J'Accuse... I do not believe a sizeable minority on here when they say "I blah blah blah"

[Salmotrutta]

E.g. :-
"I cook from scratch" - I hate "from scratch". We used to say "everything was homemade".

And those of you who state "homemade potato wedges" ? ...yeah, I'm impressed. So that would be some potatoes shoved in the oven then?

Fast - it's posh round here, the chip shop also sells battered blackpudding!

Hahaha I've just sat and read all 18 pages of this.

My kids will only drink squash or hot chocolate. DS (nearly 2) will sometimes drink milk if he's distracted by the tv.
They've just had microwave pilau rice, frozen chicken nuggets and cucumber for lunch. Followed by maltesers. They mainline bananas and I delude myself that this justifies the amount of fish fingers and tinned pasta shapes they eat. Dominos happens regularly, DD calls him the cookie man. I consider baked beans a suitable substitute for vegetables. We never watch cbeebies but that's because we watch DVDs back to back.
I never play toddler music/nursery rhymes. They both listen to and can sing along to rock and metal but neither have much of a clue what the words to Humpty Dumpty are.
They play with the cats and then eat dinner without washing their hands.
DD who is nearly 4 can spot sarcasm and irony a mile off because I have never talked baby talk around her and she's been exposed to black humour and sarcasm from the off. You can stand there deadpan faced and say directly to her "oh you little grotbag, if you don't stop doing that I shall go and get the leg chopping knife" and she will giggle her head off. This seems to horrify the neighbours who once threatened to call SS she gets it when I actually tell her off.
I will also admit to shouting when v cross. I have also told them both to sod off many a time.
I swear in front of them all the time, they both know those words are not words they should say themselves, and they've both seen me drunk many a time.
They've both watched Star Wars (not the new trilogy as it makes me irrational angry) back to back marathon style with me and some friends. DS fell asleep on the floor towards the start of the evening, woke up where he'd fallen some hours later, sat up and joined back in with the film watching.

I think I get away with it all though. We've got some chickens in the garden and they're both bright, slim, healthy kids. We give off educated, non poor vibes and I've got lots of books. I was raised on jam sandwiches and Ribena and I've never been remotely overweight. In actual fact of all DDs friends, the ones that are bigger or overweight children are the ones who arent ever allowed chocolate or sugar and so the binge at parties/their Dad's/play dates. I'll never forget a thread on here once about a kids party and these two kids that got under the table and shovelled cake into their mouths with their hands. Their mum didn't allow sugar or treats at home. So bloody sad. I just think that life is there to be lived. What a miserable existence it must be to have been raised on lettuce and lentils.

passthewineplz, I actually felt proper guilt that I'd apparently upset this loon complete stranger with an off the cuff comment about squash

I'd only been here a week and was left thinking, 'Wtf'??

The ones that get on my goat are the posters who insist their husbands have never once in all their puff had a sneaky peek at a porn mag/movie/online as they are against it morally. Said husbands have also never set foot in a strip club and in fact when on a stag do will refuse to enter and instead go for a quiet pint.

Sure they do love, sure they do.

metallic Sorry, I was not trying to justify. I thought the OP was saying that she did not believe those who said they cooked from scratch/homemade the food for their families. Then lots said that they used more convenience foods and did not cook. My post was trying to say that for many there is a middle ground.

I know that when my kids were babies/toddlers I was a lot more neurotic with food. They had to have organic and no additives etc. All baby food was home made. I am sure that the rest of my family and nursery found me a PITA.

When they got older I realised that the odd coke, macdonalds etc was not going to hurt them. Now they are teenagers, god only knows what they eat outside the home. DS went through a phase of buying chicken and chips from the chicken shops, then his skin got bad, it got better when he cut down.

Someone mentioned tinned burgers. DH saw them in a shop, bought them saying that he loved them as a kid and we should have them for supper. Not as good as he remembered.

I think most people know whats right and wrong. The health guidelines are there to guide us, however if we took everything literally we wouldn't eat or drink a dam thing - there's pros and cons to everything research proves that.

End of thd day you just have to do what you feel is best for you and your family, and take other people's views with a pinch of salt.

Worra - the lady was probably trying to be kind, or had some kind of health issues.... You're safe now though, you've found us!

Mine were brought up on a diet of fruit shoots, Sunny D and Turkey Twizzlers.

I was at a function in the summer with catering and a bar in a teepee. I misplaced DD1 for a few minutes. Found her in a dark corner of the tent with a crate of fruit shoots. She bloody loves em.

You are all in denial. I was in MacDonald's earlier and everyone looked grey, unhealthy and poor. It was enough to put me off my big Mac...

I love fish fingers.
Had them last night with potato wedges and spaghetti shapes whilst feeding my DS.
Alas, they weren't the battered kind, only bread crumbed. damn you Aldi

I nearly had a fish finger sandwich for lunch, but we only had wholemeal bread, which would have ruined the whole thing.

My second labour was drug free and I see it a massive wasted opportunity to try diamorphine one of the greatest achievements of my life.

I have to say I'm just as annoyed by people who say they cook from scratch all the time (I mean that's just cooking isn't it?) than by people who go the other way and have to prove that they don't and they use squash or whatever.

Both attitudes are just as smug as the other.
Why the need to spend 5oo psts to try and prove you are better than them unless you thought you might be?

SummerHouse

'My second labour was drug free and I see it a massive wasted opportunity to try diamorphine one of the greatest achievements of my life.'

This made me spit my brew! My mum was horrified when I said I was going to either have an epidural or an elective caesarian. Like she wanted to experience the horror she did when having me... I am actually dreading having this baby as I know I will be judged!

My pet hate is the I can't go to the toilet, nap, clean, or go in the shower as my children will end up in a&e, smash up the place, kill someone. Really?

My best birth of 4 was the crash CS. Easiest to recover from as well, once the GA had worn off.

Yummy, depends on the child. DS was of the "couldn't take your eyes off him for a second" variety. He was in casualty practically every month for a few years (yes they did ask some searching questions but luckily it was nearly 20 years ago) The 3 girls have all been a cinch in comparison.

Derek Didn't have Irish GPs but we DID have PGL.
Bye bye kids, hello shagging in the front room

But how did you breast feed him EatShitDerek?

See I joined MN for a bit of support when pregnant with DS1 as I haven't got any friends with kids really.

Wish I hadn't really - I was happily oblivious before. Now I know DS is scared for life because I didn't have 'skin to skin' (was rushed off for ECG) didn't BF (couldn't) and he will most probably be an only child.

I thought squash was a perfectly fine choice for kids.

I don't actually know who is cooking lentils and shit for their kids because everyone I knows give them pasta with tomato sauce and fishfingers and carrot sticks. What do these people actually eat?? Also the school lunch police - all the schools around my way have fizzy pop banned but that's about it. Kids have always had a sandwich, packet of crisps and a bloody penguin. Where are these schools where they get their rice cakes confiscated?

Yep in rl nearly everyone has gps, family or friends babysit from when babies are a few weeks old. I don't know anyone that is like on mn who can't stand to be parted.

auntiedee you will find no judgement here. My only defence for totally missing out on the drugs was that I thought I was in for a Marathon and it turned out to be a 10k if you see what I mean. He was here I was a bit like "oh, but I haven't had any drugs yet!"

I had an epidural with ds1 after the birth for stitching. One of the best experiences of my life!.... Along with the actual birth of course.

Good luck whatever you do. I really honestly would not change a thing in either of my births.