Nugget drama

[madcol]

My mum was babysitting my DS today ; when I asked what he had had for lunch she said ' chicken nuggets' from McDonalds.

She knows my opinions on this type of food. He would never be given these kind of things at home and she knows this very well. He doesn't even eat meat - his own preference.

When I asked her why she said she neede to find something in a hurry but the McDonalds was directly opposite a waitrose and DS would have been very happy with some ricecakes. I personally see no justification for going to McDonalds unless no other food is available.

I know one Mcdonalds meal will not kill him but I am really cross with my mum for going against my well-voiced opinions about DS's food.

Lol @ ricecakes! Yum yum! what's for tea mother? Rice cakes!

dont blame you for being cross!

how old ishe?

'I know one Mcdonalds meal will not kill him '

oh,i dont know,that much salt in one sitting when youve never had any atall in your diet could be dodgey.

Well evidently he does eat meat (his preference) and, whilst I wholeheartedly condone your distaste of McD's I think that this is not really a problem in the grand scale of things.

if you know 1 miccy d's wont kill him whats the problem?

she thought she was doing the right thing my giving a "meal" instead of rice cakes. she probably considers rice cakes a snack.

cut her some slack.

not like she did it on purpose to piss you off

No you are not being unreasonable to expect that your instructions about what you want your child to eat will be followed.

However, like you say, a mcd won't kill him. he's going to eat a lot worse in years to come! He'll probably spend his teenage years snout down in a pot noodle

If you have serious concerns when your mum has him (which is very good of her, btw) then make him a packed lunch to take with him.

a bit extreme really maccy ds occsionlly is ok yes you are being unreasonble.

LOL at thread title

oh, and rice cakes are not a meal. Certainly not for a growing child.

Is this not a joke?

Do you really consider rice cakes a substantial lunch?

Fuck me

That's what grandparents are for - to give their grandchildren the things their mothers are too high minded to give them. Child gets whatever it is, grandparents get a huge amount of fun, and parents are let off the hook and can continue to occupy the moral high ground and hold their heads up in Waitrose. A classic win/win/win situation. This is how I dealt with Barbie, Action Man, turkey dinosaurs and many other mumsnet no-nos!

what did you say to your mum?

how old is the child

theres more calories in a burnt match than a fucking rice cake
honestly, chill, he would be better off with a macdonalds than a few rice cakes
sheesh

Hmmm... Is your child's name "Slithery" by any chance...?

'slithery'?

explain?

Sorry should have said DS is 20 months.

Its not that the McDonalds is bad as a one off its just that other options were available and she knwos how I feel about this food. Rightly or wrongly I consider McDonalds to be completely inappropriate. My debate is not really about McDONALDS but more about the trust I have put in my mum to look after my DS in my absence.

She looks after him regularly as my childcare and I just wonder what else is happening that I would not ' approve of'.

By the way DS loves ricecakes .

Send him a packed lunch if you are concerned what she is feeding him ?

Diva - that brilliant wind-up thread the other day with the mother naming the child after what it looked like when it came out...oh maybe this isn't a wind-up??

i assume it's free childcare.

why upset your mum.

start giving her a packed lunch!!

Change your childcare arrangements if you are not happy.

I'm glad he does love ricecakes but they're still not a meal! Given the choice of lunch for a child - mcd or ricecakes, I'd go for mcd every time!

she looked after him, fed him, gave him what she felt was a treat..

hardly a misuse of trust.

did he eat the nuggets.

pay someone to look after your child

Did not want to start a debate about food as I know that is inflammatory. I bring my DS up the way a believe best most of the time and sometimes, when needs must we all compromise our standards.

I am not attacking people who believe McDonalds is acceptable.
I do not . That does not make me high-minded or idealistic . I just have a preference of avoiding such foods for myself and my family.