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Is this food suitable?

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butterybean · 19/09/2018 22:10

Baby, 10 months old in childminders from 9.30am to 2.45pm ate sausage, mash and beans.

No fruit, no veg no other snacks. I'd have thought that this meal would be too high in salt, fat and sugar and not enough nutrients (I didn't think you could give sausages to babies?)

Would you be concerned? He's a great eater and will eat anything put in front of him and is very much on solid food, just cut up into chunks.

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butterybean · 19/09/2018 22:18

He has a mid morning bottle and mid afternoon bottle, I give him breakfast before he goes.

I have no idea on the quality of the sausages.

He only attends for one day a week.

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jannier · 19/09/2018 22:18

Does she do a menu plan? If so take a look at it if your not happy and everything else is good say you would rather provide the food as you prefer less processed foods more veg etc. or discuss your worries on salt etc.

EricTheGuineaPig · 19/09/2018 22:15

I don't know. What's the context? Is he still having a bottle or 2 in the day? What is a typical weekly menu like? Decent quality sausages need not be too salty...If this is a typical meal day in, day out then yes that's not great but if it's a one off and he has a variety of other things on different days then I don't think it's a big deal.

Wildboar · 19/09/2018 22:12

It depends on what he’s having the rest of the week. Was there any milk whilst they were there?