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Do your children eat a full traditional Christmas lunch?

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Babieseverywhere · 25/12/2014 19:47

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 ?

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Lovelydiscusfish · 25/12/2014 20:02

My dd (2.8) ate four carrots, some sausage from a pig in blanket, and a small amount of Yorkshire pudding (to be fair it was horribly burnt). Oh, and two broccoli florets. She refused to eat any turkey at the meal itself, despite the fact that, while dh was carving it, she tried some bits and declared them "delicious". And she didn't entertain the thought of trying the potatoes.
I'm not bothered at all - to me it's a very filling meal, where I often eat more than I should, and then feel stuffed all day. I'd rather she stopped when she felt she had had enough - I've never been pro a "clear your plate" policy (tho I know this works well for many families).

Theimpossiblegirl · 25/12/2014 20:02

Mine have always had the same as the adults. They leave things they're not keen on but they have a good go. There are enough different things on offer for them to have enough to eat and I'm not cooking anything else.

HelenaJustina · 25/12/2014 20:02

We did eat at 12.45 though, so normal lunch-time for them, means they can snack the rest of the day and I don't care!

notagainffffffffs · 25/12/2014 20:03

Yep :) everything but parsnips

merlehaggard · 25/12/2014 20:05

Mine do. Eldest has never been fussy, 2nd has always been ridiculously fussy. 3rd is quite fussy. But all have always liked a Sunday roast, so therefore likes a Xmas dinner. Their fussiness is over things with sauces and mincemeat mainly. So plain meat and veg is actually what suits them best.

CalamitouslyWrong · 25/12/2014 20:05

We had beef rather than Turkey.

DS1 ate beef, gravy, yorkshire pud, loads of roast potatoes, stuffing balls (which I cooked just for him), pigs in blankets and carrots. DS2 ate beef with gravy, pigs in blankets, a Yorkshire pudding and a roast potato.

Neither ate the parsnips, green bean casserole or red cabbage. I don't think DH had any red cabbage either. They all missed out; it was lovely.

IAmAPaleontologist · 25/12/2014 20:06

Yes, the 2 and a half year old, 6 yeast old and almost 8 year old. It is just a roast dinner with a couple of extras, what is there to be fussy about? genuine confusion. i get fussy children, eg ds1 eats the Yorkshire Puddings but not the roasties because he doesn't like potato but if is just roast meat, sausages, veg. ..

erin99 · 25/12/2014 20:06

Sorry, yes they love a roast. They are rubbish at salad, if that helps?

catsoup · 25/12/2014 20:07

Nope. My dd who is 4 only ate the pigs in blankets and refused any meat or potatoes or veg. I didn't offer her anything else because she's had all those foods before she was just being stubborn.

No doubt I'll hear all about her cousin who is 5 who ate all his Xmas dinner with extra sprouts Hmm

Littlefish · 25/12/2014 20:08

Yes. Everything except the sprouts. She is 10.

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 25/12/2014 20:08

Mine pick at the bits they like, they are both fussy tbh.

I don't care at Christmas, it's only the four of us and I let them eat what the bits they like.

DaphneMoonCrane · 25/12/2014 20:09

DS2 is 9 months tomorrow. He ate chicken, carrots, parsnips, roasties and sprouts.

DS1 is 4. He ate four cocktail sausages, a yorkshire pudding and some ketchup Xmas Hmm He eats no veg at all, ever, and won't try roast potatoes, so roast dinner isn't his favourite by any means. He normally tries the chicken at least but refused today Xmas Sad

JemimaMuddledUp · 25/12/2014 20:09

Yes. All three of mine (aged 8, 10 and 12) love a roast dinner and would eat it every day if they could. We were at PILs today and they were disappointed that there weren't any roast parsnips and all had seconds of sprouts and swede. None of them like Christmas pud, but they had mince pies instead.

If I gave them a curry though they would grump.

DaphneMoonCrane · 25/12/2014 20:10

It is just a roast dinner with a couple of extras, what is there to be fussy about?

If you have a child who refuses all vegetables, including potatoes, there's plenty for them to be fussy about.

Sequinscheermeup · 25/12/2014 20:11

No they don't. A bit of turkey and a roast potato is their limit.

ipswichwitch · 25/12/2014 20:12

Both 3yo and 1yo DS's like a roast dinner, especially DS2 (who will eat literally anything). DS1 was a bit of a fussy eater and didn't have much Christmas dinner last year, but this last year he has gotten so much better and will eat most things with no fuss.
If only they slept as well as they eat though ....

DragonMamma · 25/12/2014 20:14

Mine also do (7 and 3.5). They usually eat some of the meat, turkey and beef, plus mashed spuds, carrots, stuffing, peas, Yorkshire puds etc. As long as I get the gravy right I.e one has lots of gravy, one now has none then they'll eat it.

I really limited the chocolate this year which seems to have helped!

Groovee · 25/12/2014 20:14

My DD's first year she flung the Brussels sprouts randomly at people. She was 11 months. Both kids have usually eaten parts of the traditional meal.

ashtrayheart · 25/12/2014 20:15

4 and 5 year old treat it like a buffet - but the overall food intake is probably a roast dinner each. Ds (15 and has hfa and OCD) ate one Yorkshire pudding and 3 pigs in blankets Hmm

Amummyatlast · 25/12/2014 20:17

My 17 month old had everything apart from the gravy, pigs in blankets (I was concerned about her salt content over the day) and sprouts (which she turned her nose up at). She had two helpings of turkey.

Hushabyelullaby · 25/12/2014 20:17

My DD age 7 eats everything (luckily roast dinners are her favourite), someone I know cooks pizza and chips for their DC as they won't eat Christmas dinner. If my DC wouldn't eat her dinner she sure as hell wouldn't be getting anything else!

ceeveebee · 25/12/2014 20:18

My 3 yo DTs eat one between them - DD has Turkey, sausages, gravy and sprouts, and DS has roast carrots, parsnips, Yorkshire pudding and potatoes.

forago · 25/12/2014 20:18

my 3 boys did pretty well this year, ate pretty much everything. Turkey, gammon, Yorkshire's, veg and stuffing. One wouldn't have peas, one wouldn't have carritand swede mash and one wouldn't have stuffing but otherwise they ate a fairly large amount of everything. They are 10,7, 4. They can be fussy but all seem to be growing out if it/getting over it (youngest has always been a pretty good eater).

we were pleased this year. Last year the 2 eldest hardly touched anything.

kbbeanie · 25/12/2014 20:18

Mine usually would he ate a full xmas dinner last year....this year hes 2 and 9 months he was sat down to a full xmas dinner but he didnt eat any of it....too excited and the fact that hes been fussy and messing around with not eating lately anyhow didnt help so i just ended up giving him a bowl of cereal so he would get something into him ! If hes not going to eat it i dont make a fuss....not ruining xmas day by causing stress over meal time !

PumpkinPie2013 · 25/12/2014 20:19

We always did as children ( there are 3 of us) Smile

My ds is one and enjoyed sharing our Christmas dinner today Smile

He ate 2 blinis with cream cheese, and some of everything we had (pork, carrots, sprouts, red cabbage, roast potatoes and parsnips with gravy).

He doesn't really do sweet things so no pudding but he ate a lot of the main course.