What Did Your Toddler Eat Today? Part 6

[teilvnav]

What is a french stick?

Nathan only started eating as much as he does now when he became as mobile as he is now... he runs everywhere and I take him out to play every day. He is quite physically active, and I am sure that takes up more energy and that is why he eats more. He also still has 3-4 bottles per day, adding up to around 25 oz of milk/formula (I combine them).

Today Nathan ate...
B: whole wheat toast with peanut butter and jam (as usual), a few bites of my banana bread
L: wagon wheel pasta left over from last night (with shrimp, peas, onions, garlic, tomatoes, etc)
S: cheese and crackers (kept asking for some of my orange, but I had to say no because of his issue with citrus)
D: HUGE meal of pot roast: roast beef, potatoes, and carrots, side of peas and green beans, plus about half of my dinner roll dipped in gravy (DH finally got to see him 'dipping' and was suitably impressed)

I seriously wish that I had never even given DS any oranges or citrus fruits, because he loves them so much and always asks for some when we are eating it. He gets a terrible diaper rash from it, especially if he has had high acid foods like pasta sauce in the same day. I hate denying him such a healthy treat... hope he grows out of it eventually.

[Mom to M&M]

I would guess that he will outgrow it Amy!

DS still far from 100% and so cranky... And keeps falling cause learning to walk.

Today was:

B: refused all (grapes, muesli, cheerios) but couple bites muesli
S: all natural fig cereal bar
L: applesauce, about 1/3 organic, uncured beef hot dog, roasted sweet potato spears
D: meatball with spinach, few cheerios (refused chicken from our stir fry and bowtie pasta)

[nelliestar]

cathxollie - Bram went through a loooong phase of refusing fruit except dried stuff...I kept offering and he kept refusing then 1 hot day I had a pot of fruit and he ate some - i was amazed and kept offering the pots then cut up fresh fruit the same size and offered them in the pot and it went from there. At the moment he eats a good variety especially when its hot.
Khalam's mum - thanks for the info!

Nursery day today..
On waking - half a beaker  of cows milk
B - has the main part at nursery as he gets up so late now (not complaining!) blueberries and bits of apple, 2 pieces of toast and jam, apple juice
S - rice cakes and milk
L - veg curry and rice, millet cake and jam, water
Tea - 3 mushroom pate sandwiches, pear, apple juice
Supper - 1 banana, 6 oz bottle Toddler milk

I've said it before but I'll say it again...LOVE this thread!!!!

Nell xxx

[nelliestar]

And thank you teilvnav - just saw that!! xxxx

[squeakersmum]

Amy, a french stick is a baguette - a long thin 'loaf' crunchy on the outside soft and fluffy in the middle - yum yum!

Proper french baguettes are the best with some nice mature cheddar cheese and fresh tomatoes.  Great picnic food!

[<Catherine>]

Ok, so today we had dinner issues again, pasta this time! He used to eat pasta really well but the last few times I've given it to him he wont take it at all!

Today:-
B - 1 weetabix
S - A bit of chocolate (from the doctor after his MMR) and sweetcorn rings
L - Homemade cottage pie, 2 yogurts, and some of my yogurt (he went a little yogurt crazy!)
S - (We were out shopping so he had a bit of a mixture of things!) Breadstick, 1/4 banana, a bit of bread, a bit of cake.
D - Refused pasta, had yogurt

[Khalam's Mama]

Drs are giving out chocolate now?

DS seems to back on form today thank goodness.

B: Few cheerios and few spoons my porridge
L: sandwich (1 slice bread)  - turkey ham, pesto and humous. 2 small yoghurts
S: raisins (shared with a 3yo friend at playgroup, apparently "he didn't say thank-you!")
D: 1/3 cheesy curried chickpeas with hidden veg (onions, red pepper, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, carrots) in tortilla wrap
S: another yoghurt

I'm trying to cut down on BF's so hoping to increase solids over then next few weeks.

[<Catherine>]

Apparently her manager doesnt know about the chocolates she gives out. Don't think it's really necessary myself but it did seem to magically make the pain disappear for DS!! She's a lovely doctor actually, I only see her when DS has injections.

[mumofalice]

Hi all

Not managed to get on and post the last couple of days - and you've been busy  Love catching up on what all the little folk have been eating!

Amy - so cute that Nathan has started the 'dipping phase' 

Lucy - love the new avatar, your 2 LOs are adorable. And yes, more than happy to share the sausage, apple & onion pie - have posted it before so will have a dig round and let you know (cos I'm way too lazy to retype it!  )

As far as entertaining DD at the table goes it's always been a no-go in our house - I'm like Amy (a mean Mummy too  ) and as far as I'm concerned the table is where we eat. If we've finished (or we're playing up  ) then we get down.

DD is a fruit monster too (like Lucy's DD) so am not sure how you get a LO to eat more - other than to keep offering it.

So here's what DD's been eating the last few days . . .
Monday
B: TWO bowls of cereal & milk (half shreddies half rice crispies) - she asked for more after she finished the first bowl and then polished off a second in no time! Couple of CN clusters on the side, apple juice
S: (at playgroup) refused the grapes that were offered first but didn't say no to the chocolate fingers - in fact she had TWO! Juice
L: (out) cheese on toast, strawberry & banana smoothie, bit of my chocolate orange cake 
S: sultanas, water
D: more of the sausage, apple & onion pie topped with cheddar & spring onion mash, peas & sweetcorn, yoghurt, bit of banana, water

Tuesday
B: cereal & milk (half shreddies half rice crispies), half a banana, smoothie (banana, fruit pot, yoghurt and orange juice)
At CM
S: raisins, bread sticks, milk
L: ham sandwich, sausage roll, grapes, yoghurt, juice
S: jam on toast, water
At home
D: SC chicken/salsa/cream cheese/beans/corn/olive dish with taco shells (ate all the chicken dish but only a couple of bits of taco), yoghurt, bit of home-made apple & pear crumble with custard, smoothie, marshmallow popcorn ball

Wednesday
B: cereal (same 'medley' as usual  ), bit of banana, apple juice
S: packet of pineapple crisps, juice
L: cheese sandwich, gherkin, bit of home-made beetroot chutney, bit of iceberg lettuce, few organix corn snacks, yoghurt, kiwi, water
S: finished off last few pineapple crisps & rest of organix corn snacks, water
D: couple of bites of gnocchi bake (with tomato sauce, pepper, onion & basil, mozzarella cheese), juice - wasn't interested in dinner as she just wanted to carry on playing out 

[Yazzie]

Hey there ladies, I just love reading along and knowing that I'm not the only one who's lo is giving such a hard time @ meal times ..in fact, we recently tried analyzing the situation and have found that ds just doesn't have the focus or time to sit down & eat, so we need to make it quick for him and make sure he doesn't lose focus of the task @ hand 

For today, as had:
B: 1 one of yogurt, 1 kiwi and a slice of bread
S: 2 mini savory pancakes, glues with hummus and half a banana
S: Apples & the remaining half of the banana
L : Chicken with tomato risotto, carrots and green beans
D: beef straganoff with mashed potato, wasn't very interested in the potatoes though, weird kid..lol

[mumofalice]

Here's the link for the sausage pie - it's about the third post down

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=160494.msg1828215#msg1828215

[Mom to M&M]

DS is still SO fussy and eating is strange. Guessing the end of this cold plus think he's working on his top two front teeth... Today was:

B: 1/4 of a blueberry bran muffin, yogurt
L: broccoli pancake, few small dices fresh strawberries
S: (at a playdate) few Kix, few veggie stix (wanted more of each)
D: homemade small whole wheat quesadilla with turkey, cheese and spinach; applesauce

[teilvnav]

Had a good food day again here! Nathan ate...

B: cheese omlette (one egg), a bunch of sliced grapes, half a slice of toast
S: a bunch of goldfish crackers and a banana
L: more grapes, cucumber, and some peanut butter cracker sandwiches (out at the park)
D: roast beef, potatoes, carrots, and green beans (leftovers from last night)

It was his first time eating goldfish crackers... they were a big hit.

[marilyn73]

B - bowl of shreddies, bowl of oatmeat, whole toast with peanut butter
L - homemade soup, toast, yogurt, applesauce, cheddar cheese, peas
S- homemade muffin and banana
D - pork tenderloin, baked potato, 4 asparagus spears (likes the whole spear, not pieces), broccoli

I'm feel like we're in a rut for the packed lunch for daycare.  I always have a soup/stew that I freeze in muffin tins - and I pull out a single portion.
Toast, cheese, applesauce cup, and yogurt are staples.
I add peas or blueberries now and then.
If at home, I'm more creative and add grilled cheese, fried eggs, and french toast.

[emz1907]

Love reading what your lo's are eating it's a great inspiration to try new things!