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chiquititaa · 2024-11-08T16:58:00+00:00

My toddler who is 2.5 had a cod fish finger sandwich for tea and 2 more fish finger on the side, he finished the whole thing and I gave him some Jaffa cakes and a banana sucky yogurt thing, that he's eating just now, DH is just home from work and asked what ds had for tea, I told him what he had and he seems to think it's not enough for a growing 2.5 year old. He can be very fussy and I'm thinking it's a win that he ate that much at all but I'm being made feel horrible by DH. Please let me know if you think this is enough for a toddlers tea?

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chiquititaa · 08/11/2024 22:33

As one poster asked, I am not new to Mumsnet. I cannot believe how much criticism I have received. My child is diabetic. I gave him insulin and provided foods I know he's going to eat.

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chiquititaa · 08/11/2024 22:30

He usually has cheerios or special k with the red berries (his new favourite thing) and toast and eggs for breakfast and some apple slices or blueberries

Lunch is usually soup or some sort with bread or broccoli and cheese pasta (homemade)
Fruit/yogurt
(He loves kfc or McDonald's but only gets it on a Friday)

Dinner (this is where he gets the most fussy) tonight we had chicken curry and rice, naan bread and DH had chips on the side, ds wouldn't eat the dinner I had made so I made him the fish finger sandwich = one slice of warburtons toasty bread, Lurpal butter, 2 cod fish fingers with tomato sauce and two on the side, plus 2 Jaffa cakes and that banana yogurt pouch.

He is Type one diabetic and on pen injections and a have to count his carbs before giving him insulin and if I give too much insulin and he doesn't eat what given then he will end up taking a low blood sugar, if I give him not enough then he will take high blood sugar.

It's very tricky trying to figure out if he is going to eat or not. I'm constantly cooking 2-3 different meals for him if he doesn't eat what I have made for the rest of the family.

He usually has fruit with every meal, like most toddlers he's going through a "I don't like vegetables" moment. I make homemade soup every couple of days to make sure I get veg in him. Plus he gets a multivitamin every day, just in case.

My original post was asking if the meal was sufficient in quantity, I'm not worried about his veg/fruit intake because I know I'm doing it best and he eats more of them than most his age.

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LemonSherbertDabs · 08/11/2024 22:20

theotherplace · 08/11/2024 21:56

Oh GOD it's fine. Can't believe the "why not an actual banana" comment. It's just one meal out of hundreds

So you know what the child eats on other days?

LemonSherbertDabs · 08/11/2024 22:19

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 21:08

It can be or it cannot be, if it’s a minimal amount of oily fish in a crusted coating which is made from breadcrumbs and sunflower oil plus mixed with a greater amount of white fish, then it is higher in omega 6. They put that omega 3 thing on the pack to make you think it’s healthy. It’s not they are Lying

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Is this now a debate about fish? @stargazerlil

I said oily fish. I didn't say fish fingers.

You said fish wasn't a great source of nutrition.

Oily fish - that's mackerel, pilchards, sardines, salmon, and others.

Fish in fish fingers is usually cod, haddock or pollock.
They don't have much Omega 3.

CrispyCrumpets · 08/11/2024 22:09

theotherplace · 08/11/2024 21:56

Oh GOD it's fine. Can't believe the "why not an actual banana" comment. It's just one meal out of hundreds

Because OP is specifically asking if this particular meal is enough for a growing 2 year old, and from a nutritional point of view, it's clearly lacking.

Unless the only acceptable response is "Your bubs, your rules hun". In which case, I've misunderstood the intention here and apologise unreservedly on behalf of the Vegetation Police.

theotherplace · 08/11/2024 21:56

Oh GOD it's fine. Can't believe the "why not an actual banana" comment. It's just one meal out of hundreds

CrowleyKitten · 08/11/2024 21:55

that would fill ME up. got to love a fish finger sandwich, but that sounds like PLENTY. as long as he wasn't left still hungry. we all have different appetites, and he's only tiny.

V0xPopuli · 08/11/2024 21:38

Quantity is absolutely fine but in my house I'd have chucked veg or salad on the plate somewhere. Few peas or some cucumber just to break up the beige.

But if its like a one off friday night tea meh

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 21:36

lasagnelle · 08/11/2024 21:19

It lies dormant waiting to kill

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I wouldn’t believe the hype, it’s been years and the cases have gone down, plus they corrected their human error in feeding the contaminated feeed years ago. It’s not the Cows that are going to kill us, it’s the fibre (which is not a nutrient) and the unsaturated fats that they also lie about that will finish us off.

MagdaLenor · 08/11/2024 21:20

lasagnelle · 08/11/2024 21:19

Ah right thanks.

I'm guessing lamb and pork offal is fine.

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It's offally good.

lasagnelle · 08/11/2024 21:19

Rosscameasdoody · 08/11/2024 21:17

Beef offal isn’t widely available. It’s mostly lamb and pork.

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Ah right thanks.

I'm guessing lamb and pork offal is fine.

lasagnelle · 08/11/2024 21:19

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 21:15

Oh Mad cow disease and remind me how many cases of that lately?
By the way BSE was created through human feeding Cows contaminated feed.

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It lies dormant waiting to kill

Rosscameasdoody · 08/11/2024 21:17

lasagnelle · 08/11/2024 21:12

Offal is a source of bse isn't it?

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Beef offal isn’t widely available. It’s mostly lamb and pork.

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 21:15

lasagnelle · 08/11/2024 21:12

Offal is a source of bse isn't it?

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Oh Mad cow disease and remind me how many cases of that lately?
By the way BSE was created through human feeding Cows contaminated feed.

lasagnelle · 08/11/2024 21:12

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 21:10

fish is a source of nutrition, it is not an amazing source of nutrition..that would be Offal, Liver particularly or a rare Steak and hold the veg because you’ll get everything you need mineral & vitamin wise from a rare steak.

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Offal is a source of bse isn't it?

user2848502016 · 08/11/2024 21:10

Not enough? I was thinking that's a lot of fish fingers for a 2 year old, and Jaffa cakes and a yoghurt is a lot of sugar.
Sorry don't want to be that judgy parent and if this is an occasional Friday night type tea when you can't be bothered cooking then fair enough but it's not a great dinner really

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 21:10

noworklifebalance · 08/11/2024 21:05

Fish is an amazing source of nutrition. Fish fingers not so much, mainly because of what it is wrapped in, but better some other similar alternatives.

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fish is a source of nutrition, it is not an amazing source of nutrition..that would be Offal, Liver particularly or a rare Steak and hold the veg because you’ll get everything you need mineral & vitamin wise from a rare steak.

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 21:08

LemonSherbertDabs · 08/11/2024 20:55

Oily fish is high in fatty acids- Omega 3

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It can be or it cannot be, if it’s a minimal amount of oily fish in a crusted coating which is made from breadcrumbs and sunflower oil plus mixed with a greater amount of white fish, then it is higher in omega 6. They put that omega 3 thing on the pack to make you think it’s healthy. It’s not they are Lying

noworklifebalance · 08/11/2024 21:05

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 19:59

It’s not the veg you need to worry about it’s the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids, fish is not a great source of nutrition as it is and those fake fish finger things are really high in omega 6 even if the pack says omega 3 they’re just lying.

Fish is an amazing source of nutrition. Fish fingers not so much, mainly because of what it is wrapped in, but better some other similar alternatives.

CrispyCrumpets · 08/11/2024 21:05

Herewegoago · 08/11/2024 20:38

Assuming kiddo would eat veg, sure. Lots of kids don’t. Id be over the moon if my youngest would eat this much, of ANYTHING.

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He's never going to eat veg if it's not on his plate though. You can't give up on the expectation of them eating proper food at 2 years old.

LemonSherbertDabs · 08/11/2024 20:55

stargazerlil · 08/11/2024 19:59

It’s not the veg you need to worry about it’s the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids, fish is not a great source of nutrition as it is and those fake fish finger things are really high in omega 6 even if the pack says omega 3 they’re just lying.

Oily fish is high in fatty acids- Omega 3

Herewegoago · 08/11/2024 20:38

CrispyCrumpets · 08/11/2024 17:15

It's not the most nutritious of meals to be honest. Swapping the jaffa cakes for some vegetables would be better.

Assuming kiddo would eat veg, sure. Lots of kids don’t. Id be over the moon if my youngest would eat this much, of ANYTHING.

Shja · 08/11/2024 20:32

You know your child. Stop letting your husband make you doubt yourself. Red flag!

onwardsup4 · 08/11/2024 20:19

arethereanyleftatall · 08/11/2024 17:52

It will be, yes @Gummybear23
There's this bizarre need on mn to take the piss out of any mum who has the audacity to feed their children healthy food.

It's not the healthy food that gets the piss ripped out of it it's the judgy patronising comments, also joking is allowed last time I checked

Stravaig · 08/11/2024 20:09

The question the OP asked was did they get enough food, not a judgement on how healthy it is.

Yeah, but they're related. He ate a large quantity of food, but it was low in nutrition, which is probably why he wanted to eat so much of it.