To think this dinner is acceptable?

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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?

Years ago when I first came across MN (not signed on just a lurker) the most memorable thread I came across was similar to yours and she had fed her child fish fingers. She got absolutely piled on and I thought, what is this thread where fish fingers are the devil’s food? I didn’t go back for many years as it seemed weird place. It seems the sin of fish fingers still stands (although my strapping grown up sons had them on a fairly regular basis growing up and I still love a fish finger).

Just seems like the kind of food a normal toddler is going to eat - doing forget that ketchup is its own food group! Hopefully there was plenty of that.
I think with carb counting and the added stress of managing the diabetes (and having read some of the other posts on what he has) you’re doing great. I’ve been really upset recently overtired homecooking tea for the 2 and half year old and 4 year olds portions to end up in the bin EXCEPT for any chips / ready made yorkshire puddings / dessert that’s on the dish!

*and so we’ve had a few nights of fish fingers or sausages to ensure they actually eat!

And those will be the teens who are binge eating ten years from now.

Theres a middle ground between feeding a child exclusively on junk, and raising them on nothing but organic food.

we’re talking about one meal here. We’re also talking about a diabetic child where not eating the right can literally mean the difference between life and death.

This thread is making me really want a fish finger butty, not had one in ages!!!

Sounds fine to me OP.

I think she was joking!

Sounds like ultra processed rubbish, Mayb get yrself some cook books and prepare nutritional balanced meals for yr child.

My 2.5 yr old has become so fussy in the last couple of months. She used to love spaghetti Bolognese, Dahl, curry, paella, fish fingers and now as soon as she sees any of these it's one look and instantly says 'don't like it.' We will tell her she has to at least try it and will place it her mouth for fraction of a millisecond before spitting it out.

Any tips from those who have got through the fussy stage are welcome!

It maybe the first Independence rather than a temporary fussiness . My eldest son who had eaten anything became a lot more fussy at that age and the number of meals he would eat contracted . He never returned to eating meals he’d gone off but would try new things . Biggest issue for both my children was being able to identify separate parts of a meal and know what’s in it . Quite often meals involved separate components on a plate rather than anything saucy

Anyone who’s been on here a while knows the very mention of a fish finger will have some posters gasping for breath and pulling a 😱at the sheer horror of feeding a fish finger to an actual child. Smelling salts are required for the added notion of a Jaffa cake.

This…..😂😂😂😂

Go 2 WH Smith, u can probs get yrself a book on basic English writing skills half price