To give DD slice of cake for dinner?

[winnybella]

I made Victoria sponge earlier.

Somehow I thought it was 5 instead of 6pm and gave DD a slice and an apple as a snack.

It's almost dinner time here (one hour ahead of the UK).

She's just getting over the flu and doesn't have a great appetite at the mo so I doubt she would eat much of dinner (it's not ready, anyway).

So, AIBU?

No YANBU - unless she is a baby!

I don't really know what you are asking. You gave her some cake, she's not got a great appetite, just offer her something later if she's hungry.

Not if it's a one off. If it's a weekly event then YABU!

Lucky DD

Yes :o

No, she's 2.

She'll have a bf before bed as well.

there are worse things you can give as a one off to an ill child than

flour, sugar, butter and eggs, and a piece of fruit & some milk

(isnt that what we almost all feed our children for tea on shrove Tuesday anyway?)

may not be ideal for 'dinner' every night but it wont hurt as a one off!

@ Bogey. Genuine question here,though am not rasputin's dh.

Although, good point valium, hardly worth asking, I guess.

I've been feeling vaguely guilty today for some reason . Obv.she'll be fine.

Thanks all.

Will go and do something useful.

She will be fine! :)

I'm sorry if my post sounded snippy - I was a bit confused as to why you were worried .

Does this mean I can have cake for dinner? I dont want the spaghetti I am making for everyone else!

Of course you can, Bogey.

That's what I'll be having as well.

And DP can cook himself something when he gets home later

There have been plenty of times when I wished I had cake just so my DD would go to bed having eaten something, ANYTHING!

She's nearly 2 and I used to worry a lot about whether she had eaten "enough", but enough is whatever she's happy with, especially when she's not well.

And the fact you're worried about her eating cake even as a one-off means you're watching what she eats in general and being a good Mum. The rest of the time I bet she's eating fine!