People commenting on my 6 YO DD weight?

I have an active 7 year old DD who eats a lot less than that. After school your DD is having an after school snack, then dinner, then supper...my DD just has dinner! At the very least she doesn't need supper. When does she go to bed? Assuming she's home from school around 4pm that's a lot of food in a short space of time.

https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/food-facts/healthier-food-swaps/#breakfast

This has some easy swaps and ideas.

Some ideas for what she should be eating

Breakfast-
Eggs, these can be scrambled, boiled, poached or made into omlette. If short on time hard boil a load and keep them in the fridge can be used for breakfast or snacks.
Porridge with a spoon of peanut butter or fruit.
Plain Greek or normal yogurt with fruit and some walnuts or other nut.
Wholemeal toast with peanut butter
Savory muffins can be made easily and cam be batch cooked and stored in the fridge.
Overnight oats are great and really easy.

Lunch - if she is having school dinners you are limited by the choice that they have but if she is at home eg weekends or holidays then things like
Wholemeal bread sandwich with tuna, egg, cheese, humous, soft cheese etc.
Pitta toasted and cut into strips served with humous and veg batons.
A plate with cheese, veg, fruit, some oatcakes.
Soup.
Mini pizza made with a pitta bread.

Dinner
She needs good quality protein such as chicken, fish, lentils etc. Salmon is good as is mackerel.
Plenty of veg on the plate.
Jacket potato with tuna and salad.
Make chilli, curry, stir fry with loads of veg,
Snacks should be limited but some good ideas are
Oatcakes with cheese, peanut butter etc, cubes of cheese, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, a biscuit, fruit, veg sticks, humous

There is no reason not to have crisps, biscuits and chocolate but it shouldn't be every day.

Glad you’ve had nice replies Op you sound like you are very much doing your best.

I have a tall just and so 6 year old who is just over 3 stone (20kg) and a tallish 7.5 year old who is 3.8 stone (24kg)

They have a small bowl of porridge each for breakfast and a banana/ apple.

Fruit and milk at first break time (if in school) or fruit/milk and a digestive at 10.30/11 at home.

They have school dinners so usually a sandwich or a jacket potato and a small slice of tray bake or a yoghurt or a piece of fruit.

At home for lunch it's usually a sandwich and a packet of crisps and some fruit/veg sticks.

After school - crackers and cheese and some fruit, carrot sticks and boiled eggs as immediate after school snacks.

Evening meal - meat and two veg type meals as a family , or sometimes spag bol/lasagne/pizza. On Friday night they get an icecream and we usually have some kind of pavlova or sponge pudding on a Sunday. It's rare for them to say they are hungry again before bed time but they can have a slice of toast or a banana, and a glass of milk if they are.

They only drink milk or water unless it's a special occasion.

We aren't strangers to crisps and biscuits but they are limited. They are also very active children and don't use electronic devices (we own them but they just aren't interested).

Your issue I think is that she seems to be eating quite calorific food 4 - 6 times a day.

My DD was born at a very average height and length, but was at the amber low range for weight for her height on primary school and I did worry - I would have also worried if she were your DDs weight. Maybe I worry too much. From
What you've posted your DD could do with more fruit and veg. But my hat goes off to you having twins, I get that you are surviving - so small
easy changes - healthy, easy dinners you can all eat like fish rice and broccoli rather than nuggets? And cut down on the waffles and have apple slices instead?

Porridge no sugar, maybe a banana or sultanas on top
Evening. Chicken not chicken nuggets and peas/ any veg not baked beans
…….veg stews, curries, all with rice or barley.
No supper but if hungry a piece of fruit or veg sticks and hummus or a hot drink before bed.

Id cut out the idea of a regular McDonalds as well
Pancakes and waffles as a go to snack are high in calories and sugar.
Keep a big bowl of fruit on show if she’s hungry she gets used to seeing lots of colourful healthy stuff. You could put some carrots in it as well.

The thing is though you don't want to be banning treats. There is no reason not to have some nice treats like a piece of cake or pack of crisps. The problem comes when the treats form the vast majority of the diet.

Is this a wind up

For the twins and to prevent sugary food habits can I suggest you
Cook them lots of curries and stews ( blended a bit if needed )
Fish is so quick to cook thrown on top of rice
Stew fruit
Greek yoghurt with stewed fruit is great
Hummus
Lots of flavours and not those baby food jars ( tbh I have no idea if people use jars at 9months I don’t know what age they go up to )

Nows the time to cut out the need to snack on carbs and sugary stuff, it’s so easy to get addicted.

[ mum of one plus twins too, I batch cooked every Sunday for an easier life during the week ]

Why would it be a wind up? Why are you even bothering to post on OPs thread if you don't have anything useful to add. She is clearly struggling with 3 very young children and trying to juggle everything.

Don't be mean

Gosh. My 6 1/2 year old daughter is 5 stone. She’s very tall though and wears age 8 clothes for the length. I can see her ribs but I have noticed her tummy is getting round.

Thank you for the wake up call though as we are definitely sliding into bad habits here.

Another thing I do is roast a infamous mumsnet chicken at the start of the week for quick easy protein during the week. It gets used for chicken salads for my dinner, protein snacks for the children (they love eating the legs cold) or 'shredded' to go on top of pasta or in wraps etc.

A farm shop near me sells the legs of their free range chickens very cheaply and I also buy a few packs to bake as snacks.

In the school holidays I have a shelf in the fridge of chicken legs, boiled eggs, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, grapes, cherry tomatoes, natural yoghurt pots etc that they can pretty much help themselves to.

Sugar is the enemy not fat - you will probably find if you increase the protein in her diet to replace sugary stuff that she won't feel as hungry anyway.

God twin babies, you must be drowning OP.

I'd make small changes - anything too drastic you'll just create more issues if my 6yo is anything to go by!

Did you know the tooth fairy only takes teeth if they're healthy?

Swap some of the snacks for fruit and then start dropping them. Reduce portion sizes at meals if necessary - weigh pasta etc. But do it slowly, and go easy on yourself.

Or are every day.

Oh and a random easy, healthy snack - my kids both love frozen peas straight from the freezer.

Regardless of her weight people shouldn’t be commenting because frankly it’s none of their business.

Well it’s a good job someone did mention it considering what the child has been eating. If it had continued to go unnoticed the girl would be heading for obesity. At least now OP is aware and can make changes

I'd never talk to them again tbh, and I'd tell them why. You're here parent you don't need them commenting now- it'll never stop and she will grow up with severe issues over it. There's actually a tik tok trend where girls I their 20s talk about these sort of comments and how they DO remember them being made when they were kids. It's disgusting.

It sounds like they have done it kindly though and Op wasn’t aware. Better to realise now and make a few simple changes than it carry on and her DD have health issues or struggle to join in sports or experience unkind comments from other children.