Page 15 | To take DD 5 to McDonald's every other weekend?

quincyquince · 2025-03-27T18:51:31+00:00

She's gluten free, so has a portion of small chips and either a small mcflurry or orange juice or sauce with the chips. We go after swimming. This is ok, right? My friend thinks it's awful that she goes twice a month. But it's not like she's having the processed bread and cheese and stuff all the time?

Glovescarf · 27/03/2025 21:06

faerietales · 27/03/2025 21:01

Why not?

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I would just prefer to give them healthier options whilst I’m in control of what they eat. I accept that they will eat this stuff as they get older, though.

DrPrunesqualer · 27/03/2025 21:06

faerietales · 27/03/2025 21:01

Why not?

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Not unusual @Glovescarf

Heres a list of post swim snacks OP
Unless dd is doing several mega sessions a day she won’t need the meal, but I’ve included it anyway.

So you could mix it up a bit OP, if you like.

To take DD 5 to McDonald's every other weekend?

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 27/03/2025 21:05

arethereanyleftatall · 27/03/2025 21:04

It’s the marketing of it as a ‘treat’ which I don’t agree with, as so many people have done here. I would say a steak is a treat, thats both delicious and nutritious. Same price.

Where are you getting decent steak for the same price as a small McDonalds fries?

arethereanyleftatall · 27/03/2025 21:04

It’s the marketing of it as a ‘treat’ which I don’t agree with, as so many people have done here. I would say a steak is a treat, thats both delicious and nutritious. Same price.

faerietales · 27/03/2025 21:01

Glovescarf · 27/03/2025 20:59

I wouldn’t personally give my children chips or ice cream, but I accept that I’m probably the unusual one, and I think it’s odd for your friend to comment.

Why not?

Glovescarf · 27/03/2025 20:59

I wouldn’t personally give my children chips or ice cream, but I accept that I’m probably the unusual one, and I think it’s odd for your friend to comment.

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 27/03/2025 20:59

SleepQuest33 · 27/03/2025 20:39

Wouldn’t be my choice, no. Healthy eating habits In childhood are really important. Why choose something so crappy? Why not treat her to something better?

Would you like to educate us on what is considered better?

Child goes swimming, has a carby snack afterwards. Not terrible.

My kid can choose what her snack is after swimming. Some weeks she wants a pack of pom bears, some weeks she wants apple, sometimes banana (which I've seen MN say is as bad as a mars bar), sometimes cheese. Always a little smoothie.

The other kids all go to the cafe afterwards and have a cake or a cookie with a fruit shoot. She never wants to. She would choose fruit over cake/cookie 99% of the time.

Two weeks running she's wanted pom bears. I must be setting her up for terrible habits.

CorbyTrouserPress · 27/03/2025 20:59

Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:55

Oops. That should have been quorn burgers!

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😂I did think I don’t remember the quote burger.

my last time in a wimpy was about 15 years ago in Taunton. I don’t know if it’s still there but they still served lime milkshakes. Delicious.

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 20:56

Emma543 · 27/03/2025 20:53

Pizza Hut instead then if that’s the other one available?

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I think OP should mix it up, to me it's more about making MDs the norm.

Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:55

Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:51

@CorbyTrouserPress. I agree! We still have a couple of wimpy bars in my area and they’re still better than McDonalds. They’ve re-named the Bender, and now do quote burgers.

Oops. That should have been quorn burgers!

Zeitumschaltung · 27/03/2025 20:55

Emma543 · 27/03/2025 20:53

Pizza Hut instead then if that’s the other one available?

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For a child that can’t eat gluten?

DontGoChasinWaterfalls · 27/03/2025 20:53

Your friend sounds like a judgemental cow. Some of my nicest childhood memories were getting a mcdonald's happy meal after swimming.

Emma543 · 27/03/2025 20:53

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 20:52

Literally anything 🤣

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Pizza Hut instead then if that’s the other one available?

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 20:52

LuckySantangelo35 · 27/03/2025 20:51

@SleepQuest33

such as?

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Literally anything 🤣

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 27/03/2025 20:52

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 19:10

Personally I think you're setting her up for bad habits in the future. Occasionally sure, but every second weekend, no way.

Oh no, a child might learn that twice a month she can have a treat!

The travesty....

Ilovemycat11 · 27/03/2025 20:52

quincyquince · 27/03/2025 19:10

Luckily she's not coeliac, just has an intolerance. So we don't have to worry about cross contamination, but she can't have much there.

She can have the veggie dippers, but they're not very nice.

She'll sometimes have the grilled chicken salad too.

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If she is just a bit intolerant, you could get her a cheese burger and just ditch the bun :)

LuckySantangelo35 · 27/03/2025 20:51

SleepQuest33 · 27/03/2025 20:39

Wouldn’t be my choice, no. Healthy eating habits In childhood are really important. Why choose something so crappy? Why not treat her to something better?

@SleepQuest33

such as?

Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:51

@CorbyTrouserPress. I agree! We still have a couple of wimpy bars in my area and they’re still better than McDonalds. They’ve re-named the Bender, and now do quote burgers.

Sunnyplain · 27/03/2025 20:51

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Springisroundthecorner88484848 · 27/03/2025 20:49

I mean we go weekly, DD (5) has stage school then dance with a 45minute window in between ; she’s starving as it’s lunchtime and it works for us.
Nugget happy meal with chips and milk.
I could bring lunch, yes, I could get her something else , yes. But she enjoys it, she sits and eats it in the car as we drive to the next location ….
I’ve not issues at all with it.
Some weeks she “might” also have a takeaway 😇😇

Coffeeishot · 27/03/2025 20:48

I loved a wimpy. Apparently there s still a few dotted around the country I wonder if it still tastes the same.

DrPrunesqualer · 27/03/2025 20:48

SwanOfThoseThings · 27/03/2025 19:52

Less processed? A McFlurry?

Ingredients: EITHER: Allergen Ingredient: Skimmed MILK, Sugar, Cream (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Whey Powder (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Glucose Syrup, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Carrageenan), Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavouring.
OR: Allergen Ingredient: Reconstituted Skimmed MILK, Cream (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Sugar, Whey Powder (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Glucose Syrup, Allergen Ingredient: Skimmed MILK Powder, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Carrageenan), Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavouring.

Galaxy Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (36%) (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed MILK Powder, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fat (Palm), Lactose (MILK), Whey Powder (MILK), MILK Fat, Whey Solids (MILK), Emulsifier (SOYA Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sweetened Condensed MILK (MILK), Sugar), Water, Thickener (Modified Starch).

Galaxy Chocolate Drops

Ingredients: Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Allergen Ingredient: Skimmed MILK Powder, Cocoa Mass, Lactose (from Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Vegetable Fat (Palm), Whey Powder (from Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Allergen Ingredient: MILK Fat, Emulsifier (Allergen Ingredient: SOYA Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavour.

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just spotted palm oil too !

Mercurysinretrograde · 27/03/2025 20:47

Your judgy friend is probably feeding her kids a diet of supermarket freezer chicken nuggets and oven chips, so I’d pay no attention!

CorbyTrouserPress · 27/03/2025 20:46

Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:44

😆😆 McDonalds hadn’t arrived in the UK when I was a child, but Wimpy burgers were a regular treat when I was young, as well as the fat greasy pancake rolls from the Chinese takeaway, which were quite a novelty in the 1960s/70s. My mum cooked proper chips in lard in a big chip pan every night, which occasionally caught fire, but I’m still here at 67, with nice low cholesterol, no eating disorders, and I’ve eaten reasonably healthily all my adult life. I really don’t think a fortnightly visit to McDonalds is going to harm your child despite the hysterical reaction of some posters 😆😆

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Off topic but, Wimpy was soooooooo much better than McDonalds.

I miss Wimpy.

Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:44

Catsandcannedbeans · 27/03/2025 20:37

Your friend would have had an absolute fit at my parents lol. We used to go once a week and all turned out fine. Once my parents got divorced there was a brief period where I was swindling two trips to maccies a week, but unfortunately as they got better at communicating this was nipped in the bud. I don’t take my kids, but that’s just because I can’t stand the smell after working there as a teenager.

😆😆 McDonalds hadn’t arrived in the UK when I was a child, but Wimpy burgers were a regular treat when I was young, as well as the fat greasy pancake rolls from the Chinese takeaway, which were quite a novelty in the 1960s/70s. My mum cooked proper chips in lard in a big chip pan every night, which occasionally caught fire, but I’m still here at 67, with nice low cholesterol, no eating disorders, and I’ve eaten reasonably healthily all my adult life. I really don’t think a fortnightly visit to McDonalds is going to harm your child despite the hysterical reaction of some posters 😆😆