AIBU?
To think this was quite a nice packed lunch I made for 20 month old.
B4Beatrice · 20/04/2011 12:28
In brief, meeting relative for picnic yesterday. I said I would do food as she works part time so would be coming straight to park. I made our DDs both 20 months, a homemade scotch egg (very big) each and bough them a tub of strawberries to share.
Friend told me it was not an adequate lunch and that a sandwich is more appropriate??
Am I or her BU??
WorzselMummage · 20/04/2011 12:38
Sounds like a perfect lunch to me, my 2 would have gobbled it up !
I think she is being rude too. If she wanted sandwiches she should have made them herself.
My friends eyes popped out of her head when at about 10 months old my ds was eating a posh cheese and rocket sandwich in seedy bread yet now wonders why at 2.5 he'll eat anything where hers will only eat jam and peanut butter!
There are reasons why some kids are fussy.
BertieBotts · 20/04/2011 12:39
That sounds fine, but my DS wouldn't have eaten any of it. However he would have been unlikely to eat a sandwich either unless it had one of a few very limited fillings.
Portion size overall sounds fine, but could do with a bit of variety. DS would usually eat a marmite sandwich, some pepper sticks and cucumber or carrot sticks, then maybe a fromage frais. Perhaps some kind of "crisp" thing as well like low salt (or not 
) crisps or breadsticks or crackers.
For a picnic with a child I hadn't fed before I'd do lots of little things to pick at in case they were fussy.
Quenelle · 20/04/2011 12:39
It sounds delicious and more than adequate, but I would probably have provided more than one thing because you can never be sure what a toddler is happy to eat. I actually don't know if my 22 mo would eat a scotch egg.
On the other hand, I would not have been so rude as to criticise.
Tolalola · 20/04/2011 12:41
Sounds fine, although I guess I would probs have gone for a bit more variety by adding some veg sticks, pita bread or cheese or something. My Ds doesn't like sandwiches, but would probably love a scotch egg, so to each their own.
If she didn't give you instruction as to what her child would eat, then it's really quite rude of her to criticise.
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