My DD's friend is coming away with us next month. I've no doubt she will fit in with the family, so not worried about that.
However, I'm a little concerned about what I'm going to feed her. We like our fair share of treats, but do like to eat lots of fruit & veg and some homemade things. I can cope with what she'll eat for breakfast. We might have coffee & cake in a cafe, it's questionable if she'll like the cake. Lunchtime we tend to take sandwiches, fruit, veggie sticks and alternate between cereal bars and crisps - she will only a sandwich and crisps but I don't want us to eat crisps everyday. We tend to have fruit in the afternoon, but she won't eat this. I can do her chicken nuggets, fishfingers or pizza for tea (she won't eat anything homemade) but haven't got a clue what to put with them if she won't eat any veggie or salad. She's not fussed about pasta and rice, but will eat a very small amount. Puddings are limited - icecream but I think I can cope with that. We probably will have chocolate some evenings so that will go down well.
I think her diet is essentially toast, sandwiches, biscuits, lots of chocolate (she's allowed to eat three whole bars at once), certain cakes (half gets eaten at a time) and lots of chips. I can't starve this girl, but at the same time I don't want to feed my DD like this all week. Do I just give her what we'll be eating knowing she won't eat it, tell her what I'm cooking and ask her what she wants or give in and feed her rubbish?
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Lottie4 · 20/01/2015 12:07
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