to think that she is doing the wrong thing as a parent?

[HootOnTheBeach]

Really didn't want to use the word 'bad'

DP's darling sister uploaded photos of her 9~ month old in McDonald's eating fries and chicken nuggets.

We KNOW junk food is bad, why give it to such a young baby? Why give it to your child at all?!

Yanbu. Everyone knows the chips in Burger King are much better and she should have gone there.

If that's the issue, hoot, then just don't say anything to her. It really isn't a biggie, and definitely nothing to start a row over.

Well i think a rollie and bag of quavers would have sufficed

I wonder how differently this would have gone had I made a thread about wanting to take my baby to a fast food restaurant for a 'treat'

Bit mixed?

It's one meal.

I can just about imagine seeing the photos on FB and pulling a bit of cats bum face. But starting a conversation with your DP, trying to get him to start a row interfering conversation with his DSis, starting a MN thread.

Too much.

None of your business.

Find something else to worry about.

All things in moderation. As long as it isn't a regular thing, it's fine. You don't get riled about babies eating icecream do you?

Of course it's not great as an everyday occurrence, but I will never forget (nor will DH) the 'look' we got from giving our own PFB one chip (yes, one chip, I think it may even have been his first chip) at an early age. The person who gave it didn't see that behind the scenes I was frantically pureeing anything that grew in soil.

Sounds like you just don't like her.

Oh, FGS.

A McDonalds here or there isn't going to hurt!

You don't speak of your DP's sister with much affection, at all. I think it's you with the issues, Hoot.

Not bothered what others do with their kids. Personally I wouldn't feed DD (8 going on 9 months) anything I won't eat. I don't eat junk food (McD, BK, Pizza etc.). In fact I can't remember last time I had a McD.

I am sure DD will eventually want junk food and I don't see anything wrong with a little junk food every now and again.

I too would be horrified at this age as don't think batter and that much salt is good for a baby.

The occasional McDonalds, once or twice a year when they are older is fine.

My DSis still thought of it as a treat when she was 16. I went off to Uni and she was jealous that I would be able to eat it when ever I wanted tee hee.

Even now I think of it as a guilty treat if I have it on a long car journey or on the way home from a night out a few times a year.

Everything (within reason) is ok in moderation (at the right age).

I haven't read the whole thread cardinal sin, I know but I gave my daughter McD's at that age, and as an 18 year old now she won't touch the stuff. She won't even go inside to use the toilets if she has another option.
The occasional chicken nugget as a baby is going to have very little influence compared to everything else, to be honest.

Never mind chips and hummus. The only way I could get any veg into DS yesterday was to give him hummus with his pombears. (True story. I did think of MN when I did it).

It's got me thinking about what counts as a 'treat' in the UK. I am from a country where McD didn't operate till 1999 and is actually quite expensive in the local currency. We do have unhealthy snacks in our culture of course, and street food but no baby would be given those. Our sweets are way sweeter than yours and again a baby might be given a taste of a sweet but not a whole one. The idea that babies need 'treats' is a very alien one to me- I am not judging just pointing out the difference.

Find something else to worry about

This

I think your DP only agreed with you because you were probably going on and on about it and didn't want to start an argument about it.

Don't sweat the small stuff. Like every other poster, if the sister is not feeding fries and nuggets on a daily basis, then don't worry about it. Worry about your own children and your own life.

When DS was about that age if we went for a meal he shared he kids meal with DN who was 12 months older so he would eat a couple of nuggets/fish fingers and chips. Around the same age we took him to Rhodes and he also enjoyed eating the moussaka and other examples of local cuisine!

At 4 he hates anything like nuggets (Unfortunatly makes quick teas much harder!) so I don't think I have set him up for a nugget addiction by allowing him to eat a couple

I love Macdonalds.

Oh my god. Of course it's bad. It's a baby. A baby! A nine month old should not be eating chicken nuggets and chips. I think it's terrible, lazy parenting. And you lot all think so as well. There is a massive difference between a baby and a 3 year old. You are just trying so hard not to judge the SIL and instead judge the OP.
My eldest DC is 7 and has never had a Macdonalds (polishes parenting halo). It is not a necessary part of life. And it is not about fat content per se, as you shouldn't restrict fat for small children. It is about the level of process.
I must add that DC have had junk food since they turned 3, although cheap nasty, scraped-off-the-slaughterhouse-floor-and-mixed-with-god-knows-what-shitty-chemicals-chicken-nuggets are something they have had very rarely.
However, if your SIL is struggling, poorly educated, poor or suffering from PND , then cut her some slack. I taught pupils who lived on takeaways and would have fed their babies this stuff. But they didn't know any better. If your SIL does know better, then it's wrong.

at that age im sure nothing really went in one of my children loved chewing on chips she never actually ate them though she just loved chewing them (and spitting them all over nanny)

However, if your SIL is struggling, poorly educated, poor or suffering from PND , then cut her some slack. I taught pupils who lived on takeaways and would have fed their babies this stuff. But they didn't know any better. If your SIL does know better, then it's wrong.

WTAF.

half not all of us were slating or disagreeing with the Op. I am surprised how many people would feed a baby on this type of junk food though.

Can I add. I am a bit of a health/fitness junky. I try really hard not to push my beliefs on others because I know I am probably on the extreme side of things

Just been looking at McDonald's nutrition page and a happy meal of 4 nuggets, chips and banana milkshake has 1.2g of salt altogether, each component having 0.4g each. Who knew that banana milkshake was as salty as the rest? One nugget therefore has 0.1g of salt and one chip has going to have negligible salt content so basically not enough for kidneys to combust.

What I always thought was the most unhealthy thing to eat salt-wise for a toddler was a cheese sandwich. Salt overload

I have a PFB 11 month old DD. I've been super PFB about making all my own food for her etc however if we happened to be out & about for lunch I would probably offer her a chip or two to see what she'd make of them. Love giving her new foods & seeing what she thinks. I'd just watch her salt intake for the rest of the day & make sure she had her water.
OP. Is the Macdonalds thing a once off or a regular occurrence?

Rafals
Why are you surprised? I knew someone will say that sil is poorly educated and she doesn't know any better (common).

Am i the only one to think that it was a joke? People post photos on fb of something they dont actually do, or they dont do often. We dont post photos of ourselves like 'look thats me typing on mn' if we do that everyday.
I bet she fed the baby some mashed carrots, then she gave him a nugget to play with while she eats and he looked funny so she took a photo.

Little, I know, but the ones slating her were more strident!