To give my two year old a ham sandwich?

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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?

Honestly, I have never in my life looked at someone eating a ham sandwich - adult or child, and tutted at the amount of salt they were consuming.

It could be worse, could be a sausage roll.

What is it with "food in a buggy" that gets death stares?

Its elicits worse reactions than the mother swigging out of a can of special brew! WTF do people expect if you have a hungry child? Let them scream and go hungry?

OP, I can sympathise re cooking, so when I get in the mood, I cook up a storm of stews, pasta sauces etc and freeze them so when CBA kicks in again, I have something half decent to defrost. Unfortunately I still havent got the amounts right, so I never have enough meals to cover the amount of time I CBA!

OP, my dd loves ham, and will take it out of the sarnie and leave the bread if I let her and she is 14 months. Dont worry about ham etc, its crisps, ready meals, snacks, jarred sauces etc that usually contain alot of salt.

My son eats ham all the time. Hasn't killed him yet and he's 3.

I heart mumsnet! To be honest it's good that she's eating something other than cheese in her sandwich for a change !

PS Don't tell me how salty cheese is, please!

My 10.5mo DS adore ham sandwiches, and has them for lunch at least twice a week - made with 1 small slice wholemeal or seeded bread, half a slice of naice ham and some marg. Never for one second would I attribute any disapproving looks to his ham sarnie, what could there possibly be to disapprove of in that?

Shit where can I find a copy of all the rules? I'm going to screw up so badly when dc is born.

So if ham is questionable is marmite like poison?

Hey as long as there was lettuce you should be ok

Joking aside its not salt in ham that's an issue it's the nitrates. When the cancer charities cite red meat as an issue that isn't fresh red meat it's processed meats due to the high nitrate levels. So I wouldn't overdose the ham unless it's a fresh version.

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YANBU...my DD loves ham (20mo). She also loves cheese which has salt in it but is apparently OK...or something ???

Today for lunch she had ham, chicken, hummus, salad and bread...with bits of cheese...That's pretty typical...she's yet to grow horns and start plotting the destruction of mankind...or at least to my knowledge anyway...

I never check the salt levels in anything, I've never even thought to in the context of a balanced diet

she's yet to grow horns and start plotting the destruction of mankind...or at least to my knowledge anyway...

That happens when they start school. ;)

Marmite is marvellous! Dont be dissing the 'Mite :o

They have a teeny bit, so the salt isnt a worry. If you were ladling it on, at every meal then yes it would be a problem, but the beauty of the Mite is that you dont need much :)

My 2 3/4 year old DD has a massive mug of pick n mix in the fridge. She has one thing from it a day (sometimes a jelly bean, sometimes a chocolate mouse - loads of stuff in there). She genuinely thinks that one jelly bean constitutes a big treat. Sometimes she choses to have a thing from her mug instead of pudding (so again, she can happily have one jelly bean for pudding and think she's come out on top) Takes over a month to chug through one.

The looks that I get when we fill that mug up though (she choses, I'll scoop) from the older generation. There was a woman there last time who was clearly absolutely DYING to tell me what a bad mum I was.

Honeytea my utterly insane toddler has decided that her preferred breakfast is honey and marmite on rice cakes. It tastes utterly foul. She lurves it and will spurn even Nutella in favour of it.

The thing is whatever you think the rules are, turns out the DC come with their own set.

I'm glad marmite is allowed!

Mm marmite and honey, your dd has given me a craving Penelope ;)

Hmm
My ds lives in quavers, ringos and broccoli ATM
But I've been told its good for him....
He's scared of food so any food he eats orally is a bonus.
Dietician calls it the crisp and veg diet :)
Try it sometime

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He had fruit shoot today too

I'd only worry if you gave her a chicken sandwich.

Passed son bread in back of car seat today
Didn't wipe sons face
Went shipping with bread monster baby
Tut sigh state

Chicken sandwich? What's wrong with chicken sandwiches?!

Phew, I thought you said jam sandwich then OP

I think eating a ham sandwich is good. Dd would b covered after food in the pram but that's fine.

It wasn't the ham, it was just the fleeting glimpse of a child snacking in a buggy. You know you don't neglect your child but to someone briefly looking, it appears that you jam your kid's gob full of Greggs and Coke and leave them to it.