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To give my two year old a ham sandwich?

95 replies

BlackholesAndRevelations · 18/08/2012 21:19

i mean, really?! In her buggy as I wanted to get somewhere fast, she was eating a ham sandwich from tesco. Cue disapproving looks. Or maybe I'm just paranoid as ham causes cancer and is full of salt?

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FalseStartered · 18/08/2012 21:20

were you still in the supermarket at the time?

NoobytheWaspSlayer · 18/08/2012 21:22

but was it naice ham?

D0G · 18/08/2012 21:22

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Pedallleur · 18/08/2012 21:23

Yes.but was it foccaccia or ciabatta or white sliced? My god, some people....

naturalbaby · 18/08/2012 21:25

Is he a big 2? Maybe the disapproving thought he should be working.
Who knows.
Does it reeeeeally matter?

crashdoll · 18/08/2012 21:26

Hmm I think you are being super paranoid unless you were still in Tesco. In that case, people probably wondered if you'd paid or not.

BlackholesAndRevelations · 18/08/2012 21:26

Actually it was sliced white bread. and we had left the shop (not sure if the relevance of that?)

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BlackholesAndRevelations · 18/08/2012 21:29

Oh crashdoll I see! It contained about 30% of an adults daily salt intake! (didn't check before I bought). I'm usually reasonably laid back about food but now wondering if I'm too laid back!

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BlackholesAndRevelations · 18/08/2012 21:30

She's a girl but no of course not, that crap never crosses her lips! Wink

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BlackholesAndRevelations · 18/08/2012 21:31

We were en route to greggs though for more salty processed goodness! Grin

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AGilchrist · 18/08/2012 21:31

Really do you care?
I thought of mumsnet the other day. I was shopping with dh and ds was in his pushchair, he is 17 months.
I left them for a while and when i met up with them, dh had bought ds a pasty.
I could see the cat bum mouths as ds tucked into his Cornish. I laughed so much.
Ds really enjoyed it and as he has home cooked food every meal time, i think he will be fine.

FalseStartered · 18/08/2012 21:31

ack, it was a ham sarnie not a bag of crack

don't sweat it

crashdoll · 18/08/2012 21:32

Don't worry about it, as long as you're not feeding her tesco sandwiches every day, she'll be fiiiiine.

I don't mean this to sound bitchy but is she your PFB?

bogeyface · 18/08/2012 21:32

I can beat you.

I gave DD a sausage roll (from Birds, not Greggs, I do have some standards!) while she was in her pram last week. She is 14 months.

But it is a Silver Cross coachbuilt jobby, so I think I get away with it by being labelled as posh and either to rich to care what others think, bohemian or eccentric when I am in fact none of those things! I am a normal person, erring slightly towards chav, who happens to own a big pram :o

Softlysoftly · 18/08/2012 21:32

Oooh the nitrates.

DD1 never has Ham Muslim husband

Fruit shoots are the devil? Blush

lovebunny · 18/08/2012 21:33

i hope you didn't forget the mustard.

AGilchrist · 18/08/2012 21:33

I made sure I empties all the crumbs though
does that redeem me?
Dh looked so confused when I explained it.

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AGilchrist · 18/08/2012 21:35

raspberry :)

Softlysoftly · 18/08/2012 21:35

Oh and I win, DD2 was covered in greggs pasty crumbs the other day, even in her hair.

In my defence she is 11 weeks, she was bf and I was hungry Blush

DialMforMummy · 18/08/2012 21:37

YANBU
When is it acceptable for children to eat ham sandwiches otherwise?

BlackholesAndRevelations · 18/08/2012 21:37
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feelingfull · 18/08/2012 21:37

what's wrong with a ham sandwich?

BlackholesAndRevelations · 18/08/2012 21:39

Nothing! I just wondered if I shouldn't give her it due to the salt.

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