Can't he just have a bit of yours?

[NaughtyLittlePassport]

No MIL, my ravenous 3 year old (because you don't believe in snacking) can't just have a bit of my lunch. I'm very grateful that you've looked after him this morning, and then made a ham salad sandwich for us but the portion is far too small for either of us! I did offer to bring lunch with me, but no, instead you're huffing around the kitchen making another (weeny) sandwich for DS. He'll finish that then inevitably hoover up what's left of mine.
We're getting chips on the way home!
Aaaargh

Oh how I miss my Nan and her Vogel with Sandwich Spread plus 1 packet of crisps between 3 for dinner...

I think you sound over angry about the entire thing OP. Feed your son, it wouldn't kill you to wait an hour or so until you can pick up something for yourself.

Did your 3 year old kick up a stink like you are doing? 3 year olds tend to do that when they are hungry.

Well I'm obviously "hard of thinking" because I' confused as to how many sandwiches there were!

I thought one each plus an extra one made.

(Plus snacks that hadn't been eaten)

Sounds enough to get home on & no need for chips on the way home.

Of course none of this matters but op came on to garner opinion I guess.
Mil Asked if it was enough. Op said she hadn’t looked after him before so may not know his appetite. Many 3 yr olds are picky and uninterested in food when somewhere different or playing.
I get the impression this is about op and her attitude to food. It’s a weird thing to get angry about unless there are issues.

I hate penis portions. I am 6ft 2, taller than my OH and had quite a physical job and got a quarter (half of a half) baked potato, a thin slice of quiche and two tomatoes for my lunch on one occasion, he was given the rest. When he shared more food with me we were told that would do us both for the day surely and we weren't offered dinner

Weird thread. Yes OP, how utterly unreasonable of you to think 3-year-olds need more than a bit of a small sandwich for lunch! And to feed a 3-year-old CHIPS, you MONSTER, that’s basically the same as crystal meth!

My MIL does very small portions. She’s lovely but I’ve resorted to smuggling extra food with us before when I’m breastfeeding, otherwise it’s 2 meals a day and the first one is one small slice of toast with a bit of scrambled egg.

He could have had fruit and cheese with his sandwich, which would have been perfectly fine for a 3 year old.

It’s very simple. Mil made just her and op a sandwich and said op’s son could just share. Op pointed out he was hungry and really needed a full sandwich of his own which mil made but muttered huffily whilst doing so. Both op and her child had already been really hungry and so the sandwiches didn’t really take away the hunger as they were on the small side so they got chips.....I don’t see why it’s difficult to understand?