Do your children eat a full traditional Christmas lunch?

[Babieseverywhere]

I was looking at my Facebook (I know) and I was amazed at how many children were sitting down to a full traditional Christmas lunch with no fussiness.

So are our kids, the only fussy ones out there, who turn their noses up at lovely turkey and roasties ?

Mine do, but is one of the only means that all of us will actually eat.

Mine do. Always have done. Sorry.

Yes, both my dc aged 6 and 3 and my nephew and niece aged 2 and 6 months demolished their Christmas lunch today and will eat another one tomorrow.

Yes...mine both love it. One DD won't eat sprouts but that's all and the other eats everything there! Sorry.

Mine are veggie (by choice/fussiness). I usually cook veggie pie with all the trimmings but they just pick at their lunch (the bits they like) whilst messing around/slipping off their chairs.

Lunch is over in ten minutes. I yearn for the days I used to enjoy a leisurely lunch with my parents.

My 2 year old did - I think he had more turkey than me!

I was always told I had to eat a bit of everything even if I didn't like it - didn't like Xmas pud, red cabbage or sprouts.

Now I like all of those and think if my mum hadn't persisted I'd never have found out how lovely they are.

No. My 2.5 yr old ds ate 4 roast potatoes and then spotted the biscuits on the side

It's pretty much the only meal we all eat. Although ds won't eat meat so has quorn sausage.

Not exactly. Like the look of it but still stuff left on plate. Were excited enough at prospect though and seem full enough. Hey, it's Christmas I don't care - can be nutritional police again tomorrow...!

Mine say down at the table, but were to full of glee and-chocolate to eat more than a token slither of meat, token carrot and couple of pigs in blankets! Even ds tried the meat, which is a big thing for him, his HF ASD means usually he won't eat anything other than scrambled egg.

We don't serve any pork, but otherwise yes. We all have our dislikes, so not everyone eats everything but in general yes.

I'm quite insistent that they eat things they haven't tried and I don't offer an alternative, but I'm often called a mean mummy.

mine do. Sorry. Some years they eat more than.others but they have always had a.proper Xmas dinner

Fraid so , it's one of the few dinners in this house of 5 DC 's that are universally popular and has been since they were old enough to chew it .

Hasten to add, ds didn't get the biscuits he had spotted but couldn't concentrate on his dinner after seeing them!

They would both have a go if presented with it. They like roasties, some veg, gravy. Neither will attempt the meat. We didn't have it today.

DS1 (now 7yo) had his first full Christmas lunch aged 7 months, and has done ever since.

DS2 (5yo) is slightly more fussy but doesn't do too badly. He's not keen on yorkshires or stuffing, strange boy, although he hoovers up all the veg in sight

only fuss in my house is from eldest who won't eat roasted veg, or veg mixed/mashed together (she's asd though so used to her food rules). They love their Christmas dinner though, are loads! Both of them like sprouts too (strange children lol)

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YANBU, my 3 year old only ate the turkey. She barely touched her pudding. She likes nuts though as she likes to use the nutcracker and has asked to use them all day.

My 7.5 year old who is fussy about a lot of foods actually enjoys a roast as he loves sprouts, carrots etc. He's fussy about most breaded products and mixed in foods like casserole - he just likes his vegetables cooked in isolation and not in things, so Christmas dinner is a good option. He didn't eat the Christmas pudding but I had a chocolate one for him. He hates nuts, dates, mince pies.

My kids do but they are nearly 20.

I always used to tell ds that the roast parsnips were chips so he'd eat them.

Yep, always has.

My 4 (aged 18months to 7yrs) all ate what we put in front of them. But the veg was child friendly... Peas, sweetcorn, carrots, roast parsnips, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, turkey, pigs in blankets. They didn't have stuffing or cranberry sauce. And only DC1 tried DH's veggie main which she really liked.
As someone said above, roast dinners are one of the meals that everyone eats!

My DD is very fussy but a very basic roast dinner is one meal she will eat - she had turkey, roast potatoes, carrots and pigs in blankets.

My 11 month old had everything apart from gravy and stuffing.

Mine are 10 and 12. I just served them the parts they were likely to eat. So Turkey (they prefer chicken but said it was ok covered in gravy!), mash (DD2 only), roasties, croquettes, cauliflower cheese, carrots and gravy. Each year they get a little better.
Red cabbage, sprouts, ham and stuffing were offered but refused.

A few years ago, they would have requested pasta instead...