To think this dinner is acceptable?

[chiquititaa]

My toddler who is 2.5 had a cod fish finger sandwich for tea and 2 more fish finger on the side, he finished the whole thing and I gave him some Jaffa cakes and a banana sucky yogurt thing, that he's eating just now, DH is just home from work and asked what ds had for tea, I told him what he had and he seems to think it's not enough for a growing 2.5 year old.

He can be very fussy and I'm thinking it's a win that he ate that much at all but I'm being made feel horrible by DH. Please let me know if you think this is enough for a toddlers tea?

He's not on the insulin pump just yet, we are on a waiting list to get it on nhs. He gets pen injections 10-15 minutes before eating. It's so hard sometimes because he eats like a horse one day then as you say lives on fresh air the next. We give him insulin then he won't eat the healthy options I provide and have to just settle for the things I know he'll eat, just so he doesn't take a hypo.

@Brananan my friend has never eaten a fruit or vegetable in his life, he's 54 and incredibly healthy and currently top in his age range for a sport
He does now take shots of greens powders but still not even a piece of lettuce or onion or a grape is eaten

That's fantastic, I have a 1 year old who loves veg and eats roast parsnips at breakfast. My eldest (who the post is about) has become more fussy for the last 6 months.

Bloody hell, the judgemental comments on here are absolutely ridiculous 🤦🏻‍♀️

Sounds absolutely fine OP 👍

Just realised. Also diabetic. In which case meal is still ok. Carbs etc have to be counted.

I mean, yes, we should stone people that put ketchup instead of brown sauce on their bacon butties, but everyone knows it should be Tartar sauce, not mayo on a fish finger buttie. maybe at a push, for a younger palate, or if you've run out of tartar sauce, some salad cream.

(oh, and for the record, if you have a sandwich toaster, cook some fish fingers, sandwich them with tartar sauce, and THEN sandwich toast it, it's AMAZING.

Aubergine? That’s technically a fruit. Think of the sugar content! No, you need thin wafers of beetroot, woven into a basket shape and then lined with endive. My two year old will eat nothing else!

I wonder if some posters understand that OP's child has diabetes - so its controlled by "predicting" carb intake. once you've added the expected insulin needs (based on predicted carb intake) you need to then get your fickle toddler to eat that amount of carbs.

He's 2.

My ones are teens now, but my memory of meals at that age is along the lines of eating only the veg for a week. Then no veg, just MEAT. Then potatoes and yoghurt for a month. Then only cauliflower...IE totally unpredictable.

Sounds too much for a 2.5 year old to me. 4 fish fingers?

Granted, my dd was petite for her age but don't think she would have eaten more than 1 fishfinger, 3-5 chunky chips and a spoonful of peas at that age. My DH will only eat four fish fingers with chips and peas and he's a grown man!

He's very unusual. I don't think any health advice anywhere would recommend that approach.

My fish finger sandwiches have lettuce in. Could be that the OP didn’t list out every ingredient in the sandwich.

But you do you boo x

Marvellous! DH can do the cooking from now on, if he’s that bothered…

It's grand. This place can be mental about food though, so take the replies with a pinch of salt. (Salt! 😱)

I said a lot more than that actually.

The debate is about a dinner of fish fingers. I made comments about the content of fish fingers, you came back with the oily fish thing, you now seem to be trying to assert your knowledge of all oily fish!
So I guess yeah now you made it all about oily fish..ddd

I'd be amazed if my 3.5yr old ate that much, getting him to stop moving long enough to eat anything is a battle.

I would have replaced the two fish fingers with some fruit slices, or cucumber, or carrot sticks, a healthy hummus dip to go with them, -One- jaffa cake and sucky yoghurt.

Agree. Especially if the mom works outside of the home. I had the same a few years ago, jokingly talking about how my kid discovered nutella and asked for it at the store (first time ever in the home), and when I tried it, I understood.

The GAZILLIONS of war stay at home mommies piled on about how I should make a natural one.

So, as a solo mom of an autistic child who has to work full time crazy hours due to the deadbeat dad, I invited them to come over and make it for me while I was at work.

Funny how no one volunteered.........

I think you’re doing a great job, I can’t even imagine how hard it must be managing insulin alongside the food that he will or won’t eat (a crystal ball?!)
My GP once told me not to worry too much about individual meals, imagine it as a table of food over the entire week and then judge the balance / volumes. My first child would eat most things / drink water and was pretty easy going at mealtimes….enter child 2, some days he eats next to nothing some days a shed load, but won’t drink water, only squash and is obsessed with snacks. Each child is just so different and everyone judging on here has either only experienced one particular type of child (so thinks they’ve got it licked, when it’s pot luck!) or is lying about how their kids really are.

Jaffa cakes ? Really
fruit and vegetables are vital
sorry op but that’s not healthy

Omg
your child is diabetic and you’re feeding him KFC in McDonald’s do some research and get a grip

Sounds fine to me, I would be happy if my picky terrible-two-tantrum-grandaughter ate that much. And IF she did, she probably wouldn't want the yoghurt or any other acceptable desert, so I would offer some extra fruit next day. That or carrot sticks and some humus to dip them. You have to pick your fights with those little monsters ❤️

I'd of done some beans or chopped cucumber/Tom's etc or peas and sweetcorn as well.

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There's nothing wrong with a happy meal which can be fish fingers, carrot sticks and milk. Or unsalted fries and a small burger
Diabetic or not. She's not feeding him bags of haribo and a triple quarter pounder