What did your toddler eat today? Part 5

[AshleyB]

Things are not great on the food front. Chandler has had a fever on and off for a week, and it's really cut down on her appetite. When she does eat, it's just simple carbs. The only protein we can get her to eat lately are hot dogs, tofu chunks, and the occasional bite of cheese. I'm going to try making meatloaf with veggies in it again this week and see what happens. Here's yesterday:

B: American biscuit with grape jelly
L: refused cereal bar
S: two bites of strawberry, half a cheese stick, a couple of cheese crackers
D#1: Her grandparents gave her ice cream from a fast food place in lieu of real food
D#2: When DH and I returned home after 7 p.m. and found her unfed: a few bites of Stouffer's spinach souffle--refused avocado and fruit
S: chocolate milk (protein drink)


Unrelated to food, but thought I'd add that said grandparents also took her to the children's museum in her pajamas. It's really a wonder I survived childhood.

[Khalam's Mama]

Museum in PJ's? Interesting? Dare I ask why?

I finally went to a bigger sainsbury and got some turkey mince so we will be making some patties soon.

Today:
B: 3 dessert spn Porridge with 1/2 chopped banana and 5 green grapes
L: few bites cheese wrap, cheerios, raisins, humous with pesto and 1/4 pitta bread and more grapes and  1/2 necterine
D: 1/2 Roast chicken leg, 2 cherry tomatoes and advocado. Declined yoghurt.

[mumofalice]

Grandparents - the rules are so different for them, eh? And the rules for their grandchildren are so different to the ones they had for their own children . . .

Back to the 'juice debate' - am sure that 'fruit juice' is okay in moderation as I think it can count as one of your five a day. However, it's more the cordial / squash type of juice that bothers me - and that's what DD wants when she sees Daddy drinking it. He's just not a fan of water unless it's mixed with something else 

Funny hearing you talk about the sippy cup - I remember being totally stressed about DD and the sippy cup (PMSL at myself now - it was just I always seemed to have one thing to focus my stress on  ) I thought she would never get the hang of it - she always wanted me to hold it for her even tho she seemed perfectly capable of doing it herself. It's like a catch 22 situation tho - it has to be full for them to get the hang of it (ie so that they don't need to tip it much to get some liquid out) but then it's almost like it's too heavy for them to lift it. One day DD just picked up the sippy (one-handed no less  ) and took a big glug out of it - and then I probably began stressing about something else . . .

Thanks for that pasta recipe - do you think it would be good with cubed or shredded chicken in it? We generally like to include a protein at dinner...

Haven't tried it with chicken - never really thought about the protein (tho I generally include protein, carb and veg in every meal where poss). Not sure if you would count the anchovies as a protein? I generally top it with grated cheese tho - and have added some chopped up salami which seemed to work.

Here's today . . .

B: toasted sweet brioche roll with pear butter, asked for cereal after roll so gave rice crispies and milk (ate half a bowl), apple juice
S: bite of an organix cereal bar, water
L: (out at Pizza Express), shared garlic bread and dough balls with DH and I, had some of DH's four season pizza and some of my La Reine (ham, mushroom and olive), water, bit of Sicilian Lemonade (not the fizzy kind - more like freshly squeezed lemon juice)
S: rest of cereal bar
D: noodles with 'japanese-style' stir fry (haloumi cheese, carrots, purple broccoli, onion) - ate most of the noodles but 'Alice no like' the rest  (DD's favourite new phrase is 'Alice no like'!) I wouldn't mind but she actually does like cheese, carrots and broccoli. So I did ask her to try a piece of every thing tho and she obliged by eating 1 cube of haloumi, 2 slices of carrot and 1 piece of broccoli, yoghurt, banana, water, few mini biscuits, couple of mouthfuls of milk

I finally went to a bigger sainsbury and got some turkey mince so we will be making some patties soon.

We posted at the same time - pleased to hear you've tracked down the turkey mince 

[nelliestar]

Wish I could go out in MY pyjamas!! Heaven...

B - cheerios and milk, half a cinnamon and raisin bagel, few grapes, water
S - marmite rice cakes and water
L - shepherds pie (not keen ) peas, pear, pineapple and peach pieces, yoghurt, water
S - organix tomato puffs, raisins, water
Tea - 2x herby sausages, oatcake, couple of mini doughnuts, peach pieces, water
no supper - too tired.

He probably had some white chocolates buttons at some point too as my folks looked after him today!

Nell xxx

[Khalam's Mama]

What is pear butter ?

[Mom to M&M]

I've had apple butter (yum) but never pear butter. Sounds good.

We don't do salami but maybe we could add chicken sausage to the pasta. Or just count the anchovies and cheese as protein and leave it at that. Plus I always do whole wheat pasta.

Today (as usual, DS ate better as day went on - he's just not that hungry in the AM for much more than fruit most days)

B: baby oatmeal with tiny bit unsweetened apple sauce, blueberries x15, grapes x4
L: strawberry/banana yogurt, 1/3-1/2 scrambled egg with cheese and spinach, 1.5 tiny whole wheat stuffed spinach/feta "pizzas"
S: yogurt melts
D: chicken marsala, whole wheat pasta, few animal crackers
S: will see if he wants toasted whole wheat mini bagel with cream cheese to bribe him to stay in stroller while DD in bath!

[teilvnav]

Ha, we got married in our pj's, so that is not a big deal to me at all!

Today Nathan had:
B: whole wheat taost with peanut butter, and several bites of DH's spagetti and garlic toast (leftovers from last night, because that's all he wanted for breakie)
S: cheerios, cheese cubes
L: zuchinni cubes, blueberries, chocolate cereal cookies (DH fed him, since I was out)
D: shrimp, macaroni salad, and cornbread (on the floor)

I am assuming that it was the pasta, since we also ate it for dinner last night, but Nathan has the *worst* diaper rash today. I am so mad at DH for giving some to him this morning; Nathan has incredibly sensitive skin, and can only handle small amounts of acidic food every few days. Having the spagetti (or more specifically, the tomato sauce) twice in less than 15 hours was too much for his little bum. DH knows this. Grrr...

[Tweakster]

Today:
B:  Yogurt, Weetabix
S:  Strawberries, watermelon
L:  Chicken breast bits, hard boiled egg, cucumber slices w/tzatziki, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries
S:  Small croissant, Goldfish crackers, yogurt raisins, half a banana
D:  Pizza, orange slices

[Khalam's Mama]

Poor Nate with the sore bot!
Today:
B: Porridge and banana. few bites buttered toast.
S: Grapes and strawberries
L: Pitta and humous. a pizza crust.
S: rest of fruit from S1. Cheerios - lots
D: Breaded Chicken. Declined rice
S: 3/4 weetabix and CM

Hmm now I am thinking no veggies but normally good so will do lots tomorrow. Opps bad mama!

[Mom to M&M]

Ouch on the sore tushy!

Today was:

B: wheatabix with leftover formula, cantaloupe and grapes
L: sweet potato pancake with bit of cheese melted on top, yogurt
S: blueberries
D: baby barley with chopped spinach, brisket, animal crackers

[teilvnav]

The poor little butt is still quite red and sore looking today, although some naked time seemed to help!

Today he ate quite a bit:
B: yogurt and raisins
S: 1/2 slice of whole wheat toast with butter, peanut butter, and raspberry jam, about 1/2 of an arrowroot, cubed cheese, and fresh blueberries
L: zuchinni, peas, and green beans followed by almost 1/3 of my apple since he wasn't full yet
D: a huge serving of quesadilla (filling: cheese, turkey, onions, green pepper, and corn)

[~Sara~]

Ooooh, my first time to post here!

B: multi-grain cereal with apple/blueberries mixed in; pear juice
L: 1/2 a banana; 1/2 slice of whole wheat bread
D: tried to do ground beef, but that was a no go!  So, some cheese, broccoli/carrots in a cheese sauce...and then he only wanted Mum-Mums and yogurt bites

Boy, your LOs are eating a wide variety of things!  DS is a bit behind due to gagging/throwing up so easily.  But progress is progress, right?  Thanks for the ideas!

[Mashi]

I'm going to try to post here again - I find it helps me look back over a week and see how DS is doing. He's sort of out of his "phase" of not eating but at the same time seems to be falling back into it again.  See if I can remember today...

B: dry cheerios, bowl of cornflakes with milk, 3 large tablespoons of blueberries, soy milk
s: 4-5 ritz crackers and a few animal crackers, banana and water - at playgroup
L: toast with cream cheese, deli ham. not much, but it's a rush when we get in from playgroup to get to nap and he's a bit tired to eat, but i give him a bigger morning snack
s: brotchen (bread roll) at the supermarket, large handful of grapes
D: spag bol, bite of cucumber (spit out), milk, one oatmeal biscuit and some yogurt, few more grapes

overall it's not too bad, really, but this is pretty much what most of our days look like again.  not too sure what will happen with dinners this week, as I let DH "plan" and "shop" this week and he bought a whole bunch of nothing that won't make a lot of great dinners (and that is a story for the meal planning thread, stay tuned over there!) and not a lot that DS will eat. I did a wee top-up this afternoon with DS and will take a look again tonight at what we have and perhaps nip into town tomorrow and get a bit more. men. grrr.

[Khalam's Mama]

I meant to say Amy what is the story behind getting married in the PJ's?
Welcome Sara. My nephew is 1 today and is also not eating somethings because of gaging etc but they all get the hang of it eventually.
Mashi welcome and my DH is totally not trusted to shop alone for the above reasons!

Today is a bit odd because Ds had EW/long day so had an extra mean in there and lots of extra BF maybe because it is so hot.

6am Breakfast: 5 Grapes and 15 cheerios and extra BF. Spat out strawberries on Nanna's white bed spread!
10am Brunch: Weetabix with CM, 3/4 kiwi fruit, bit of rice cake
12.30pm Lunch: Beans and toast. Orange Juice diluted with water
3.30pm Snack: 1/4 grated cheese sandwich, 3 strawberries, some raisins
6pm Dinner: turkey/veg pattie (yes with my turkey mince and loads of hidden veggies!), sweet potato pancake, declined yoghurt. More diluted OJ.

Feel like he ate loads today but he scoffed down the pancake at dinner in about 4 bites so sure he was still hungry.
Am thinking weetabix overload as had 2 poops in his diaper (+ one in potty)today and has been doing almost all poops on the potty for months now and it was not formed like usual (sorry TMI). Anyone else have this problem with weetabix?
Also had a rash after lunch and am wondering if it is kiwi even though it is his 3rd one and the rash has happened before Had gone by the end of the day though. Maybe I will leave it for a while and try again in a week or so keeping a good eye out.

[Mom to M&M]

Seems like some bad teething going on here. Did much better as day went on thanks to Motrin. Today was:

B: baby oatmeal, cantaloupe, grapes
L: yogurt, few bites veggie patty
S: baby goldfish crackers
D: veggie lasagna (tons of veggies in there - spinach, zucchini, carrot, mushrooms) - he loved it and ate a ton, blueberries x10, half mini whole wheat bagel toasted with butter (while DD in bath)

Plus while I was loading the dishwasher he got a hold of a spoon that had a bit of Nutella left on it from earlier today. All over his mouth (he sure seemed to enjoy it). Ooops! Hoping no allergy!

Khalam's mama - I would definitely hold off on the kiwi for now and just keep an eye. When DD was much younger she got a facial rash from avocado. We held off for a while and now she eats guacamole with the best of them without any rashes!

Glad you were able to make the turkey patties and that he liked it!