What did your toddler eat today? Part 5

[Khalam's Mama]

What is farina Karen?
I saw the recipe for that pasta on another thread I think and it does sound yummy.

Today:
B: Blueberry and apple semolina cereal, grapes and a little of Mummy's porridge
L: Tomato, onion and cheese omlette and baked beans
S: 1/2 baby corn on cob, many cheerios, few sips orange and mango juice, bits of sushi roll (all to keep him entertained out shopping)
D: 2 chips, piece sweet potato pancake, poached cole fish, mixed cereal yoghurt, 1/4 banana

DS has taken to wanting everything we drink and when he has a sip he often pulls a face like he has tasted sewage but still whines for more! I will have to start drinking water in front of him as I don't want him getting into bad habits.

[Mom to M&M]

DS seems to be under the weather with a low grade fever, tired and quite fussy. Yet he ate a lot today. Not sure if teething, a reaction to his DT shot or what. In addition to what I posted for his day before, he ate almost an entire adult size piece of pizza for dinner, as well as half a yogurt and quite a few bites of bolognese!

Farina is cream of wheat - yummy!

[teilvnav]

Whew, another big food day here! Might be a GS, but is more likely that he needs more food now that he is so active.

B: 1/4 of a big sausage, a bunch of roasted potatoes, and poached egg on toast (munching off my plate)
S: arrowroot, a bunch of cherries
L: almost an entire slice of whole wheat toast with butter and blueberry jam, and a bunch of fresh raspberries
S: 1 heinz teether biscuit
D: a big bowl full of DH's homemade goat cheese and cheddar mac and cheese, with spinach and mushrooms in it

[Khalam's Mama]

So is farina like a porridge?

Today:
B: Porridge and green grapes
L: Poached cole and root veg casserole
S: Slice of Cheese
D: Garlic bread, sweetcorn and yoghurt. (declined cheese sauce and pasta)

[mumofalice]

Here's today . . .

B: toasted sweet brioche roll, strawberries, orange & apple juice
S: half a nakd fruit & oat bar
L: potato rosti, scrambled egg with bacon and mushroom, juice
S: other half of nakd bar, jam tart, water
D: picnic food - bit of bagel, cheese cracker, various cheeses, green & black olives, mixed dried fruit, strawberries, blueberries
Treat: went to an ice cream scoop shop - strawberry and vanilla ice cream 

[Mom to M&M]

Sort of like a porridge, yes. Quite tasty and creamy.

Yesterday was:

B: oatmeal with tiny bit apple sauce, almost 1/4 toasted whole wheat bagel with cream cheese, grapes, blueberries, cantaloupe
L: yogurt, few bites chicken/apple "sausage" (refused rest and refused whole wheat pasta in cheese/carrot sauce)
S: Just Apricots
D: half a homemade meatball with hidden spinach, lo mein, chicken

Would still love that pasta recipe!

[mumofalice]

DS has taken to wanting everything we drink and when he has a sip he often pulls a face like he has tasted sewage but still whines for more! I will have to start drinking water in front of him as I don't want him getting into bad habits.

Meant to respond to this comment yesterday but forgot   DD is big on sharing drinks - especially Daddy's pint glass of juice! I kept her on water for as long as I could but once she went to CM she started drinking juice as LOs always want to do what all the other LOs are doing - inc drinking juice   However, the CM does give them milk and water too so I just had to 'let it go' and stop being a control freak LOL. However, I do still get a bit miffed that she has so much juice at home - when I'm at home on my own with DD I drink water in front of her and she very rarely asks for juice - don't know why it bothers me so much really, it just does  

Today - similar food to yesterday as we were at a kite festival and took a picnic with us.
B: rice crispies and milk, apple juice
S: none - had a late breakfast due as DD slept in til 9am   (because she's getting her back teeth and is having rough nights  )
L: picnic food: various cheeses, green & black olives, bit of salami, couple of bites of bagel and cracker, 2 bananas, bite of cereal bar
S: went to the ice cream scoop shop again - it's very hot here so we're celebrating! so strawberry and vanilla ice cream again
D: leftover cauliflower, anchovy and garlic pasta topped with sliced olives, cheese and a few bits of salami, yoghurt, milk and mini cinnamon pastry

Would still love that pasta recipe!

Just saw this comment as I posted - I put the recipe up a couple of days ago - think it's at the bottom of the previous page 

[nelliestar]

Hot hot hot here...

B - cheerios, half bagel and PB, pieces of peach and pear, water
S - in church - continuous grazing  on raisins, dates, marmite rice cakes and humzingers, water
L - homemade pasta bolognaise (big bowl) Grapes, peach and pineapple pieces, digestive biscuit,water
S/T - snack and tea merged together as we had a family barbeque - apple juice,2 herby sausages, sweetcorn, bits of steak, cheese puffs, mandarin orange segments, few mouthfuls of DH's rhubard crumble and custard
Supper - half a toasted cinnamon and raisin bagel and butter, water

plus 7 ozs of cows milk at 7am and 7 ozs of toddler milk at 6.45pm

We seem to be into fruit again now - think its the hot weather and the fact fruit is so refreshing!

Nell xxx

[Khalam's Mama]

I only worry about DS's teeth having juice and also all the sugar but I guess a little doen't hurt especially if I dilute it with water. He has started asking for DH's coke too which he doesn't get.

Today:
B: Porridge and green grapes
L: Tomato and onion omlette, poached cole fish and yoghurt
D: Roast Lamb, peas, corn, chicken
S: 2 strawberries, a kiwi fruit, 1/2 slice toast and butter

[teilvnav]

I have heard that a bit of juice is good, since it keeps things from sticking up and getting constipational. Nathan is still mostly on bottles for his liquid intake, but he is finally starting to take a few ounces over the day from a sippy cup. I fill it in the morning with cooled boiled water and offer it with every snack and meal, and sometimes offer it throughout the day as well. I offer him diluted juice once in a while as well, but quite honestly I find it hard to waste that much juice (I dump whatever is left by the end of the day down the sink; it is usually 5-6 of the 8 original ounces). I guess I have to get over that.

Here is what he had today:
B: blueberries, a bite or two of saltine cracker, one bite of DH's donut... threw most of his food on the floor (grrrr)
S: grapes, cheese curds, cheerios (cheerios went on floor)
L: more cheerios and blueberries (we were out shopping)
S: (right when we got home) more cheese curds, fresh zuchinni, grapes, whole wheat bread (bread went on floor)
D: garlic bread and whole wheat spagetti with meat sauce, mushrooms, and green peppers; he did pretty well with this independantly using his hands, and I helped using a spoon when he needed it. He ate a lot, then started tossing it on the floor again so I ended dinner whether he was full or not!

[Khalam's Mama]

Why do you make 8oz if he only drinks 2 or 3? Couldn't you make less?

[Mom to M&M]

Eating got better as the day went on here (which isn't totally abnormal for us):

B: refused farina and cereal bar, had tiny bit cheerios and milk, 10 blueberries and 3-4 grapes
L: homemade turkey patty with zucchini, applesauce, sweet potato "fries"
S: 2 arrowroot cookies
D: broccoli potato pancake, few bites shepherd's pie, half an apple cereal bar

[Khalam's Mama]

Ah he didn't like the Farina? It sounds yummy.

[teilvnav]

He is still learning to tip the cup to drink out of it, so it helps if it is really full... hopefully once he gets more of a hang of it, we can put less in it!

[Mom to M&M]

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...