To think this tea is fine for a 3yo?

[lookingforthecorkscrew]

DF visiting today just asked ‘Aren’t you going to give him something more substantial?’ as I served DS the following:

Bread and butter
Pom Bears
Fresh tomato
Cheese cubes
Raisins
Yoghurt (sneaky protein yoghurt, as he is off meat atm)

He’s just being an arse, isn’t he? Is he?

[grannysmiff]

Its not the healthiest or freshest meal you could give a kid. Is this a one off or a classic corkscrew creation?

[lookingforthecorkscrew]

We ate out for lunch, Mexican, where DS ate guacamole, sweet potato, tortilla, frijoles. So I figured a picnic style tea would be ok.

[TheLovelyOtherDinosaur]

Sounds perfectly fine to me

[Rheged]

It’s absolutely fine.

[Popskipiekin]

You've described my "argh why won't you eat anything" meal substitute. Not really a proper meal, more a collection of snacks. Absolutely fine as occasional one-off I would have thought.

[Orangebird69]

Some days my son lives off Skips and grapes. Looks fine to me!

[grannysmiff]

As a picnic tea its no problem.

[thebear1]

Sounds fine, especially after what he had for lunch. More varied than what I have eaten today.

[lookingforthecorkscrew]

I’m just a bit insecure about his diet as I am overweight myself, and have had barbed comments from family members along the lines of ‘I hope you don’t feed DS like that’ (DS is exactly perfect weight for height)

[Mammyloveswine]

Having been out for lunch I think that's perfect for tea! I often do the same with my 22 month old if he's had a proper meal at midday it's a lighter tea, similar to how i eat!

[Ploppie4]

As a contrast to the nice Mexican, it’s fine. Not enough veggies though

[grannysmiff]

What kind of thing would you normally give him?

[PandorasXbox]

Fine every now and then. Does he have it a lot?

[PinkHeart5914]

As he ate well at lunch it’s fine!

[lookingforthecorkscrew]

He’s incredibly fussy about vegetables usually, and I wish I could get more into him. It’s an ongoing struggle! I do serve him vegetables - but he never eats them.

[Sirzy]

Given he ate a “proper” meal at lunch I can’t see anything wrong with it.

That said ds has refused to eat any tea tonight so his “tea” has been a small bag of popcorn after school.

[CheshireChat]

DS had babybel, strawberries and whipped cream (the green Halloween one!) for supper last night.

He had a decent lunch (mixed veg, corn on the cob, grilled chicken breast, noodles) so he'll live.

[Aquamarine1029]

Seems to be quite high in sugar. I wouldn't recommend that on a regular basis but on occasion shouldn't be a problem.

[Me264]

I think it’s absolutely fine, if you’d put the cheese and tomato inside the bread it would’ve been a normal sandwich? What’s the problem with that?

For comparison, my 20 month old DS had a scone with jam for tea. Followed by Greek yoghurt.

He had pasta bolognese for lunch (with hidden veg), a pear and a satsuma for morning/afternoon snack, a banana with breakfast. So he only needed a light tea.

[baffledcoconut]

Mine had a punnet of raspberries and half a pint of milk. Yours is a win compared to that.

[MrsKoala]

i'd cry with happiness if my kids ate that - so to me it looks fantastic. Today ds1 has had sweet toasted waffles for breakfast, chicken sandwich and hula hoops for lunch and 3 hot dogs and ketchup for dinner. oh and an ice cream.

[inthekitchensink]

It’s absolutely fine! Nice easy tea with plenty of goodness

[stoplickingthetelly]

Seems fine to me, especially as you ate out at lunch. Gosh there are days here where my 2 year old refuses anything except yoghurt and cake.

[livingthegoodlife]

absolutely fine, my children have snacky type dinners occasionally too.