What did your toddler eat today? Part Two!

[jennyb133]

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.

[NiknLily]

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 

[OliverRowland]

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?

[OliverRowland]

thanks, will probably try moving ds' milk around!

[NiknLily]

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.

[OliverRowland]

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.

[jennyb133]

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.

[OliverRowland]

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).

[NiknLily]

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?

[Grace's Mom]

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

[Grace's Mom]

Thanks Stacy 
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

[Caroline-Charlies Mummy]

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
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

[NiknLily]

No sugar rush here either from fruit.  Lily has fruit after every meal and lunch is right before nap.

[Mom to M&M]

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

[Grace's Mom]

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.