eat three strawberries and some dried cherries today...and drinking nothing but water....refusing milk which maybe isn;t a bad thing as his mucous is thick, thick, thick!
anyway, hope all is well with you lot after this break!
love Shiv
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This week is going to be BAD...my mom's in town Wed. night and Grace turns 2! Two separate b-day parties + grandma = way too much sugar.
And, as of late, she starts acting out more when she has sugar...JOY! ;)
Yesterday
B-fast: Red River and Grapes
Lunch: 1/2 yogurt, turkey
Snack: cookie and spinach pretzel (we took Grandma to Barnes and Noble) :P :P Not so healthy
Dinner: 2 bites of spaghetti w/ meat sauce, 1/2 pear, 4 bites of peach
break
Dinner #2: Asiago cheese, freeze dried fruit
Crazy eating day
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Ryan been eating pretty well this past week.
So far today.
Breakfast - Crumpet with peanut butter, cup of milk
Snack - Biscuit and juice and local messy play group.
Lunch - Bread roll with marmite, olives, cheese string, some salami, cup of fruit smoothie (all gone except one piece of roll) - Dried pineapple and cranberries for afters.
Dinner - Will be Chicken Chasseur with potatoes and peas. Probably more Easter egg for pudding as been a good boy today.
I tend not to worry too much about his naughty treats as he eats a good balance of everything else.
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still sick here....DH is trying to pressurise me to give DS antibiotic (which you get here once your child has green snot!). His temp is 37.3 this evening...still awful cold though running less today and still coughing but mainly just after waking. He doens't cough during the night or during naps but you ca hear him wheeze (though I think its in his throat) from time to time.
DS ate today: Bowl of rice krispies, a humzinger then snack: some dry corn snacks and dried cherries, refused lunch but had another humzinger and water, lots of water after waking, then refused lunch (reheated risotto) again and helped me make a spinach ovwn omelette for DH and I and I thought he'd enjoy eating it but completely refused so had more dry corn snacks and two little fromage frais and more water going to bed....
one of his worst eating days ever.....
and don;t know what to do about antibiotic.....
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It's a hard decision about antibiotics isn't it...I don't like Dom having them but usually think if the doctors prescribe them then he must need them (tho I always say to my doctor that I don't like him having them so we only want them if she really thinks he should).
I think bad eating days are totally allowed when poorly, plus I don't think his day was so bad, it's not like all he ate was chocolate or biscuits etc. Hope he feels better soon.
Dominic had:
Breakfast - cornflakes
Lunch - beef sandwich, very few corn snacks, white chocolate buttons
snack - a little bit of ice cream (we were at a farm that makes their own ice cream, we shared one!)
Dinner - beans and chips, 2 yogurts, dried fruit.
So not the best day for us but I don't mind him having bad days every now and again...
x
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thanks Sally,
Problem is here that the doctors give antiniotics just because a runny nose is green!!! Oscar is a big boy and strong too...so I hope he'll fight this off.
I'm back to work tomorrow...so better go leave his food list ready for childminder!
Anyway, thanks for your words of encouragement!
Siobhain
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Hi there, today our DD ate
Breakfast - muesli and yoghurt
Lunch - vegemite sandwiches - yoghurt - sweet corn (kernels) - cheese - watermelon - she is such a grazer and just sits and munches away!
Dinner - pasta with cream cheese and basil pesto - veges - frozen blueberries (she LOVES the berries and I have found them great when she has been teething)
I have found the above pasta meal great and as Cliodhna loves using her fork it is easy to pick up the pasta.
I still freeze some foods and she usually has some form of meat/iron with her dinner.
Thanks for the great thread and I will keep my eye out for future ideas.
Cheers
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ok, I know this is for toddlers, but who seems to be the better eater today?
Chayse 2 years old: Lots of Ice, banana, some strawberries. Offered toast with a bean spread that I made, offered carrot muffin, offered buttered and parm noodles that I made, asked her if she wanted other stuff. Oh and 1/2 of a homemade fruit pop which was made with strawberries, peaches, peach juice and a little yogurt.
Chaunda 8.5 months old: homemade fruit pop, some pieces of a strawberry, peeled and cut in half grapes, almost an entire piece of toast with bean spread, cheerios, noodles, very little turnip that I cooked that she didn't seem to like "lol", and a couple slices of banana.
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Your younger one sounds like my younger one. Toddler not a good eater at all, baby eats like a pig.
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they are little vaccuum cleaners at that stage...used to call Oscar my Noo-Noo back then!
LOL!
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Here's what my ds (23-months old) had today:
Pre-breakfast: a cup of horlicks
Breakfast: Upama (basically cream of wheat fried up with peanuts & spices - it's a south Indian dish) - about 1.5 cups -- he really liked it
Snack: 3 rusks, 1/3 of a banana-bran muffin
Lunch: 2 pieces of mackerel loaf (I've got a great la Lecha League recipe if anyone would like it), 3-bean salad (about 1/4 cup) and some bits of cucumber & tomato -- all doused in as much balsalmic vinegar as we would let him have
Snack: far too many pieces of watermelon
Evening snack: Banana-strawberry smoothie (about 1/2 cup)
Dinner: dal (lentil curry) & rice and a little bit of curried chicken
I don't know where he puts it all, btw. He's hardly a chubby kid!
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dumb question....but how do your lo's drink smoothies? are they thin enough for the thin straw sippy cups?
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Sergio had a bottle at 5:45am!!!!
Ate french toast and couple of slices of cheese for breakfast.
He drank pear juice and a cookie for snack.
Rice with chicken and veggies for lunch.
Peach juice and a small bundt cake for mid-afternoon snack.
for dinner sweet plantain with cheese
and a bottle at bed time
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Had to write to tell you about waht Dom ate yesterday and today:
Yesterday:
Breakfast - Weetabix
Snack - grapes
Lunch - cheese on toast, yogurt
Snack - 2 bags of crisps, 4 biscuits, 2 chocolates (all given by a well meaning great grandad when I wasn't looking)
would eat dinner (suprise suprise!)
Today:
Breakfast -Weetabix, fruit, yogurt
Snack - grapes
Lunch - crackers and cream cheese, tin fruit
Snack - fromage frais, grapes
Dinner - jacket potato, carrots, broccoli, green beans, chicken, fruit, yogurt,
Guess which day made me feel like a better mummy!
x
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I've enjoyed reading this. It certainly normalizes the whole toddler stage doesn't it? My older two don't eat as much as the baby, but she's starting to slow down. So I just have to repeat to myself "don't stress, don't stress, don't stress." LOL
Today Meghan had:
Breakfast: a few cut up strawberries, about 3oz of whole milk, and a few bites of cheese
Snack: a ton of cut up grapes, a few pretzels
Lunch: a few bites of cheese, a cheese/broccoli silver dollar "pancake" (tiny)
Snack: about 4 oz of milk, a few multigrain Cheerios (she is trying to feed herself with a spoon, so most of these ended up on the floor. LOL)
Dinner: A good amount of roast chicken, about 2 tablespoons of peas
Bedtime snack: Drank half her yogurt drink and then saw the piece of pizza brother had and went crazy, so I gave her one and she ate almost the whole thing!
You know in reading this back, it seems pretty good actually!
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This is awesome...I'm getting some good ideas here!!
dd (18 months today...Happy 1/2 Birthday!!!) ate today:
6 oz milk at wake-up
Blueberry pancake and hour later
Dry Cheerios as a snack while I cruised Target (and water)
Grape Jelly sandwhich on organic ww bread...she ate about 3/4 with some milk
Snack of grapes and some graham crackers (water)
Stuffed Shell for dinner (with ground turkey meat sauce) (milk)
1/2 banana muffin (homemade)
I hate the days when she doesn't have any veggies....although I make my own sauce and there is tomato in there and a bit of spinach.
It is cool to see it written down so I can now spend the night obsessing over it! ::)
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I just reviewed the toddler portion sizes sticky. That is so helpful to put some perspective on this!
Meghan today had:
Breakfast: 4 oz milk, 1/2 cup mandarin oranges (I gave her some and then her sister sneaked her some extras. LOL), a few cheerios
Snack: water, breakfast bar and fruit juice snacks at the pool
Lunch: about 1.5 oz grilled chicken, 3 peas ( ;D), 1/2 slice wheat bread, water
Snack after nap: 5 oz milk, 2 animal crackers, a few pieces of cereal
Dinner: a small salmon cake (made with celery and onion, so some veggies there), about 2 tablespoons of cooked/diced carrots
Bedtime snack: 3oz yogurt drink
So, she had plenty of the protein and fruits, and almost enough veggie and dairy groups, and not nearly the 6 grain servings (probably only had half of what she "should" have).
I have a question for you all-- how much liquids is your lo drinking each day?
Meghan probably has about 8-10 oz milk, 10 oz water and a 3 oz yogurt drink
Is that enough, do you think?
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I always stress about the liquids too. Amelia has milk at wake, at lunch and before bed...about 6 oz at each...so there's 18 oz.
And she has water with her snacks, about 2-3 sippy cups water per day, so about 18 oz. More on a hot day. We have never offered juice, and I'm grateful she likes water and will sometimes even ask for it. ;D I think 36 ounces of fluid per day for an 18 mo old is even on the high side, no?
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Lucas is a very good eater...
Today he had...
5oz formula at wake up at 9am
Breakfast 10am...3/4 of a blueberry muffin and another 3 oz of milk in sippy cup
Lunch 12pm...100g tub of yogurt,a handful of cheerios and 2oz milk in sippy
Afternoon Snack...5oz fomula and about a dozen cut up strawberries and a few bites of my cheese...lol
Supper...2tbsp carrots,god knows how much broccoli (his favorite),all the meat from a chicken thigh and 3oz milk in sippy
Bedtime...a baby cookie(arrowroot) and 6oz formula
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Sounds good Christina!
We were on vacation this week and Meghan ate so well! I think she was hungry from all the time in the pool and on the beach.
Today, though, we're home and she's back to normal
So far, breakfast was about 1/4 cup dry cereal and 3 oz of milk
snack: part of a string cheese (maybe half) and two slices of apple
lunch: a small piece of wheat bread, 3/4 piece of cheese and some water
yesterdays dinner was 1/2 cup blueberries and one bite of my pizza (she did have her own dinner- pasta, chicken and peas, but she wouldn't eat it!)
Bedtime snack was 3 sips of a yogurt drink, but she did STTN so that's ok by me!
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Sergio had a bottle of milk at 5am!
For breakfast he had toast with cream cheese and scrambled eggs. Then for mid-morning snack he ate an oatmeal bar, fruit juice and a couple of cookies and water, for lunch he had pear and apple puree. for mid afternoon snack he ate lots and lots of popcorn and for dinner he is eating pesto pasta. after bath he will have a bottle of milk.
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WOW - your children are much more open to different foods than my DD! She has a very small repetoire of foods she'll even consider putting in her mouth ( and an even smaller one of foods she'll actually swallow!) This is what she ate yesterday:
7AM - 6 oz bottle of milk
Breakfast - finger size strip of waffle, half a lil one's yogurt and about 3 cheerios (this is a large breakfast for her)
Lunch - we were out at a restaurant so I think she had 3 bites of string cheese, 4 bites of pureed pears, and 2 french fries! 6 oz bottle of milk
Snack - 6 oz bottle of milk
Dinner - piece of apple, piece of nectarine, a few bites of cheese, and about half a cob of corn.
Snack - 8 oz bottle formula before bed
She turns 1 on Tuesday so next week we are going to start eliminating bottles and trying to increase food intake. We have the hardest time with meats. I can usually sneak a few bites of pureed meats into her, but she will not eat meat any other way. Any suggestions?
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Meghan wasn't much into breakfast at that age either. Even now it's the smallest meal of the day. I think it's the big bottle in the morning, when we switched her to a cup of milk with her breakfast she started eating a little more food. Of course, then her milk intake decreased, so probably the same number of calories.
As far as meats go, maybe it's the way they're prepared? If you poach chicken (cover it with water/broth and simmer it), it stays more tender. Meghan will not eat baby meat, like those Gerber meat sticks, but she will eat ground beef in spaghetti sauce, little pieces of deli ham (not turkey though), meatloaf (I make it with veggies and tomato sauce and it's quite moist). She's just started eating a little hot dog (the all natural, no nitrate kind).
Another thing to try is to make tiny little meatballs. I did that and mixed them in with her beloved pasta and I'm not sure she even noticed them!
Oh, and fish, all of my kids love fish. I bake salmon with butter, garlic, salt and dill and they eat a ton of that. We also eat salmon cakes quite often. Meghan will not eat fish sticks, but the "real" deal she thinks is great.
One last idea, put ground meat in pancakes. If I have a roast chicken or leftover sausage or something, I just put some of that in her pancakes (usually with broccoli or spinach and cheese) and she'll eat it like that.
Will Michela eat beans? If she's getting her protein and iron from other sources, she doesn't need much meat. And the serving size for meat for a toddler is only about 1 oz, so about 1/3 the size of a deck of cards.
HTH
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Even though she's sick today, Meggy did pretty well. I didn't give her most of her milk today because of the snottiness.
Breakfast: a handful of blueberries, a sweet potato pancake, water
Snack: cheese, goldfish crackers, and apple slices (a bunch!), water
Lunch: 2/3 small hamburger, 1/2 cup mandarin oranges, water
Snack: More apples! 3-4 Sunchips (hey, it's whole grains! LOL), 1/4 cup pasta, 4 oz watered down milk
Dinner: a piece of cheese pizza (actually ate most of it!), 4 strawberries
Snack: Most of a 3oz yogurt drink
Hardly any veggies today, but that was because I was trying to get her to eat as much vitamin C as I could
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We started off quite well today, Dominic (2 and a bit) had:
Breakfast: peanut butter on toast, porridge with honey and raisins,
Snack: raisins and cheerios
Lunch: scrambled egg on toast (with peas and sweetcorn mixed into the egg), 2 yogurts for dessert
Then it went a bit wrong! I made an avocado dip from an Annabel Karmel recipe book and served it with potatoes and veges and he refused to eat any of it. I've no idea why, he loves avocado's and all the veges I gave him. He started sking for yogurt but I told him he couldn't have any dessert if he hadn't eaten his dinner. So basically he has't eaten anything since about 2pm. He's gonna be 1 hungry little boy by the morning...
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I wish my boys ate so much, DS1 isn't so bad but the 2 littles seem to be living on fresh air at the minute
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Meghan is teething again and that does seem to really reduce what she eats. Today she had:
Breakfast: 1 oz milk, 2 bites oatmeal, 1 bite of apple
Snack: a handful of those yogurt melts, a couple of goldfish crackers, a packet of toddler fruit snacks
Lunch: 2 bites of chicken, 1 bite of a cherry
Snack: 3 oz of milk, a few cheerios
Dinner: 4 bites of salmon (yay!!), 1/4 cup frozen corn, water
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we're getting over a tummy bug and still on hols...so food is limited.....but still we're getting back to healthy eating, but trying to up the calories as my already skinny long legs got even skinnier over the past week:
7am 210 mls cows milk
8am bowl cornflakes, a pear, some raisins
10.30am goodies snacks, raisins
1pm home made chicken bites anout half a chicken breast worth with cornflakes, sweet potato fries, some raisins (he just KEPT on asking for raisins today...hasn;t liked them in about 6 mths.....he gets like this with fruit, we go through a mandarin month, a dried apricot month etc and now it seems its raisin month), water
4pm banana in the car, water
6pm more chicken bites another half a chicken breast, and bad bad chips from chipper (dopn't get chipper chips living in Poland so a real treat for him and me...I had the taco sauce too.....LOL)
7pm 210 mls milk.....
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Stacy, I'd love that pancake recipe!
Meghan today had:
a cereal bar, milk (about 4 oz), one bite of apple
a handful of goldfish crackers
one meatball, a piece of american cheese, 5-6 grapes
a few pieces of cereal, milk (3oz), a few more grapes
a cheesy breadstick, 1/2 cup of blueberries
a 3 oz yogurt drink
It doesn't look like that balanced a diet, but if you include all the food on the floor, it's much better! LOL
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6 oz milk at wake
WW toast, yogurt and canteloupe about an hour later
Bluberry jam on ww bread and a cup of milk at lunch
Snack was Organic crackers and some cheese
Dinner was pasta with chicken, carrots and peas mixed in.
Milk before bed
Water throughout the day. Not a bad day....I was happy that she ate alot of colors!!!!
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sounds yummy Stacy! thanks!!!
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That does sound good! Thank you. :)
Today wasn't too bad, except for dinner:
She had scrambled eggs for breakfast, which is great. She has only been eating them for a couple of days, always refused them before. About 3oz milk.
Snack- Jello jigglers for snack (had to keep her on "clear liquid" diet for a test she had to have done)
Lunch- 1/4 cup edamame, a handful of cheerios, a piece of ham, water
Snack- 4 large strawberries, 5 oz milk
Dinner- 4 french fries (threw the rest of her dinner on the floor)
Snack- about 5 oz yogurt drink, a few cheerios
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Well yesterday was agood food day...
breakfast-half a toasted bagel with cream cheese and 3oz orange juice
snack-a few cheerios and a drink of water
lunch-yogurt and a few teddy grams and 2oz milk
snack-a whole orange and a drink of water
supper-chicken,rice and green beans with 2-3oz milk
bedtime was his usual 10oz of formula
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Well, after reading some posts, i'm not feeling so bad. DS is almost 14mths, and his appetite has really dropped off. He used to eat everything, and a lot of it, but lately he feeds most of his meals to the dog! He used to love cheese, but won't touch it now. My saving grace is he LOVES fruit. Yesturday he ate:
Wake - 8oz milk
Breakfast - baby cereal bar and watermelon
Lunch - 1 piece of french toast, small yogurt, and a small orange
Snack - 6 oz milk
Supper - couple of handfulls of macaroni and cheese, 1 kiwi and 1 cookie
6 oz of milk before bed
That was an excellent day, as today he has only eating his fruit and yogurt and drank most of his milk
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I'm looking for some inspiration as far as the menu goes. . . getting a bit boring around here.
Breakfast- Cream of wheat with applesauce, Whole wheat toast with butter, and half a banana.
Snack-Cheerios
Lunch- Steamed Squash, Black beans, and Cous Cous (mixed together). And chunks of Cheese--dispersed slowly-- as he will gobble it all up in two seconds flat! ;)
Snack- Cup of applesauce, a couple cheese crackers, some organic graham crackers.
Dinner-Beef Barley Veggie Soup.
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Sounds like a really nice, well-rounded diet!
Will he eat other purees in his cereal? That might be a good place to introduce new flavors. Or different kinds of fruit, maybe berries? I'm doing frozen berries with Meggy right now; I think they feel good on her teeth.
Meghan today had...
Breakfast: 2/3 pancake, 1/2 clementine orange, water
Snack: 3-4 pretzels, a few of those mini fig newton cookies, milk
Lunch: 2 bites of ham, 2-3 more pretzels (she was also given hummus and pita, but she refused)
Snack after nap: Will be a cup of milk and strawberries
Dinner: clam linguine, some kind of veggie (probably carrots and spinach), water
Bedtime snack: a piece of cheese or a yogurt drink
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Today ds had cinnamon pecan waffles and grilled cheese sandwich for breakfast!!! ;D
He is finally getting his appetite back :D
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Should have found this thread a long time ago. I have TWO picky eaters. ARGH. Just marking so I can get some ideas... Thanks, ladies. :)
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Just found this, love the ideas.
Today Nick ate:
1 scrambled egg, 1pear, cheerios w/milk, 8 oz milk for breakfast.
1 piece raisin bread, water for snack
1/2 burger w/cilantro,soy sauce and lime juice mixed into the patty, roll, carrots, corn, apples, yogurt, 8 oz milk, for lunch
raisins, carrot salad for snack water
whole wheat pasta mixed with olive oil, rosemary, garlic, cannelinni and lima beans with shredded parmesan cheese, bread, and 8 oz milk.
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Wow, that's great!
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Today's meals:
Breakfast: waffle, scrambled egg, peaches, milk
Snack: water and whole grain fruit bar
Lunch: 1/2 turkey, mayo, stuffing, cranberry sauce sandwich on soft rye, cauliflower/broccoli, milk, apple, 1/2 homemade chocolate chip cookie
Snack: cheerios, diluted juice and vitamin drops
Dinner: chicken and vegetable soup, bread and butter, milk
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Wow! He's a great eater, lots of variety.
Meghan's menu included:
Breakfast: oatmeal with finely chopped walnuts and honey
Snack: a few sips of milk and some peanut butter stuffed pretzels
Lunch: a couple of grapes, a few bites of apple, one bite of cheese
Snack: whole grain crackers and cheerios, a few sips of milk, 3/4 of a kiwi
Dinner: salmon (she loves this and ate quite a bit-- probably 1/2 cup worth), one kalamata olive, one bite of carrot
Bedtime snack: 1/4 of a yogurt drink, a couple of cheerios
I guess I should be glad she's trying things at least, but we sure do have a lot of "one bite" serving sizes!
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Wow- salmon! that's awesome- power food! Definitely good that she is trying lots of variety!
Nick's a little piggy- gobbles everything up, except for cheese- ???? Everyone's kid eats cheese, I'm a cheese loving mama and my kid won't touch it unless it's hidden...LOL
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today was a sick day, so a bit off:
Breakfast: hot cereal, apples, milk, egg
Snack: popcorn, diluted juice w/vitamins
Lunch: whole wheat pasta casserole made with milk, corn, green beans, chicken, cheese (sneaky mama). applesauce.
Snack:raisin bread and butter, milk
Dinner: pork tenderloin baked with apples, rutabagas, squash, and milk, one strawberry (fruitonly) popsicle, macaroni.
Oh and a piece of styrafoam off the carpet- ugh.
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This thread is awesome, I'm still on part one and a sheet of paper full of notes! :)
This is what Igor ate yesterday, he's still breasfed (2 to 3 times a day, depends on work)
breakfast: oatmeal (milk, banana, almonds, linseed, wheat germ, dried apricot) plus half an orange
lunch: broccoli cauliflower potatoes leek with a little milk and goat cheese fromage frais, plus apple (he didn't want it?!), kiwi
snack: blueberries and banana yogurt
diner: vege sausage casserole (sweet potatoes, potatoes, carrots, zucchini, onion, garlic, tomatoes and red pesto) plus fruit (DH fed him I was at work)
bedtime: milk bottle
Today:
breakfast: same than yesterday with blueberries (doesn't change much from day to day)
lunch: rice and lentils, cream cheese and chives toast, pear
diner: vege sausage casserole (if he accepts it)
bedtime: milk bottle
I don't give him snacks in the morning unless he wakes up at 6am, or if he's asking for it (then he will get dried apricots or some fruit)
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hi ladies....
my little girl is technically not a toddler yet but we are well established on soldis and out of the blue hit a rough patch.....
i am hoping it is down to the same old monster that i seem to o blame everything on "teeth" but she has gone from eating lunch to playing with it and being more interested in her bowl.......??????????????????????? it seems to end up on the floor more than in her and as she is our first i have nothing to refer to but your valuable experience as i feel like I'm dropping the ball here and missing something!
her usual eats are
Breakfast porridge and toast fennel cows milk and water
lunch sandwich of some description from avocado to cream cheese, banana, fennel tea/water
Dinner cooked veg/pasta/pots/meat/fish............eats everything and anything except tomato's made into a sauce/soup, and beef...... yogurt and some fruit
bottle before bed time
She will sometimes have a snack like a narins oat biscuit or yogurt or fruit......
Not sure what has changed other than her teething and having a virus last week....any advice truly welcomed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess I'm wandering when do i need to worry? We sit her at a highchair for every food item.....we don't let her have the food bowl but pass her sandwiches in twos .......and she isn't interested in feeding herself with a spoon yet just her fingers which I'm assuming is more than normal!!!
Again thanks for reading xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi- Nick's been through spots like that and it usually takes 2 days and he's chowing down again. Some babies appetites lessen around 1 year. Totally normal that she is finger feeding. You could try a dose of Tylenol 20 mins prior to meals if you think she's hurting...
So far, Nick has eaten:
Breakfast: waffle w/maple syrup, banana, fried egg, milk
Snack: water, whole grain fruit bar
Lunch: veggie sausage, mixed cooked veggies, milk, pumpkin pie (homemade that he helped with)
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OK, I used to post here about James, but I'm still getting used to the idea that James is a pre-schooler and Alex is now a toddler!!! No more babies. :(
Stacy- is there a section in the pre-schooler section about eating? James is extremely picky. Alex is a much better eater. I usually serve them the same food, Alex gobbles everything up & asks for more, and James whines and pushes his away.
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Sure, I've been reading more on the pre-schooler thread lately anyway.
Or, I could continue to post here about Alex since I serve them the same anyway.
So far today:
Breakfast- Blueberry oatmeal, piece of toast with apple butter, milk
Lunch- ham & cheese sandwich, yogurt, juice
Snack- pretzel sticks
Plan for dinner is a london broil, my kids are refusing all veggies I put on their plate, Alex will pick at some, James flat out refuses. James also has been refusing his meat lately too unless I make a grilled sandwich out of it. Alex will usually eat meat with ketchup. ::)
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Jenny- any luck with hiding the veggies in other dishes?
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Wow, I thought my ds ate a lot but now im not so sure.....
Todays meals were
Breakfast - 7oz milk then 1/2hr later golden nuggets (big bowl)
snack - 4 sweets (he had been a good boy!) :-[
Lunch - potato an veg
snack - bottle milk 6oz ish
Dinner - 1 grilled sausage, 1 potato cake, 2 onion rings(oven baked), scrambled egg, yougurt for dessert
7oz bottle b4 bed
I must admit he eats a good sized portion as he is a big boy and I grill/oven bake most often
I will keep an eye on this thread as his habits are changing as he is now able to feed himself with a fork and sometimes spoon
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Breakfast is pretty standard: Cream of wheat (made with whole milk) with strawberries, whole wheat toast with butter, and some banana chunks. Sippy cup of milk.
Snack: string cheese, cheerios, milk
Lunch: Steamed Cauliflower with homemade cheese sauce over brown rice. Sippy cups with water and milk --he will switch back and forth ;)
Snack: grapes, Graham crackers, string cheese.
Dinner: Ham veggie soup and more toast with butter (his favorite thing these days). Sippy cup with water.
I'm worried that he doesn't get enough Milk in his diet, he really doesn't drink a lot. he has one sippy cup (maybe 10 oz) that I offer him throughout the day--and only sometimes will he finish it. I try to offer cheese and put milk in his cereal . . .do you think that's enough??
Anyone?
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All you can do is try! Sounds like you are supplementing with cheese. Would he take yogurt?
Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: banana pancakes, veggie sausage, egg, milk.
Snack: crackers, pear
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, milk, broccoli, yogurt/applesauce.
Snack: crackers, piece of salami, apple
Dinner: Thai takeout- masaman curry (potato,carrot, onion, tofu in a peanut curry sauce), rice, Pad Thai (noodles and tofu), apple, milk
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Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: whole wheat toast w/pumpkin butter, egg, blueberries, and milk.
Snack: banana and peaches, water and juice
Lunch: left over THai food (see above), applesauce, milk.
Snack: Organic Elmo crackers, pears
Dinner:brussels sprouts (about 12), portabello mushroom burger, whole wheat pasta, applesauce (probiotics mixed in due to antibiotics/flu), milk
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I think I'd like to eat at your house Cathie!
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me too LOL!!!
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OMG, can an 18mo really eat as much as that Cathie? 12 Brussel Sprouts PLUS other food? If I were able to get my kids to eat those, 12 would be at least a whole day worth of food, maybe even 2 days worth!
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er....yeah... mine does! he's always been a super eater and at one point I wondered if he had a tapeworm. He's in the 50% for weight, and 95% for height, but honestly he burns it off- If you've read my other posts, you know he's crazy spirited and doesn't sleep much...sigh.
The brussels sprouts are mini sprouts...about the size of a small marble.
BTW, thanks you are making me feel good about what I feed Nick. Are you Thai food fans?
He's a good eater and I'm trying to expand what we're giving him while he's still receptive.
Today he ate:
Breakfast: egg, milk, waffle, blueberries
Snack: raisins, water w/vitamin shot
Lunch: 1/2 turkey bologna sandwich on multigrain bread w/mayo and mustard, rest of the brussels sprouts, yogurt, one chocolate chip cookie (homemade) and milk.
Snack: fruit bar and water.
Dinner is supposed to be homemade pizza w/pepperoni and some sort of soft cooked veggies... we'll see.
Come on - post what your kids eat! I need more ideas- just cuz Nick's a piggie doesn't mean your kids should eat what he does!
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What was actually running through my mind is how on earth do you find time to prepare that lovely food when you have a spirited child? Between having 2 spiriteds, and 2 kids who hardly eat, our food is far less than gourmet these days :(
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Hmm, the Thai food was take out which we always stretch with extra rice, the portabello burger was a frozen one that I heated up, the veggies are mostly frozen (winter here) and soft cooked, the sandwiches I make at night before I go to bed, DH gets the breakfast things prepped before he leaves at 6:30... We've got a system for the AM because he wakes ravenous and mean until he's eaten, then he's my spirited-angel.
Oh, and I love my crockpot.
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PLUS, I only have ONE kid! Because he's so spirited, I can't imagine 2!
I tend to do the prep when he's sleeping, then boil what I can while we play and throw it all on the plate. He does help me with baking projects as he's obsessed with any tools- mixer, blender, food processor, etc...
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Okay yesterday Daisy 18months ate
Crispex cereal and toast with fruit jam on top
snack, water, raisens and gold fish crackers
Lunch-pasta with pesto sauce, turkey peperoni, kiwi, water and cheese of course
snack some pop corn twists with daddy
supper-pizza (on toast) with cheese, ham, pineapple and she also had more pasta and loads of fruit,
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ooohhh pesto sounds so good! great idea!
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Masamam curry, eh? Now I'm due for one, will be on the week-end menu, home-made as thai food take out is not really an option in Oslo. ::)
Yesterday:
Breakfast, as usual oatmeal/almond/flax seed/dried apricot/banana/wheat germ in milk plus half a blood orange
Snack: homemade sesame bread stick
Lunch: basmati rice and red lentils/pear
Snack:yogurt/blueberries/banana
Diner: minestrone soup and apple
Today
Breakfast as usual (I really have to change this before he get sick of it, but I eat it too everyday so it's very practical)
Lunch: toast with vege pate, and cream cheese/guacamole plus clementine
Snack: yogurt, clementine, banana
Diner: pasta with hummus sauce plus kiwi
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I like your breakfast! How long to you cook it? What proportions of each item? That sounds sooooo yummy!
Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: egg, milk, blueberries, cheerios/milk
Snack:banana bread, water/juice
Lunch: 1/2 peanut butter and jam on whole wheat, 1 pear, milk
Snack: organic crackers, raisins, water
Dinner will be homemade chicken soup and cheese bread, lots of veggies/noodles in the soup- should be successful, one of Nick's favorites.
It was a lovely day to make homemade soup- 14 inches of snow outside and still going!
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Cathie...well this is what I do for the breakfast
1/2 cup (plus a bit more) of whole milk, plus a dried apricot diced very thin, plus 1/4 quick organic oatmeal. I bring it to a slow boil plus let it stand a bit longer. While all this is cooking, I grind a tiny bit of linseed (must be grinded to ease diggestion, and to be assimilated by the body correctly) he gets 1/2 tsp of the ground stuff, 2 almonds without the skin grinded as well, some mashed banana (left over in the fridge with the skin, keeps just fine), then I add the oatmeal and finely the wheat germ. Once in a while I would put some blueberries, pear and apple spread, or raspeberries in for a change but always with the banana. He's been eating the same breakfast since he's 7 months old.
Yesterday:
Breakfast: as usual plus blood orange
Snack: sesame bread stick and some cheese
Lunch: minestrone soup with pesto open grilled cheese plus clementine
Snack: yogurt, kiwi
Diner: Mediterranean quiche with blue grapes (a lot)
Today:
Breakfast as usual plus kiwi and clementine
Lunch: refused cold quiche so he got some toast with goat cheese, prim (Norwegian iron rich cheesy spread), kaviar (some Norwegian fishy thing rich in Omega 3, not THE caviar) orange
*Snack: yogurt with raspberries and banana
*Diner: green beans in tomato sauce with quinoa blend (rice, lentils, chcik peas, sesame seeds...delicious, found this in France in an organic store) some fruit
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Loving this thread - it's always tough to keep coming up with nutritious and varied meals!!
Yesterday:
Breakfast: BF, then 2 Weetabix with whole milk. Half a large banana
Snack: Raisins, half a large pear. Water
Lunch: Polenta w/veggies in cheese sauce. Clementine, yoghurt. Water
Snack: cup of milk plus small handful of Cheerios
Tea: Fish fingers, mashed potato, peas, sweetcorn, plus a couple of spoonfuls of tomato soup for 'sauce'. Dried figs. Water
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Today:
Breakfast: blueberry pancake, fried egg, milk, one pear (ate all except the stem, sure I'll see the seeds later- LOL)
Snack: goldfish crackers, diluted juice
Lunch: 1/2 turkey bologna sandwich on oatmeal bread, yogurt, applesauce, broccoli/cauliflower mix
Snack: refused.
Supper: hopefully seasoned tofu w/rice, more broccoli/cauli mix, milk, blueberries
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Breakfast: Slice of toast with jam and butter and a cup of milk
Snack: small packet of ABC wiggles biscuits
Lunch: Half a roll with cheese and ham, 1/2 punnet of strawberries and half a banana
Snack: biscuit
Dinner: steak on the BBQ with potato salad with cucumber and tomatoes
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Annagaelle- Nick loved the oatmeal breakfast! Thanks for that recipe!
Fried tofu went down very quickly last night- LOL.
Natasha- mmmmmmmmm steak sounds lovely.
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Arrgggh - did a post about what Hugh ate yesterday it is gone. Back in a minute to do again.
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My kids are finally eating, it is quite amazing after many months of no eating, paeds, feeding clinics etc.
Breakfast (just note here, the kids have a snack, then something in the pram while I walk the dogs, then we all have breakfast at home, so breakfast is really over about 2 hours LOL)
2am - BF
6am - BF
Breakfast: 1/2 punnet strawberries, 1/4 an apple, large handful dry cheerios, fried egg on toast (ate at least 3/4), diluted breakfast juice
Snacks (again not all at once): about 4 lollies, 1/3 banana, several rice crackers, 1 homemade with soy margarine peanut butter biscuit, water
Lunch: leftover singapore noodles (6-10 mouthfuls), 1/2 small tin corn kernals, water
Snacks: coloured popcorn, 1/3 banana, a few rice crackers, and ritz crackers (like jatz, but don't have any dairy in), diluted V8 juice
Dinner: Was offered apricot chicken and rice with beetroot, mushroom and pickled gherkin on the side - didn't really want any of it, had a couple mouthfuls of rice. So then had 2 large slices of rockmelon (cantaloupe) and 1/2 vanilla soy yoghurt.
BF before bed.
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WOW Rina sounds like he is doing great.
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Yeah he is eating all right. But not chewing again, I have to cut the food into swallowable pieces....will just have to keep an eye on that.
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just popping in here, reading along for now looking for ideas!
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Well done, Hugh! That's great Rina!
Nick seems to be in a growth spurt or something...
Breakfast: milk, oatmeal concoction w/raisins, egg, blueberries, orange
Snack: 12 goldfish, 10 grapes, 1/4 piece pumpkin bread, water
Lunch: 1/2 turkey balogna sandwich on rye w/mayo, 1/2 pear, carrot coins, milk, raisins
Bottomless pit here. Fussed this AM till breakfast. Then happy. Fussed at church school till snack, then happy. Fussed in car and home til lunch, then happy and into bed...lol
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BF first thing
Breakfast: 1.5 Weetabix with 1 small banana and whole milk
Snack: half a pear, small handful of dry Cheerios - didn't eat much of either TBH. Water
Lunch: Salmon and veggies fishcakes, refried beans. Blueberries. Water
Snack: Cup of milk. Crumpet with Marmite, half a clementine, bit of mummy's chocolate brownie :-[ :P
Supper: Polenta with butternut squash, spinach, sausage and black beans. Raspberry yoghurt. Rest of clementine. Water
BF before bed
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popping in to read along, need some inspiration :)
today hunter ate:
wake up - milk
breaky - porridge, half a piece of toast with vegemite, 1/2 banana, diluted juice
half lunch (before nap) - avocado sandwich on 1 slice of bread, cheese stringer, milk
half lunch (after nap) - 1/4 quasidella (kidney beans, salsa, avocado, cheese filled toasted tortilla), 1/2 mandarine, water
snack - yoghurt, 5 grapes, 5 blueberries, water
dinner - roast pork and vegies (potato, pumpkin, cabbage, carrot), rice pudding, milk
bedtime - milk
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This is what Enfys had today:
milk when she woke up
breakfast - 4 banana pancakes
snack - banana (a whole large one, it was huge)
lunch - leftover chicken with sundried pesto, carrot, pea&broad bean risotto (with hidden cheese!), apple
snack - rice cake with hummus
dinner - roast port dinner with baked potato, broccoli (with cheddar & almonds), carrots. A yogurt and another banana.
She won't eat cheese on it's own so does anyone have good ideas for ways to sneak in cheese?
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Yesterday Hugh ate:
BF first thing
Breakfast : 2 large strawberries, 1 piece toast with soy margarine and tinned spaghetti, and a large slice rockmelon
Snacks - 2 lifesavers lollies (small amount)
Lunch - Chicken sandwhich 1 slice bread (prob ate 2/3), 2 salami sticks, tinned corn, couple slices beetroot, few wedges of tomato, and a slice of tinned pineapple, then BF before nap
Snacks - 2 homemade banana muffins (made with soy milk and soy margarine, and with extra banana), some rice crackers and some sultanas/dried apricot
Dinner - Pasta with tomato based sauce, 1/3 vanilla soy yoghurt and a large slice rockmelon.
BF before bed
Also had diluted juice throughout the day, and water
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Rina, I cannot BELIEVE the change in Hugh's eating habits!! FABULOUS!!
I forgot Kate is a toddler now so I can play on this thread too!
Breakfast: Grapes, Cheerios in milk
Lunch: some orange segments, apple "fries", half a blueberry yoghurt and some bagel with cream cheese
Dinner: 1/4 chicken breast patty, wild rice, broccoli
Some water in sippy and usually bf's about 4 times in 24 hours, or thereabouts.
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Doesn't look like Kate is doing too badly either. :)
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I know ;D ;D :'( ;D
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She won't eat cheese on it's own so does anyone have good ideas for ways to sneak in cheese?
You could put cottage cheese or ricotta in the pancakes or mix cream cheese into things. If she's eating yogurt and drinking milk, though, she might not need cheese.
Yesterday she had:
Breakfast: 1 piece of bacon, 3 mini waffles
Snack: a few bites of her "trail mix"- cheerios, Craisins, cashews and a couple of pieces of cheese (samples at the grocery store), 3 oz milk
Lunch: 3 strawberries (refused the quesadilla that went with them), water
Snack: a small granny smith apple, 2 oz milk
Dinner: 2 bites of a pickle, 5 tortilla chips with salsa (hot! She loved it), refused her quiche
Bedtime snack: a few cashews, water
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yesterday
breakfast-cereal and taost with pb&j
snack-goldfish crackrs and blueberries
lunch-chicken nuggets, potato wedge, cheese and strawberries
snack-apple sauce and raisens
supper-jambalya, toast with hummos, peachs for dessert
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BF first thing
Breakfast: toast and marmite, porridge, 1 small banana
Snack: clementine
Lunch: pasta with veg & tomato sauce, grated cheese, fig roll for desert
Snack: few dry cheerios and raisins
Tea: chicken, sweetpotato and butternut squash, yoghurt
BF last thing refused - bitten instead >:(
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Ouch Anna!
Today a teething Nick ate:
Breakfast: a few bites of waffle, bite of banana, milk, 2 bites of egg.
Snack:watered down juice w/vitamin shot, few bites of fruit bar
Lunch: 1/2 chicken salad sandwich on oatmeal, broccoli/cauliflower/carrots, few bites of yogurt, milk
snack: few cheerios, water
Dinner: chicken nuggets, squash, milk, kix
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Today:
Breakfast- ready brek (porridge), 1/4 slice of toast with butter, plum
Lunch- sweet n sour chicken with wholegrain rice, broccoli, carrots
Snack- bag of organix crisps
Dinner- mashed potatoes & sweet potatoes, pasta sauce, 1 frankfurter, mixed veg
Before bed- 8 oz bottle of whole organic milk
(water all day)
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Yesterday:
Breakfast: Slice of toast and a cup of milk
Snack: Muesli bar and fruit stick
Lunch: Jam sandwich and a banana
Snack: biscuit
Dinner: Chicken kiev, chips (weight watches ones really nice actually) and peas/corn/carrot. Small tub of chocolate mousse.
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So far today
Breakfast honeycombs cereal, egg, chicken bacon, yogurt
snack mixed goldfish, raisens and cherries (dried) and water
still sleeping through lunch and it is almos 2 but...
lunch will be fish sticks and ketchup, toast with red pepper hummos, and blueberries.
Supper is pasta and sausage with tomato sauce
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Yesterday:
BF first thing
Breakfast: porridge and banana
Snack: grapes
Lunch: couscous with tomatoe and sausage was point blank refused, so he had a random left over stage 2 pot I found in the cupboard, and half a cinnamon bagel
Snack: raisins and cheerios
Tea: Fish finger, potato, peas, baked beans. Clementine
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yesterday
wake up: milk
breaky: porridge, few pieces of cream cheese bagel, blueberries, diluted juice
half lunch: avocado sandwich, milk
half lunch: fish pie, clementine, water
snack: yoghurt, grapes, water
dinner: mcdonalds (2 chicken nuggets, half small fries, some of mummies burger), rice pudding, milk
bedtime: milk
wake up: milk
breaky: muesli, apple, juice
half lunch: cream cheese and vegemite toast, milk
half lunch: omelette (filled with cheese, ham, tomato, spinach, mushroom), one raw mushroom, quarter banana, water
snack: packet of organix chips, water
dinner: cottage pie, banana custard, milk
bedtime: milk
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I keep forgetting eggs as an option. M won't eat quiche, omelet or fritatta (anything mixed up), but she will eat just plain old scrambled eggs. I think we'll do that tonight.
The rest of today has been so-so, she's sick again:
Breakfast- a few cheerios
Snack- a cup of milk (4oz)
Lunch- 4 chicken nuggets, 2 bites of apple
Snack- a little milk
Dinner- will be scrambled eggs or oatmeal, something easy!
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Today (at nursery)
BF first thing
Breakfast - weetabix and banana
midmorning - half a pear
lunch - fishcake with veggie sauce, raspberry yoghurt
tea - cauliflower cheese, fruit salad
evening snack (he is always starving after nursery and wakes at 5am from hunger without a 'supper' snack) 3 tbs of baked beans, half a toasted hot cross bun, 7 grapes.
BF last thing
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Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: milk, scrambled egg, 1 waffle w/pumpkin butter, 1/2 banana
Snack: watered down juice, 1/2 fruit bar, some goldfish crackers mooched off a kid at playgroup
Lunch: beef stew w/potato, onion, green bean, 1/2 pear, milk
Snack: 1 homemade peanut butter cookie w/chocolate chips
Dinner: to be seen, but should consume some homemade chicken nuggets, squash, and applesauce...
Appetite is finally back after his pneumonia! Hooray!
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Goodness Cathie, you'd never know he'd been ill.
Enfys has discovered pepperoni. Heaven help me, I know it's just salt and fat but she loves it. ;)
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMm pepperoni- I love it too. ahhhhhh. Does she just eat it outright, or does she eat it on pizza? mmmmmmm
I know, Nick's appetite is really good. He is really "sturdy" not fat, but wicked muscular and has a 6 pack stomach- LOL- go figure! When he was sick, he barely ate a thing, but he did drink juices/milk with coaxing. He had an IV, but not for hydration, for his antibiotics.
Yeah- we had McDonald's cheeseburgers today- oh well, it's a treat day, and we were out at the mall getting the car's tires rotated and I wouldnt get home in time to fix a nice lunch.
So for breakfast: 1 fried egg, 1/2 piece of toast w/peanut butter, 4 strawberries, 8 grapes, milk
Lunch: (ugh) McD's cheeseburger (whole thing), 3 apple slices, 4 french fries, milk, 1/2 banana
Snacks: goldfish and animal crackers w/watered down juice
That's all so far.
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Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: 1/2 waffle, 1 egg, 1/2 banana, milk
Snack: 1/2 waffle left over, mandarin oranges, water
Lunch: mac and cheese, broccoli, homemade ginger and cardamon cookie, milk
Snack: 1/2 banana, 12 goldfish crackers
Dinner: meatloaf with rice, beans, milk, applesauce
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Yesterday Alex ate:
Breakfast- yogurt & banana
morning snack- crackers
lunch- pushed aside the macaroni, beef, & applesauce. Ate a whole banana
afternoon snack- more crackers (both the boys are on a cracker kick now)
dinner- chicken nuggets with ketchup, french fries
dessert- ice cream
Lacking veggies here too.
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Today my yummy little girl had:
b'fast: Slice of french toast and almost a whole peach. And milk.
snack: dry cereal (kashi mighty bites) and water
lunch: grape jelly on org. ww bread, water, and a few grapes.
snack: org cereal bar, some fresh blueberries.
Dinner: Chicken hidden in mashed potatoes (she won't eat meat...have to grate chicken and hide it!) w/mixed veggies (peas, carrots, corn, green beans)
Milk before bed
I'm so glad she loves her fruits and veggies!
This thread is fun to get some ideas!!!
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Today Nick ate:
breakfast:blueberry/raspberry pancake w/maple syrup, scrambled egg w/cheese, milk
snack:plum, milk
lunch:ziti w/meatsauce, homemade veg/chinese noodle soup, homemade 5 grain bread (it's snowing and I had to bake).
snack: banana
that's it so far.
Dinner is with DH- it's girls' night out for pedicures.
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Would you like to adopt me, Cathie??
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You only want me for my bread! (SOBS OVERDRAMATICALLY)
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Not the bread, the pancakes! ;D
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AHHHHHHHH- I am sorry to say that those were from a mix and frozen berries, but delicious anyway! Especially with REAL maple syrup. I took pity on poor DH out shoveling 8 inches of heavy wet snow this AM and fixed him a good hearty breakfast- which DS also got to enjoy! Come on over anyday- i'll cook for you- I totally miss it- all I need is someone to occupy Nick for an hour and I'll do a meal!
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Don't tempt me!
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yesterday
wake up: milk
breaky: 10 mini shredded wheats, half kiwi fruit, juice
half lunch: cream cheese and vegemite toast, milk
half lunch: potato and leek soup, quarter bread roll, half pear, water
snack: fromage frais, few grapes, water
dinner: quasidella (bean, avocado, cheese, salsa), banana custard, milk
bedtime: milk
today
wake up: milk
breaky: muesli, finger of peanut butter toast, half small banana, juice
half lunch: toast with veggie spread (mashed sweet potato, peas and spinach), milk
half lunch: quarter avocado, half slice of ham, 2 slices of cucumber (first time he's actually eaten it ;D), half clementine, 2 pieces of toasted pitta bread with homous, water (guess he was hungry :o)
snack: yoghurt, few raisins, water
dinner: lamb, potatoes, carrots, beans, fruit/rice dessert, milk
bedtime: milk
cathie, i hear you on the just need someone to occupy hunter for while! i love to cook, just not so easy with someone hanging off your leg and constantly wanting to mooch off whatever you are cutting up ::) do you mind sharing your noodle soup recipe? hunter loved soup yesterday need something new to try. pancakes coming here soon, thanks for the suggestion ;D
kirry
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Kirry- Hunter seems to have an amazingly varied diet! Awesome.
Yeah, I can cook fairly well if my spirited LO is involved, but it can be hard if I'm trying to concentrate. LOL.
My veg/chinese noodle soup was improvised, but this is what I did;
1. prepared the Chinese noodles- long skinny egg noodles (had to soak in cold water for 3 mins prior to boiling for 5- I don't know why, but I followed their directions from the package.
2. Minced/peeled garlic/onion, chopped celery. Threw into a pot w/hot oil and stirred.
3. Added a lot of chicken broth brought to a boil.
4. Tossed in some frozen carrots, broccoli, bamboo shoots. Added the noodles.
5. Simmer till done. Season w/soy sauce to your liking.
Nick really gobbled it up, but well, he's Nick. He eats anything except for cheese.
PS- you know you are a foodie mom when your 18 mos old opens the fridge and says, "ginger" holds it up, and he's right! LOL!
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cathie - i hear you about the "foodie mom" comment. since y. could tell us, if you ask him what he wants on his pasta, his answer has always been "olive oil and spices". when we have company and have desert, he loves to decorate the plates - not allowed to just put on the table without it being fancy! he's been eating sushi since he was 3. i guess that is what happens when you have to caterers in the house.
today a. ate:
2 crackers and about a 1/2 cup of Toddler snacks" (star shaped things from gerbers)
breakfast - about a cup of oatmeal mixed w/ mixed fruit + another cracker (multi grain)
lunch - 2 scrambled eggs, small veggie burger made from spinach, brocoli and mushrooms
snack - rice cake
dinner - a few bites of poached salmon, a few bites of veggie burger, a few spoonfulls of veggies from veg. soup.
small handfull of nutrios (like cheerios)
he also bf 3x a day
i've been reading along and thought i'd pop in. it's great to see what others are doing and get ideas!
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cathie, thankyou, adding to my shopping list :-* yeah i've been pretty lucky with hunter, he eats most things. and he will at least try everything i put on his plate even if he chooses not to eat it. impressed with the ginger comment!
sarah, sushi, now you've got me thinking! hunter's a bit funny with rice unless it's in rice pudding tho ::) sure he'd love it dipped in soy tho. love the sound of your veggie burgers, do you mind sharing the recipe? i love this thread, gives me ideas so i dont serve up the same old thing all the time.
kirry
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Daisy does not do rice either, I thought she was crazy too. I tried giving her sushi but the rice is a no go there as well.
Yesterday she was sick but she had some
apple cinnamon oatmeal, grapes, and small orange with water.
snack, cheese and crackers
lunch cheese sandwhich (2 bites only) and noodles and grapes
supper-noodles, fish stick and fruit.
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joan, i forgot hunter will eat rice in risotto, i add a bit of boiled water to his at the end tho to make it mushier. i think it's the salt (even tho i use low salt stock) that he likes ::). is that an option for daisy?
wake up: milk
breaky: 10 mini shredded wheats, handful of cheerios, few pieces of banana, COWS MILK :o (tried 2 mths ago and he just spat it out, this morning thought i'd give it a go and he downed 4 ozs, will be getting rid of wake milk soon i think and moving it here)
half lunch: peanut butter toast, milk
half lunch: potato and leek soup, quarter avocado, half kiwi fruit, water
snack: fromage frais, water, 5 green olives (i was making dinner and he wanted some, first time he's had them! once again, prob the salt ::))
dinner: moroccan chicken and chickpea stew with couscous, banana custard, milk
bedtime: milk
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Hi ladies - I'm getting some great ideas from reading this lot. Here's what Scarlett ate today (she's 19 months)
Breakfast: Cheerios and Cornflakes w/semi skimmed milk. Yoghurt and 1 round of toast.
Snack: Finger of cheese and breadstick
Lunch: Shepherds Pie with veggies - broccoli, green beans, sweetcorn and carrots.
Yoghurt.
Snack: Red and Green grapes and milk.
Tea: Cheese and Ham salad tortilla wrap. small bowl of ice cream.
She had second helping of shepherds pie today too (basically ate her elder sister portion - Mia is a picky eater!) I think she's on a growth spurt!
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someone - jean was it you? asked for the veggie burger recipe that i made last week, here you go. it's from a cookbook called "dairy gourmet" by Sarah Lasry. The recipes are from a restaurant called TasteBuds
1C. breadcrumbs (they have a recipe for their special blend, i just used what i had)
1lb frozen spinach
1lb frozen brocoli
3 eggs
1/4C vegetable oil
1C button mushrooms
1/2tsp oregano
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4C parmesan cheese (i didn't add)
salt to taste
preheat oven to 375 degrees
in the bowl of a food processor, add all the ingredients. Pulse 8-12 times until mixture is fully combined. (I did it in 2 batches and pulsed until combined but thick)
Usisng your hands, form patties out of mixture, lay flat on a cookie sheet that has been sorayed wiuth non stick spray. bake for 15029 mins, check and turn over midway through. they are finished when they have formed a slight hardened crust on both sides yet are soft in the middle. (i think i had mine in for 20mins each side)
serving suggestion is to serve on hamburger buns, garnish like regular burgers. add a slice of cheese for a "cheese burger". (i had mine with romain lettuce and french fries in a whole wheat pita)
enjoy!
today a. ate a ton of food. he basically spent the whole day eating.
before bf (he was up at 5:30 as usual) a couple of crackers and some star toddler snack
bf
breakfast - big bowl of oatmeal mixed with purreed mixed fruit, banana
snacked on a handful of nutrios (y. was having breakfast and he had to eat too!), 1/4 buttered croissant (saw dh and i eating and had to share)
lunch - bowl of pasta mixed with brocoli, black beans and tomatoe sauce
snacked on something in the afternoon along with about 1/4 apple but i can't remeber what!)
dinner was the same as lunch, then some organic "healthy" cheesies", small handfull of nutrios)
snack after nap -
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yesterday
breaky, honey combs, toast with blueberry s/free jam and orange
snack grapes, gold fish and cheese
lunch-1/4 egg sandwhich, noodles and cheese sauce, and 1/2 bananna and loads of grapes
supper-chicken nuggets and fries, oranges
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Mmm. those veggie burgers sound soooo good.
Today Nick ate: a penny- nope just kidding, we thought he may have, but all is clear!
Breakfast:milk, orange, oatmeal w/raisins and cardamon, fried egg.
Snack: popcorn, lots of popcorn, water w/vitamin shot
Lunch: shell pasta w/lima beans, artichoke hearts, rosemary, garlic, and olive oil, carrots, milk
Snack: fruit bar.
Planned for supper: homemade cauliflower and potato soup w/indian spices/yogurt, fruit salad.
We'll see how he likes it.
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today a. had...
3 crackers
bf
breakfast - oatmeal w/ mixed veg, banana (seems to be the usual lately!), blueberries
1/4 of my bagel - god forbid i should actually be allowed to eat my breakfast without sharing!
bf
snack - not sure what, babysitter gave it to him
lunch - same as dinner last night! pasta w/ tomatoe sauce, added some shredded cheese for protein, apple sauce
snack - as above
dinner - cornmeal w/chili
bf
hope you enjoy the veggie burgersm thinking of making a bunch in the next day or so and freezing them for when i need something last minute.
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The Indian soup was a hit! Stained Nick's face yellow, but hey, it came out in the wash!
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Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: waffle, scrambled egg, 1 pear (seeds and all), milk
Lunch: homemade chicken soup w/carrots, onion, green beans, zucchini, egg noodles. milk.
Snack:popcorn and juice w/vitamin shot.
Dinner will be chicken/apple sausages w/sauerkraut, steamed veggies, applesauce, milk.
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Ooooh, have you shared the soup recipe somewhere?
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today a. woke later that unsual - 6:35! when he wakes later he tends not to need as much to eat right away. he bf at 7, then,
breakfast - big bowl of rice crispies w/goat milk w/ lots of blue berries,
more breakfast when i ate - had a handful of nutrios
bf after nap
lunch - ate a ton! 1/2 piece of bread w/houmous. 1/4 avocado. 1/2cup of cut up chicken, slice of potatoe "pie".
pm snack - about 1/2 pear
dinner - more chicken and potatoe "pie", half a bowl of butternut squash soup
i say potatoe "pie", but it is more like a loaf. hard to explain but so easy to make. in case you are interested...
put 8-10 potatoes in the food processor and 1 onion (either on fine or shredded gives a different texture, depends how you like it), put into bowl and add about 2-3 eggs (depends on the size of the potatoes), mixture should not be too liquidy, but not at all dry, about a tbsp of oil, 1/4 c flour, tsp of baking powder and generous s & p. you can then cook it sprayed muffin tins, 9x13 pan or round pan. bake at 425 until top is well browned and no tsoft in the middle - about 1hr. it's better if it's a bit overcooked than raw!
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sarah, thanks for the veggie burger recipe, sounds fab! (sorry for late thanks but havent had a chance to check over here for a few days). potato loaf sounds good too, need new ways to make potato interesting :-*
yesterday
breaky - pancakes with bacon and maple syrup, banana, milk in sippy
snack - cheese, diluted juice
half lunch - pizza (english muffin with hidden veg tomato sauce topped with cheese), milk in sippy
half lunch - salad plate (half boiled egg, tomato, lettuce, ham, cucumber, olives, avocado), apple, yoghurt, water
dinner - 2 fish fingers, carrots, broccoli, corn, peas. apple and custard. milk in sippy.
bedtime - bottle milk
today
breaky - mini shredded wheats, some of my bagel, mandarine, milk in sippy
snack - cheese crackers, diluted juice
half lunch - toast with irish stew, milk in sippy
half lunch - 1/4 avocado, baked beans, gingerbread man, 1/2 banana, yoghurt, water (man was he hungry!!)
dinner - chicken risotto, carrots, broccoli, brussels. rasperry rice pudding. milk in sippy.
bedtime - bottle milk
Q - we finally dropped the morning bottle, used to drink 5oz, and now give milk in sippy with breaky but he is only drinking 2 or 3 oz max. he used to down 5oz of diluted juice with his breaky just 45 mins after his bottle. he'll drink 4/5oz milk easily with lunch and dinner. did your LOs take a while to start drinking more milk at this time when you switched??
kirry
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Yesterday:
BF first thing
Breakfast: Weetabix and banana, clementine, few spoonfuls of my muesli
Snack: Grapes
Lunch: Beef Wellington, boiled potatoes, green beans. Fresh berries, vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce
Snack: Great-granny's birthday cake!!
Supper: Pasta with tomatoes, peas, parmesan. Pear. Yoghurt.
Cup of milk in car on the way home
BF before bed
Today:
BF first thing
Breakfast: Porridge with pear and raisins
Snack: 1/2 a large banana, 2 mini rice cakes
Lunch: Toast and marmite, scrambled egg with spinach and cream cheese. Banana bread. Cup of milk
Snack: Clementine
Supper: Fish cake and baked beans. Peach and yoghurt
BF before bed
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Hi Michelle- I didn't post it yet, I may put it on the Indian food thread when I get a moment. It basically was onion chopped, cauliflower, potato cut up and sauted in olive oil. Add veggie broth and simmer till soft. Throw in tumeric, black mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and a bit of garlic. simmer, then cool slightly and stir in some yogurt.
Kirry- we made the transition early and now he chugs his liquids in sippies, so we are limiting liquids, otherwise he'd just drink all day. We've got the opposite happening!
Today Nick ate:
breakfast: 1 scrambled egg, 1/4 cup oatmeal w/raisins, cardamon and brown sugar, 1 banana, 8 oz milk.
snack:scone w/chopped apple,water, 1 banana (sitter didn't know he had one at breakfast- LOL!)
lunch: 1/2 cup noodles w/chicken, broccoli, leftover veggie burger, milk
snack: 1/4 cup yogurt, watered down juice, 6 crackers
dinner: 2 zucchini/potato pancakes, 1 cheese blintz, 1/4 cup applesauce, 2 TBS corn, 8 oz milk
nighttime snack?? put him to bed and woke hungry?? growth spurt I guess? 1/2 pear and 1 scrambled egg. LOL.
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No more baby food for DD!
Breakfast - kix cereal and mandarin oranges, formula in sippy
snack - teddy grahams
lunch - chicken breast, wax beans, cheese, crackers, mandarin oranges, formula in sippy
snack - fruit puffs
dinner - fish, pasta roni, broccoli, 2% milk in sippy
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wednesday
breaky - weetbix, banana, milk in sippy
snack - cheese, diluted juice
half lunch - toast with veggie spread (sweet potato, peas, spinach), milk in sippy
half lunch - home made minestrone soup, 10 raspberries, gingerbreadman, yoghurt, water
dinner - chicken/veg/noodle stirfry. raspberry rice pudding. milk in sippy.
bedtime - bottle milk
yesterday
breaky - porridge, some hot cross bun, raspberries, milk in sippy
snack - babybel cheese, diluted juice
half lunch - avocado sandwich, milk in sippy
half lunch - tuna melt muffin (tuna mixed with a little creme fraiche, ketchup, and spring onion, sprinkle cheese, put under grill), mandarine, yoghurt, water
dinner - salmon, carrots, broccoli, brussels, mustard mash potato. apple, banana rice dessert. milk in sippy.
bedtime - bottle milk
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We're BACK!!!
Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: 1/4 wholewheat waffle w/maple syrup, 1/2 egg, 1/2 banana, 8 oz milk
Snack: rest of waffle/banana
Lunch: 1/4 cup pasta w/butter, 5 carrot pieces, 1 TBS chicken, fruit bar, milk
Snack: juice w/vitamin shot
Dinner: 2 small blueberry pancakes, 2 vegetarian breakfast sausages, 1/4 orange, 8 oz milk, 2 TBS applesauce
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today hunter ate:
breaky - weetbix, half banana, milk in sippy
snack - cheese slice, diluted juice
half lunch - 2 bites of ham/cheese sandwich and threw the rest (guess he wasnt hungry!), milk in sippy
half lunch - half wholewheat pitta bread with homous and grated carrot, half pear, 6 cherries, 6 grapes, yoghurt, water
dinner - chinese beef stir fry with pasta twirls, signed for more :P, banana custard, signed for more ::) gingerbread man. milk in sippy.
bedtime - bottle milk
*so i guess he made up for not eating his sandwich earlier in the day :P
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Not checked here before ... wow ... a great place to find more ideas! Thanks
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Yesterday:
Breakfast: Lots of Daddy's muesli. 1 Weetabix w/ milk, 1/2 large banana, milk in cup
Snack: Clementine, pear, raisins, water
Lunch: Veggie pizza, blueberries, milk
Snack: Hummus and oatcakes
Supper: salmon and veggie fishcake, baked beans, tomato soup (still hungry), raspberry yoghurt, fig roll.
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I would just like to say Thank you to all you great mommies that post on here! It is great to have an idea of what other LO's are eating!! I feel like we eat the same old stuff all the time, so BIG THANKS!!
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Okay yesterday...
Breaky-cheerios with Raisens. Toast with creme cheese
snack-crackers and cheese and grapes
lunch-shepards pie casserole, berries
snack-apple sauce
dinner-spaghetti with meat sauce, hummos and sausage sandwhich and berries
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Yesterday:
B'fast: Porridge with apple puree. Yoghurt.
Snack: Wholemeal toast and babybel
Lunch: Meatballs, sweet potato wedges and broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.
Snack: Banana and grapes
Tea: Tortellinie with grated cheese and ham. Yoghurt drink.
Supper: milk and organic biccies
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yesterday hunter ate:
breaky - weetbix, half banana, milk in sippy
snack - half cheese stick, diluted juice
half lunch - chicken and gravy sandwich, other half of cheese stick, milk in sippy
half lunch - 2 bites quasidella, kiwi fruit, jelly and yoghurt, water
dinner - red salmon canneloni (loved this!), fruit/rice dessert, milk in sippy.
bedtime - bottle milk
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Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: whole grain waffle w/pumpkin butter, 2 small vegetarian sausages, one pear, 8 oz milk
Snack: bites of mama's egg, juice
Lunch: pasta w/zucchini/summer squash and mushrooms, yogurt, plum, 8 oz milk
Snack: cheese (FINALLY- the kid likes cheese!), crackers, water
Dinner: rotini w/tomato sauce, butternut squash chunks, blueberries, bread, 8 oz milk.
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yesterday:
Breakfast: picked at his oatmeal, ate 2 round pieces of banana, left the graps and watermellon (usually eats those), sippy cup filled with half yoguyrt drink other half milk.
Snack: zuchini and banana pureed "cookies" basically a mini muffin, water
Lunch: 1 cube of homemade breaded chicken, a few spoons of ketchup, canned cherry, pear and peach pieces, prune juice
snack: rice cake and water
dinner: tried a teeeeeeeny bit of mashed potatoes on fork, tried to spit out. left the meat, carrot and eventually ate another mini muffin from snack earlier.
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yesterday hunter ate:
breaky - porridge, few grapes, few pieces of apricot, milk in sippy
snack - few cubes of cheese, diluted juice
half lunch - peanut butter english muffin, milk in sippy
half lunch - gingerbread man, kiwi fruit, jelly and yoghurt, water
dinner - breaded chicken, mash potato, carrots, corn, broccole, fruit/rice dessert, milk in sippy.
bedtime - bottle milk
today:
breaky - weetbix, half banana, milk in sippy
snack - cheese slice, diluted juice
half lunch - cream cheese and vegemite sandwich stars (got cookie cutter out again, he loves this), other half of cheese stick, milk in sippy
half lunch - mediterranean vegetable omelette, pear (the whole thing including the core, oops!), yoghurt, water
dinner - chicken tikka masala with chickpeas and rice, fruit/rice dessert, refused milk.
bedtime - bottle milk
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Today
Warm milk
brekkie - weetos and pancakes
Snack - toast
Lunch sausages an apple and a yogurt
Dinner - home made potato and leek soup with bread and butter. Desert - yogurt
Supper - bun and weetos
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Yesterday Nick ate:
Breakfast: dutch bunnie (pancake eggy souffle thing) w/maple syrup, one pear, 8 oz milk.
Snack:popcorn and juice
Lunch: Thai food- summer roll, chicken satay, Pad Thai noodles, massaman curry, mango curry and rice, bites of fried ice cream, 8 oz milk, and sips of Nana's thai iced tea.
Snack: cheese! and water
Dinner: 1/2 burger and whole wheat roll with ketchup/mustard, asparagus (dipped in ketchup???), apple, 8 ox milk.
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some days/weeks are better than others. Today would be a good day.
Chayse almost 3:
no breakfast
mac and cheese for lunch and strawberries
snack later on bunch of fruitie snacks
sort of presupper (will be surprised if she eats supper now) - raw brocolli, black olives.
if there frozen, I'm sure she will have a gogurt later and we'll see about supper
Chaunda year and a half
a few bites out of my cereal
mac and cheese for lunch and strawberries
raw brocolli (very little), sharp cheddar cheese and black olives.
at on the late side, but she is more likely to eat some supper with us, which is spagetti and turkey sausage with homemade sauce (quick small version).
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Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: maple oatmeal, 1 banana, 2 veg. sausages, 8 oz milk
Snack: 1/2 pear, water
Lunch: italian chicken sausage, chickpea, and kale stew, wholewheat and molasses bread, 8 oz milk.
Snack: popcorn, rest of pear, water
Dinner: wholewheat rotini w/tomato sauce, carrots, green beans, 8 oz milk, 1/2 cannoli
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Today's menu was:
breakfast: 1/2 cup oatmeal with raisins, one banana, 8 oz milk, 1 egg.
Snack: watered down juice
Lunch: 1/2 PB&J sandwich, 6 brussels sprouts and 8 rutabaga chunks, 1/4 cup applesauce, 8 oz milk.
Snack: raisins, water.
Dinner: eggplant parmesan, bread, more brussels sprouts, apple chunks, chocolate raspberry cake w/whipped cream for dessert, 8 oz. milk.
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Cathie, can I just check what "applesauce" is? I have the idea it's boiled up apples like you put in a pie ... is this right or can I make it different as Artemis loves boiled apple more than raw! Thanks.
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Andi- yes- cooked apples like for pie, but without sugar. Nick loves it too!
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typical day, chayse who just turned 3 had a small banana, 2 packages of fruities and lots of milk so far (it's noon time). WOW huh quite the appetite.
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You ladies are braver than I am feeding your child beets! I know my LO would like them, but I'm afraid of the stains!
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Colin is crazy for beets, it was one of his first foods actually. And we never had a problem with stains, believe it or not. If you treat it right away it comes right out.
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mmmm I love beets. Borscht w/sour cream, mmmm.
Nick didn't eat as well today due to eye teeth..
Breakfast: egg, bite of bagel, 8 oz milk, grapes
Snack:small corn muffin and watered down juice
Lunch: 4 mushrooms, 1TBS rice, 2 TBS Thai chicken, 1TBS peanut curry tofu, milk
snack: Kix cereal, water
dinner: 1/4 cup broccoli, cantaloupe, 2 chinese potstickers (dumplings w/pork and beef, minced garlic and ginger and scallion), 8 oz milk, 1 strawberry.
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mmmm I love beets. Borscht w/sour cream, mmmm.
Nick didn't eat as well today due to eye teeth..
Breakfast: egg, bite of bagel, 8 oz milk, grapes
Snack:small corn muffin and watered down juice
Lunch: 4 mushrooms, 1TBS rice, 2 TBS Thai chicken, 1TBS peanut curry tofu, milk
snack: Kix cereal, water
dinner: 1/4 cup broccoli, cantaloupe, 2 chinese potstickers (dumplings w/pork and beef, minced garlic and ginger and scallion), 8 oz milk, 1 strawberry.
wow for my 3 year especially, that would be a wonderful day "lol"
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I tried a new product last night, a frozen meal for toddlers called a Puffet. It's like a cross between a quiche and a souffle. It was carrots and rice in an eggy "puff." There was no crust. My LO loved it, and it's a good quick meal because it has all the food groups. I bought it at Target. However, I think I want to try to make my own recipe because she liked it so much, and it was expensive. Anybody out there have a recipe similar to this?
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wow for my 3 year especially, that would be a wonderful day "lol"
LOL- that must have sounded funny to you! I know,my DS is a GREAT eater. May sound silly, but I worry when he's not eating his usual, even tho' it's better than what some kids take in 3 days...eyes rolling at myself!
Ashley, that sounds really yummy! Let me know if you work out a good recipe...
Nick's still not eating his usual and threw his french toast across the table at lunch (in restaurant)...a bit OT and ouch, points of eye teeth. ugh.
he had strawberries, egg, milk at breakfast. french toast and sausage at lunch. but ate poorly (for him).
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Today Nick ate:
Breakfast: egg, shredded wheat w/milk+strawberries, milk, grapes.
Lunch: 1/4 biscuit and sausage w/cheese, milk, pear.
Dinner: fish fillet w/tartar sauce, 10 brussels sprouts, 1/3 cup applesauce, milk.
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finally able to post as hunter had awful gastro for 10 days (i'm talking 20 diaper changes on the worst day :o) so obviously food was a little interesting, even had to do 24hrs with no food for the poor little guy :'(. and then we were on holidays for a week so again food was interesting, plenty of it but all a bit random ;) good note tho, as he couldnt have milk when he was sick his bedtime bottle has since disappeared ;D
cathie, when did you start nick on popcorn?? did you wait til he had all his molars? mind you dont know why i am waiting since hunter was eating steak before he had any teeth ;)
so yesterday:
wake up: 5oz sippy milk (ended up moving this back to before breaky as he would only drink 1 or 2 oz with breaky)
breaky: 1 weetbix, 1 kiwi fruit, some fried egg and bacon, diluted juice
snack: cheese stick, raisins, water
lunch: avocado sandwich (got new vehicle cookie cutters which he loves, car, truck, bike, etc), 5oz sippy milk
snack: boiled egg, 3 strawberries, 6 grapes, yoghurt, water
dinner: roast beef, carrots, potatoes, peas, garlic cabbage, plus banana custard and 5oz sippy milk
kirry
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Kirry- big hugs for the gastro illness! Goodness, poor Hunter, poor you, glad he's feeling better...
I started nick on popcorn when he scavenged some from me at about 15 mos, he didn't have his molars yet, and seemed to do well, I know some kids have trouble with it, but he's a really good chewer- LOL about the steak, we did that too at 9 mos, same thing, he MOOCHED it off my plate and kept pinching me for more!
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I am really ready for my LO to get some molars so she can eat regular food!
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Ashley, what does your lo's diet look like?
Today, nick ate:
Breakfast: 1 waffle w/butter and maple syrup, 3 strawberries, 1/2 banana, 8 oz milk, 1 veggie sausage.
Snack: watered down juice w/vitamin shot.
Lunch:1/4 egg salad sandwich (spat out a lot of it), carrots, pears, 8 oz milk
Snack: raisins and apricots, water
Dinner: ziti w/tomato sauce and 2 small meatballs, wax beans, green beans and carrots, garlic toast, 8 oz milk.
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Speechie--
7 a.m. 8 oz bottle of formula and a nibble of banana or cheerios
8:30--breakfast at daycare, usually a carb, like a muffin or a waffle with some milk.
11:00--a large bowl of oatmeal mixed with fruit and yogurt plus whatever finger foods she can eat from the daycare menu, like green beans or pineapple tidbits (I don't usually let her eat their menu because it's all processed stuff like canned ravioli)
2:30--8 oz bottle of whole milk and some organic arrowroot cookies
6:00 dinner with some kind of protein, like chicken, tofu, or scrambled eggs, a veg, like sweet potato or carrots or tomato puree, and a fruit. (If she doesn't get a green veg at daycare, I add that in at dinner)
7:30--8 oz bottle half formula/half milk
She's not a big morning eater. Right now she's 12 months and only has 8 teeth (no molars). Any meat we give her has to be chopped very fine. If we give her big chunks of food, she just stuffs it in her cheeks, then spits most of it out when she finds she can't chew. I wish she could have more protein at lunch; that's why I send the yogurt and oatmeal as an alternative to what they're serving.
On the weekend, we give her a big breakfast with eggs and either toast or pancakes, and she gobbles it up. I tend to make her some veg/fruit/grain combo foods in the food processor, like butternut squash/apples/quinoa or banana/sweet potato/amaranth. She really likes these because they're sweet, but she's getting so much more nutrition than just feeding her fruit.
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Wow- sounds like she's doing really well- and 8 teeth! nick only had 4 at that age! Gotta love that toothy grin!
I hear you on the processed foods, we do try to avoid them too...
Nick's been saying "toe-foo" very cute elongated "tofu" and he gobbles that up too! LOL.
Today he ate: 1 piece of toast, 1/2 banana, spat out the mango, and 8 oz of milk
Lunch: ziti w/ meatballs, meatsauce, carrots, beans, 8 oz milk, 1/2 banana, and 1 spice cookie.
We'll see what dinner brings.
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Ashley, D had no teeth until her birthday but she ate like a champ. She would even eat apples!! For extra protein, have you tried hummos to toast? That was a big fav here.
Yesterday
6oz milk
Breaky-cereal (mutli grain rice Krispies) and taosdt with PB&J, water and raspberries.
Lunch-fries, chicken and oranges.
snack dry cereal, raisens, and a few marshmallows
supper-chicken curry, rice, toast with red pepper hummos and water
bed 8oz milk
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dinner - chicken tikka masala with chickpeas and rice
Can I have this recipe? Thanks!
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UGH, I need new ideas! I'm horrible in the kitchen and DD is refusing to let me spoon feed her most of the time. Here's today:
Breakfast - 6oz formula, 1/2 blueberry waffle, applesauce
Snack - water, fruit puffs
Lunch - 6oz formula, hot dog, turkey and veggie pasta pick-ups by Gerber, banana
Snack - water, string cheese
Dinner - turkey sandwich, baby food sweet potatoes, few spoonfuls of my oatmeal, 6oz 2% milk
Is that absolutely horrible? Oh, and she does get another 6oz formula before bed in a bottle. All the rest is from a sippy cup. :D
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just reading along and getting some ideas! this is gr8!
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Hey Robin- no that's not horrible, sounds like she's a good eater! You know that you can give whole milk at this age, and it's preferred until they are 2 yo, unless there's another reason.
You'll get loads of ideas from reading back through this thread- when Nick was that age, I did a lot of whole grain breads/crackers, soft cooked veggies, and fruits. Would have loved if he would eat cheese, but he still is not wild about cheese. I actually got frozen veggies and cooked them till very soft as it was so convenient and has almost as much nutrients as the fresh veggies- somethimes fresher! It was already peeled/chopped, etc. So easy easy.
If you do hotdogs at this age, do you peel and chop them? I'm still quartering Nick's if he has one. Plus, I've searched for nitrate free hotdogs- any recommendations?
Okay, so far today Nick ate:
breakfast: 1/2 large blueberry buttermilk pancake w/butter and maple syrup, 1 scrambled egg, 1/3 cup blackberries, 8 oz milk.
Snack: chex cereal and watered down juice w/vitamin shot
Lunch: 1/2 thai burger w/peanut sauce and bun, 1/4 cup yogurt, carrots and wax beans, 8 oz milk.
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Well so far today Edward has eaten:
breakfast: apple and sultana bite-size oatibix warmed with 125ml milk followed by a slice of toast with pineapple jam and 125ml apple juice
snack: 125ml full-fat milk, 2 cream-crackers with soft full-fat cheese, 2 cherry tomatoes and cucumber and carrot sticks
Lunch: Tomatoe, onion and basil pasta with 2 satsuma's
Snack: banana and strawberry smoothie
And for dinner tonight he is having: chicken and ham pie with mashed sweet potatoe, califlower and brocollia followed by jam roly-poly and custard
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Since this thread is on page 30 I am going to lock it and start a fresh one.
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=148384.0