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 ?

DD, just turned 4, are a big pile of goose, which was a huge surprise as she is quite fussy. She wouldn't countenance any of the veg though. I insisted she had a roast potato and she nibbled it, looked delighted and said 'it tastes just like potato letters!' which rather tempered my delight at her goose eating.

Yes, they really enjoy it. They will try anything and like most food.

I am very proud of this because when DD first came home (we adopted her at almost 3), she was so food phobic that she would vomit onto her plate at the thought of trying anything other than sausages, cheese, ready brek or sugary food.

Mine do. Though mil assumed dd3 wouldn't eat turkey or ham for some reason I sent her plate back to the kitchen when it emerged with only sausage on it.

Nope. DD (5) will taste everything, but mostly sticks to pigs in blankets. DS (2) is resolute that he will eat only what he feels like eating (different every time he sits down at the table). I encourage them to try everything, and if they won't eat I don't offer alternatives, but I don't make a big deal about it if there is more stuffing for the grownups.

Mine aged 6and 3 do, but they will also sit down to a Sunday roast. They love the meat and veg, but won't eat roast potatoes (Weirdo's). I think if they are not used to it, getting them to do it once a year is a bit too much to ask, but otherwise, its a roast dinner. They had ice cream instead of Christmas pudding, but that was more to do with it being soaked in brandy and them having a load more brandy cream dumped on top!

Yes my children eat it and very much enjoy most of it. They don't like sprouts, they still had to have one on their plate and teaste it to make sure they still don't like them.

not really into fussy eating. Well, I'm quite fussy about what I eat, I don't eat meat for a start. I'm not going to force my children to eat food they hate either. Fortunately we are lucky to have a vast choice of food nowadays. As far as I'm concerned ,as long as everyone gets their share of required nutrients at a price that I can afford I don't really care if it's different from what other people like.

my 2 love roast dinner. DD1 will demolish a full plate of roast dinner and have more meat, whereas DD2 will eat the bits she likes and has a smaller appetite, but generally a roast dinner gets the least whinges at dinner time.

Both DC (6 & 9) love a full roast and will demolish an adult sized plate usually, but were too excited to do more than pick at their plates yesterday. Too many toys to play with and too many Pringles and chocs beforehand, I think!

DD was eating roast dinners from toddler age. DS didnt really get into them until the age of 6 or 7, and is still a bit fussy about the veg (carrots and peas only).

Dd ate the turkey, veggies, roasts and would have eaten the York use if I hadn't forgotten them. She loves roast dinners though.

DD (2..7) had cheese and crackers

DS (10 months) stuffed in Christmas dinner as fast as his little hands would let him!

We are normally a "this is the only option" family and have various tantrums about it, but decided we wanted a happy lunch/day so let DD go with her request

DS aged nearly 3 ate turkey, roast potato/parsnip/carrot and one sprout. He had loads and we wanted a break before pudding so he then went for his nap and he was allowed chocolate later (but he loves raisins so I think he'd like Christmas pudding.
DD is 7 mo and sucked some turkey and a satsuma. The veg was quite greasy (DH not really expert potato roaster but I'm not one to talk. We need practice.) so I didn't give her it.

My 6 and 5 yr old DSs love it. The older one had a plate piled with everything - sprouts and stuffing are his favourites!
My youngest is a fussy eater but even he ate turkey, roasties, carrots, peas, yorkshires and one sprout!!

Dd has always eaten what we eat. If she doesn't like something, she eats the rest of the meal.

Nope, and I don't care. More important battles to have than this.

My boys don't like overly enjoy roasts. We don't eat turkey as I see it as an oversized chicken and we eat that alot anyway.

DH and I had brisket in the slow cooker, roasties, veg and Yorkshire Pud. DS1 had meatballs and pasta. DS2 chicken pie, pasta and beans.

We chose our dinner and they chose theirs - no arguments, fuss and a very happy meal all together. (They don't get to dictate what they eat normally so this is a big treat to be able to choose!)

Ds1 ate everything yesterday - turkey, pigs in blankets, rosaries, garlic sprouts with bacon, carrots and celeriac mash.

Ds2 was Ill all day with a raging temp and ate a bowl of plain cooked carrots and wouldn't touch anything else.

*roasties

Ours (3 and 6) ate a cold carp in dressing on Wednesday night and had turkey with cranberry sauce, carrots, red cabbage, sprouts, roasted parsnips and stuffing followed by Christmas pudding. For "dinner" yesterday they had cheese from the cheeseboard. They've also been allowed a couple of chocolates and a mince pie on Christmad Eve.

Roast dinners of all varieties are the ONLY dinners I guarantee mine will eat. And spag Bol.

I think it's because of gravy. Makes it easier to eat. Mine eat anything with Bisto!

Yes, mine are quite fussy though, so it's actually a good dinner for them because they can just take the bits they like. So, a bit of Turkey breast, a roast spud and Yorkshire pudding for veg-avoider DS.

Just treat it like a buffet.

All 5DC sat down to a 3 course Christmas meal yesterday.The only things the 3 youngest DC wouldn't eat were roast parsnips and brussel sprouts and youngest DS doesn't like cauliflower cheese the 2 other youngest love it.

I know they don't eat those things anyways but I do them for the rest of us.2 oldest DS had 3 plates of Christmas dinner each(they love they're Mum's cooking) Our youngest DS13 and youngest DD7 used to be awful for getting them to eat pretty much anything,they're both autistic.But I kept calm and went at they're pace which was very slow for trying different foods.We've been really lucky that it paid of eventually.

Mine do. Only one of my 3 won't eat roast potatoes so he has extra veg and meat.

Yes definetly always have done ... I never do seperate meals and it's a tradition.