Is DS’ diet really that bad?

[enuquer]

Please be kind.

DS is 2, will be 3 at the end of the year. His daily diet is usually

Breakfast: weetabix or rice krispies/corn flakes

Morning snack: an orange or a yoghurt

Lunch: Ham sandwich with an orange or yoghurt (whatever he doesn't have for snack) and some wotsits or quavers

Afternoon snack: 2 biscuits or a small packet of chocolate buttons

Dinner: pasta/pizza/ sausage and mash with carrots/fish fingers/chicken nuggets/ the occasional McDonald's happy meal (probably once or twice a month)

Dessert: ice cream or a small chocolate bar

Then he sometimes has chips if me and DP have had a takeaway, and he isn't asleep yet.

The only fruit and veg he'll eat are oranges and carrots. During the day he does drink water or apple juice and has a bottle of milk before bed.

We recently stayed at my mum's as my mum said that he shouldn't be eating those foods and his diet is awful.

Is it really that bad?

It is very evident which parents on here have never had a child with eating issues

The OP hasn't said anything about "eating issues" or "restrictive eating disorders." You have more control over your child's diet when they're a toddler than you ever will again. Use it to instil healthy eating habits.

@Cazziebo OP has said that her child had eating issues. She said that a year ago her child refused to eat anything at all.

You can serve whatever healthy meals you like to a toddler, some just will not eat them. I’ve just served lovely homemade fish cakes with carrot and swede mash to my toddler. She had two minuscule bites of mash. She ate half a piece of toast for breakfast. At lunch she ate half an apple, blueberries, cucumber and half a cream cheese sandwich. That’s it, all day. All the other lovely healthy things offered have been refused, as was the full sugar and fat rice pudding that is instructed by her dietician. It’s the same everyday.

Processed fatty salty dead animals. Just what a young body needs

OP has said that her child had eating issues. She said that a year ago her child refused to eat anything at all

No, she didn't. Please don't fall into the trap of calling normal behaviour "issues". She said :

"he just started refusing whatever I cooked for him and then DP would give him some of his food then it became a habit for DS to refuse"

Normal toddler boundary-pushing behaviour.

@Cazziebo OP said ‘Just to add, he would eat anything this time last year!’ You can’t just pick the bits that suit you

[quote 21Bee]@Cazziebo OP said ‘Just to add, he would eat anything this time last year!’ You can’t just pick the bits that suit you[/quote]
Yes, she said this time last year he WOULD eat anything - that’s the opposite of what you’re claiming.
She then goes on to list the things he would eat.

@enuquer - at some point it sounds like you stopped giving him a varied diet, it's good you posted because now is the time to start again.

It can be very simple, a few peas on the plate with everything else. Cut up banana instead of chocolate. Children need opportunities to get used to new foods and textures, the challenge is many parents take away those opportunities under the guise of "they don't like". Keep putting them on his plate, it will get better. Don't substitute healthy food with processed.

[quote anonforamo]@enuquer - at some point it sounds like you stopped giving him a varied diet, it's good you posted because now is the time to start again.

It can be very simple, a few peas on the plate with everything else. Cut up banana instead of chocolate. Children need opportunities to get used to new foods and textures, the challenge is many parents take away those opportunities under the guise of "they don't like". Keep putting them on his plate, it will get better. Don't substitute healthy food with processed.[/quote]
What do you consider to be processed, as many seem to have different ideas on that.