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

thank you! I'm hoping they hurry up with a diagnosis, I'm so fed up of this awful pain. I'm reassured that there does seem to be a lot more gf stuff around these days, but I worry about the cross contamination. And I'm gutted at the idea of all the things I'll have to stop eating...

They wouldn't allow a breadstick - too salty

Someone will be along in a minute to suggest you go to Pizza Hut and limit her to the salad bar only. With a glass of water and maybe a breadstick.

I always wonder what the people on here who are so sanctimonious about what other people eat are like in real life

It's like all those "what did you eat today" threads - full of people who apparently live off kale salads, roasted broccoli and a square of "good quality dark chocolate" before bed, lol.

A shared McDonalds meal after swimming was my weekly treat with my Mum as a kid. It’s a lovely, happy memory, and doesn’t appear to have done me any harm!

I always wonder what the people on here who are so sanctimonious about what other people eat are like in real life.
I imagine a minority are people who really prioritise looking after their bodies by eating nutriciously balanced meals and exercise regularly (strength and conditioning particularly), and have healthy strong bodies and are full of energy as a result.
I suspect a lot more are people who spend their whole life 'managing' their diet, usually to maintain weight, and they can't bear the idea that other people can eat treats/unhealthy food sometimes, without it being a big deal.
The idea that giving a child chips a couple of times a month is setting them up for a food addiction is ridiculous, and actually on Mumsnet I've seen plenty of posters who overeat 'unhealthy' food say they were denied 'treats' as children.

Because a McD is far more of a treat to a child than cake! Perhaps you don’t have children but I am pretty sure that if you put 10 kids in front of a McD and a piece of cake, and ask them to choose, the majority will choose the McD!

I don’t consider McD to be rubbish as such, maybe not the very best for her health wise, but twice a month is really fine. i don’t think many people eat totally healthily all the time. What, no chocolate, no sweets, no biscuits, ever? Wow!
I hope they enjoy it and treasure the memory for ever!

I'm sure any food addiction would be attributed to complex factors, not the overpoweringly wonderful taste of a few McD's chips. Actually fat plus sugar is the real thing it is harder to resist - so cakes or chocolate are more likely to cause addiction if anything does. Which it generally doesn't, it's just that these foods are tasty, cheap and easy to come by.

Life would be much duller if we couldn't treat ourselves foodwise every so often.

Don't worry OP, it's fine!!!

Or maybe not conflate "food" and "reward" so early in her life.

Growing up McD was a once or twice a year experience for us. Usually on a long car journey. Still is.

Yes, stop taking her for a few rubbish improper potatoes cooked in sunflower oil and take her for some proper cake made with fat and a shitload of sugar instead!

They're not - MN-er's just like to convince themselves they're some kind of Frankenfood to make themselves feel better.

All we got after swimming was a hot chocolate and a bag of crisps out the vending machine.

Enjoy your trips to McDonalds, OP.

Why are McDonald's fries any different from getting a chippy tea? Or oven fries?

Organic sun dried tears - brilliant 🤣🤣

A lovely treat that must taste really good after a swim. Enjoy it both of you, those days fly by so fast.

Of course it’s absolutely fine. It’s nice to have a treat, and if you are too militant about things like this it makes these banned foods that much more desirable which will cause issues in itself

Ofc it's fine. Children should learn there is no such thing as bad food, only that we need different amounts of different types. Sometimes it's okay to eat something just for fun. Junk twice a month is fine.

When I was a kid, my parents went out for a meal Friday nights, so I got a quick meal before the babysitter came. It was usually a little Chicago pizza, chips, and beans! I used to really look forward to it. When my baby is older I'll also be doing Friday night pizza night!

We never did fast food.
My adult kids are all fine.

Each to their own

Is there no where else you could go for an after swim treat.

I wouldn’t want my kids to think McDonalds is an OK place to go to regularly. You’re making it the norm OP, but if that doesn’t bother you then fine, I’m just wondering why you’re posting this thread though.

What on earth do they use to make chips with at McDs in the UK?? Here there are made from potatoes, which are "food". 😁

Missing the point but you can order a burger without the bun (easy to do on the screens) and take your own gf bun. That way you can still do a happy meal! The veggie nuggets were gluten free as well if they still do those.

It's absolutely none of your friends business what good ie snacks you give your child.

Clicked on this thread expecting exactly what I saw: mostly normal parents not having a breakdown over a McDonalds mixed with a few neurotics who’d never do such a thing and probably equate it to child neglect.