Today my toddler ate

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Hi everyone,

Awhile ago there was a thread going where we wrote what our toddlers had eaten each day and it was great seeing how/what others were eating. It was really helpful.

I just wondered if anyone fancied starting it up again.

DS 22m
Breakfast - 1 1/2 pancakes made from banana egg and oats. 4 chunks of melon
Snack - 2/3rds of a satsuma
Lunch - pork loin steak, carrots, parsnips, peas. 3 bites of boiled potato with butter
Snack - was on a playdate so some scrambled egg as we arrived while they were eating lunch. 2 strawberries 2x crackers and couple pieces of pineapple.
Tea - couple chunks of chicken, slice of pepper and probably half a mouthful of egg noodles. 4 chunks of melon.

Yesterday,
B- weetabix and banana, plus most of his dads bran flakes

L- carrot and lentil soup
An aldi baby flap Jack bar

Snack- an oreo biscuit hed managed to steal and half a yellow crayon that he managed to devour before I got to him.

D- dinner was shepherds pie with carrot and peas. I put him a sausage on as well as I wasnt convinced he'd eat anything. He only ate the sausage.
Peppa pig ice cream for pudding.

Breakfast - raspberries, strawberries, peanut butter on toast

No snack.

Lunchtime was an absolute battle. DS went full tantrum as he wanted a biscuit instead of his lunch which he threw. So lunch was a rich tea, half a soreen, strawberries, raspberries and a cup of milk.

Snack - some crisps, vienesse whirl

Tea - 3 1/2 chicken goujons, mixed veg and cheese. He actually ate this without fuss.

Breakfast : toast

Lunch : Philadelphia and cucumber on ryvita

Snack : biscuit

Tea : chicken and veg curry with rice

Breakfast- 2 bowls of Cheerios, got annoyed with me because we had run out of bananas and refused any other fruit offered

Lunch- a mini chicken wrap, a couple of slices of cucumber and cherry tomatoes, a yogurt and a little chocolate cake. Still wanted a banana and no other fruit would do.

Dinner- a big helping of cottage pie (I packed this full of veg and lentils) plus l rice pudding with jam for pudding.
We have bananas now but of course he doesn’t want one!

Breakfast: cheese omelette, peach slice, water to drink.

Lunch: pizza slices and mixed veg. Small custard pot for dessert.

Dinner: chicken and couscous. 8oz of milk before bed and more in cups throughout the day.

Oh dear this is not a good day for this here!

30 months

Slice of toast with butter
Couple of strawberries
Mr whippy with sprinkles
Hot dog
Burger (no bun)
Ice lolly
Toasted marshmallow

1 fruit item and precisely 0 vegetables but far from a typical day!

2.5 year old. Not the healthiest today

B - Weetabix and banana

L - Pub meal, veg and cheese pasta, potato waffles, peas and sweetcorn plus whatever else she could steal from everyone plates.
Cake and ice cream

T scrambled egg on toast
Fig roll

Half a cup of milk

Pancakes for breakfast. Ds had 2, dd had 1. Both had lots of strawberries and blueberries and Greek yoghurt.

Lunch: half a jacket potato with cheese each plus some odds and ends out of the fridge. They had a littbit of sweetcorn and some apple slices. They both tried marinated artichokes and liked them. Ds also tried pickled red cabbage and ate a little bit.

Afternoon snack was crackers with cream cheese and half a banana each.

Dinner was spag bol. Dd had 2 bowls. Ds had an epic tantrum, not sure what about. He eventually decided to eat it when we started to clear away and ate 2 helpings!

A bit of pancake, strawberries, grapes for breakfast
Cheese for lunch. Nothing else.
Long car journey so raisins and milk.
3 chicken dippers
Half an apple
Put a pea in her mouth and spat it out again (progress tbf)

Today I'd been up all of 3 seconds when she started crying for a 'snack' at 6.30am... so she had a mini apple soreen and some raisins for breakfast

Snack: couple of rice cakes, 1/2 apple, a banana biscotti

Lunch: when I left the room for a second she stole two dry rolls off the counter, ran to her room and ate all the outsides off both of them... then she had some grated cheese, dried apricot pieces (threw away), grapes and a few turtle crisps

Snack: rest of turtle crisps and 2 squares of chocolate in an effort to convince her to stop screaming in the buggy

Dinner: quesadillas with lime chicken, avocado, tomato, cheese, beans, salsa and yoghurt... of which she ate the wrap only

Was a mischievous day...

Not our healthiest day.

Breakfast was 1 slice of toast with 1/2 bacon and tomato sauce and 1/2 chocolate spread. Still hungry, apparently, so had a yogurt.

Lunch was a slice of toast with grated cheese and beans. Requested cheese yesterday and had a tantrum over the cheese today, picking every single bit off before eating the bread and beans.

We made s'more-style muffins in the afternoon and half of one muffin was eaten.

Dinner was honey and sesame chicken with mixed veg and noodles - all eaten apart from the cauliflower. Then another huge helping of watermelon; we couldn't provide the next piece fast enough.

Banana and cherry juice and lots of squash in between, water again for bedtime.

Today dd went to the seaside with her grandparents.

Breakfast- Cheerios. Banana

Snack- Crackers. Cheese

Lunch- ham and cheese toastie

Dinner was fish chips on the pier

Other snacks- crisps, apple, rocky chocolate bar, breadsticks.

2 & 3 year olds (with allergies)

Breakfast: breakfast bubble and squeak (grated potato, egg, cherry tomatoes, onion, sausage)

Snack: we were at a preschool event so they basically gorged on a shed load of biscuits.

Lunch: they weren't hungry after the preschool event so had garlic bread and an apple!!

Dinner: steamed rice and vegetables (broccoli, peas, sweetcorn, carrot), yoghurt & mixed fruit (grapes, blueberries, pineapple, raspberries).

I have particularly enjoyed the posters who have put a comparison of 'offered' to 'eaten' 😂 these are my people!!

20 months

Breakfast. Offered sachet size of porridge, 3 strawberries and handful of raisins- eaten!!

Snack. Offered banana - eaten.

(Here is where it starts to go downhill)

Lunch. Offered- avocado on toast. Declined and instead had 2x scrambled eggs and quavers.

Dinner. Offered- Spinach and ricotta tortellini x7, meatballs x 3, mixture of tomatoe, cucumber and peppers. Eaten- all the tortellini, one tiny mouthful of meatball, two nibbles of tomatoe.

Desert. Offered fruit purée and yogurt - all eaten.

DS 23m

Breakfast - three home made scotch pancakes with berries and yoghurt - all eaten.

Lunch - sausage, half a tin of beans, hash brown - all eaten.

Tea - Frankie and bennies kids fish and chips and birthday cake - all eaten.

We don’t really do snacks.

1 and 2 year old DC had:

Breakfast: Pancakes, pineapple, blueberries and raspberries.
Lunch: Shared (youngest had a few spoons!) a small tin of Peppa Pig hoops with toast and Linda Mc Cartney sausage.
Strawberries.
Dinner: chicken, veg. and rice (refused), small bit of red pepper, grated cheese and some oven fries.
Custard pot and natural yoghurt.
Fairy cake each.
Lots of milk.

DS has had

Natural Yogurt with granola and strawberries and a cup of milk

A chicken sandwich(1 slice of bread), cucumber and cherry toms, a few mini cheddars and some grapes

A fun size Milky Way

A cheese and tomato pizza, peas and a banana with a cup of milk

Water through the day

Not a great day agin.

Breakfast - offered peanut butter on toast, raspberries, strawberries and a banana. Ate most of the banana, raspberries and 2 strawberries

Snack - 2 cheese thins

Lunch - offered half jacket potato with cheese, ham, cucumber and pepper sticks. Ate 2 cucumber sticks

Snack - 4 shortcake biscuits

Tea - chicken, chips and mixed veg. Ate all the chips, most the chicken and picked the carrots out of the mixed veg.

Breakfast: two weetabix

Snack: a chocolate chip brioche

Lunch at nursery: lasange

Snack: packet of cheese and onion pom bears

Dinner: chicken curry and rice ( kids ready meal) with a mini naan
Then after had a bowl of blueberries, raspberries and strawberries

She's 3

Breakfast: 2 fingers of toast, part of a banana.

Lunch: Cocktail sausages, breadsticks.

Dinner: Tinned spaghetti bolognese on toast.

Snacks: raisins, kiddy popcorn, rice cakes

Breakfast; porridge & strawberries
Snack; oat bar
Lunch; toast, banana
Dinner; chilli con carne & garlic bread
3 chocolate buttons for using the potty

Brek: Cheerios with milk

Snack: mini apple soreen, yoghurt, grapes

Lunch: a few crisps, grated cheese, raisins with dried apple, fruit smoothie

Snack: Barny bear cake, banana biscotti, oaty bar

Dinner: butter chicken curry with mushrooms and peas, naan bread - only ate the naan and a tiny bit of sauce as a dip.
We all had melon for dessert, which she was VERY excited about, took one bite out of it and called it 'eesgustin'

We've had worse days

Mines 18 months but has a nasty cold!

Breakfast- Half a slice of toast, a small banana and a cup of milk

Lunch- Licked the butter off a cracker and a handful of grapes 🙈 (he's never been a big lunch eater, prefers to nap!)

Dinner- Chicken, roasters, carrots and peas
Pudding- Strawberries

At nursery today as I was back to work. So according to her day sheet:

8oz milk when she woke up.

B: Cheerios and toast

L: spag Bol with veggies

Snacks: banana, assorted fruit and a cheese wrap.

D (when I finally got her home home): cheated as I was knackered, so a little dish fish pie with chopped up baby sweet corn and green beans, strawberries and blueberries.

6oz milk and approximately half a tube of toothpaste after she fished it out from the boxes under changing table.

As a contrast (just for fun) here is what I had today...

B: coffee x 3

S: a mini Colin the caterpillar cake that had been in the work fridge since before half term.

L: a partially defrosted broccoli and tomato quiche that had been in the freezer since Jan. and a manky banana (I eat the crappy ones that I don't want to feed to my child).

D: currently waiting for a Chinese.

Ugh.

Late to this thread but hope it's ok to join in! Great idea for inspiration.

22m old
Breakfast: shreddies, banana and Apple
Lunch: pasta, ham and mushrooms
Dinner: 3 chicken nuggets and mixed veg
Snacks: pom bears, satsuma, toast with marmite