What did your toddler eat today?

[VanceRefrigeration]

Can I start one of these? Useful for getting ideas :-)

14m old DD had

B - one weetabix with cows milk
S - 2 ritz crackers
L - picked at hummus sandwich, piece of cheese, cucumber and kiwi followed by a fruity bar
S - malt loaf
D - chilli con carne and rice followed by a coconut milk pudding thing

Other than only picking at her lunch this is a pretty good day for her.

My 10mo (dc3) had some crunchy nut cereal with dd (3) and a banana for breakfast
Dinner - ham sandwich with strawberry's and cucumber fries (just sticks. Dd calls them fries )
Snacks- blueberrys ,raspberry's and a yogurt

Tea- chips (homemade) chicken, sweet corn and peas with jelly for pudding

He's drank alpro light soy milk, no added sugars and vimto sugar free juice
Had a bottle of cows milk for bed

He eats soooo much but he went to bed at 6.30 and he will sleep through till around 8/8.30 and he's constantly on the go all day crawling and climbing so I guess he needs all the energy he can get!

Breakfast Porridge and banna

Lunch Brocolli, cauli and ham cheese. satsuma and a yogurt

Dinner chicken and mushroom pie, carrots, swede and cabbage. Apple crumble and custard.

Supper hot chocolate

We had a better day today :)
20 month old

B- 2 weetabix with milk
Snack (while out)- half a small pack of mini cheddars
L- toast with dairylea spread, Apple and scrambled egg (ate most of this)
Drink of milk before nap
Another drink of milk after nap (I dilute these but definitely going to try and avoid the day time milk from now on...)
D- spaghetti bolagnaise left over from last night (ate 2 small bowls), some fries
Bedtime milk

I like the tip of looking at it over a week, instead of a day

@spidermomma sleeping through 6:30-8/8:30? What a dream! Long may it last

DD 14m

B - bowl of Cheerios and a few bites of banana
S - several Ella’s melty sticks (I lost count - I think half the pack)
L - leftover homemade tuna and veg pizza, a few spoons of my Rachel’s yoghurt and some raisins. Satsuma was refused.
S - a bite of malt loaf, the rest of the pack of melty sticks and a ritz cracker (she is obsessed with these)
D - chicken tikka masala with boiled rice, mini poppadoms followed by a few bites of banana. She refused to try a mince pie which is strange as I’ve never known her to refuse to even try something!

DD (3) and DS (10 months)
B- Weetabix and banana
S-Toast (at nursery)
L- Chicken fajita and rice (at nursery)
S- Yoghurt
D- Shepherds pie
S- organix veggie straws

14m
B- carrot and cinnamon porridge, few bites of banana
S - some organix veggie straws
L - broccoli/asparagus pasta leftovers from last night. Apple and courgette pancake thing but only had a couple of bites
D- quinoa and lentil ‘risotto’ with salmon ricotta spinach and peas
S - coconut and banana oat pancake

19 month DD:
B: Bran flakes and whole milk
Banana 1

Snack:
Two crackers
Cheddar cheese
6 grapes

L: Peanut butter sandwich
Pear

Snack:
A biscuit
Banana 2

D: Two Yorkshire puddings
Two teeny tiny pieces of gammon
Approx 20 peas
Satsuma

Still BF when wakes up, at nap time and bedtime.

My goodness..... I read all of your wonderful menus and weep

I'm lucky if I can convince my now 3 year old to eat a "bad day" dinner! My pet hate, since long before I became a mum, is fussy eating and playing with food... I'm now the mother of the queen of bad table manners lol.

I salute you all 😂

@VanceRefrigeration oh he is my dream baby he is!! I do a dream feed of cows milk around 10 o'clock when I go to Bed. This morning I even had to wake him at 9.30 when I got back from the school run (he wasn't alone dh was at home to lol) think him eating so much in the day and been soo active let's him have that super big sleep to recharge. Hope it lasts!!
I don't blame her refusing a mince pie , iv never tried one and don't think I ever will but left over pizza mmm sounds lovely, could do with that now watching the jungle! Haha x

I need to add half a garlic naan to DS' daily intake...

Forgot to add the menu!!

B: 2 pieces of toast (crusts left. Like water torture eating it. Apparently she "needs help" because she can't feed herself toast

Lunchbox (so snacks + lunch): ham and cheese sandwich (1/4 eaten), apple (untouched), smoothie, yoghurt and blackberry snack thing, cheese stick

D: 4 x fish flippers, "minion sketty", 1 slice of garlic bread (won't nap at nursery, all I can do to keep her awake for tea)

A mixed day today.

B: Cereal, full fat milk and a banana. Followed by half a piece of toast with peanut butter.
Snack: Mini banana muffin from the freezer
Lunch: Ella's Kitchen cod, broccoli and sweet corn fish cakes (totally ignored), roasted sweet potato (all eaten)
Snack: Breadsticks
Dinner: Pasta with chicken and butternut squash with pesto. Yoghurt. Pretty much all eaten.

Milk first thing and last thing.

Big light on the fruit and vegetables today. Must try harder tomorrow.

Nursery day = nothing🤪

Ds has been a pickle with food today:

B- porridge with cherries and a banana
S- veggie straws
L- 5 forks of veggie lasagne, only achieved via my threats to eat his yoghurt otherwise (I wouldn't have but he needed to eat something!)
S- cup of milk and a small gingerbread cookie
D- quarter of a tin of beans and cheese off the top of some toast.

Ah he is now chomping on a cut up pear

20 month
Morning milk
B - porridge with strawberries
S - some of my crumpet (not a fan) some of dh's English muffin (went back for more) and half a banana
L - sweet potato soup (including two spoons of mine) and seeded bread followed by Greek yogurt
S - half a small tortilla wrap
T - rice with chicken and peas, rice pud for dessert
Milk before bed.
It's great that she's not very picky but I swear she has hollow legs

My 2yo had:

Toast with butter
Apple, largely uneaten
Pasta with Philadelphia and peas
Cucumber
Chocolate buttons
Apple
Chicken with peas
Cheese and cucumber
Milk and water to drink

Rice crispies
Sultanas
Beans and cheese on toast
Minestrone soup
Plain scone and butter
Pineapple and sponge cake

Slightly better today with the 18 month old.

B - peanut butter toast. Banana. Satsuma.
L - veg and cheese frittata and crudités (veg mostly eaten, frittata sampled). Plus quarter of my cheese savoury sandwich
D - tuna pasta with spring onion, sweet corn and peas. (Pasta all eaten, veg mostly ignored). Handful of Grapes.

B- coconut and banana pancake, carrot cinnamon overnight oats
S- melts stick
L- leftover salmon and asparagus quinoa risotto thing. Apple oat thing- rejected
D- pasta with cheese and broccoli. Toast wth almond butter
S- another coconut pancake

Nursery day today

B - toast
L- chilli con carne followed by apple crumble
Tea - sandwiches and fruit
Snacks - breadsticks and fruit

We also gave her some toad in the hole, mash and broccoli when she got in - she ate the broccoli, most of the mash and a couple of bites of sausage/Yorkshire pudding.

B - toast and a biscuit
S - melty crisps and raisins
L - hash browns, chicken nuggets and cucumber sticks (lazy lunch) an orange for after
S - crackers, cheese and ham
D - chicken chasseur with rice and vegetables and yogurt for pudding

2.5 years old. Been at playgroup this morning and gets offered loads there.

630 - peanut butter toast
930 (PG) - cornflakes and milk
A snack of some kind as well, although she won't tell me what, usually raisins, brioche, or mini cheddars
1230 - cheese sandwich, peppers, quavers, fromage frais pouch,
1630 - cream cheese pasta with bacon, cucumber, garlic bread
Greek yoghurt and honey
1830 - milk and a rice cake

Very bread heavy and not very fruit and veg heavy today, quite surprising when your write it all down.

Another very snack-filled day for my 21 month old:

B: rice crispies and oat milk, slice of toast
S: He raided the fridge and presses at various times throughout the morning to eat: dry shreddies, cucumber, raw carrot, grapes, marinated tofu pieces
8oz formula
L: peanut butter sandwich
S: more raw carrot and tofu pieces taken from the fridge, crackers, Organix oat bar
D: spicy Mexican rice, sweetcorn, veggie black pudding
S: more dry shreddies
8oz formula

B- wheetabix with pear and cinnamon
S-couple of ella kitchen crisp sticks
L- leftover lasagna and peas from yesterday
S- raspberry pancake thing
D- pasta with cheese cod broccoli and spinach. Yogurt and raspberries. Bite of a banana.
S- banana coconut pancake