To expect my nanny NOT to feed my two year old a McDonalds Happy Meal?

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I know it's not the end of the world and he is nearly three but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect her to ASK me, at least, before takes him out and stuffs him full of chicken nuggets and chips for lunch.

I'm not against McD's as such, but he's still really little and there's no need to take him there yet - it's not a bloody treat - as she seems to think.

I think that's what has annoyed me most. It's just food, I don't want him associating it with being a "treat" outing.

I did not think you would agree, Anna. But that is why we are different.

Agree with Libra re food rewards issuetastc.

As for the "healthy" french thing I'm not denying it re home cookingI've stayed in many frenhc household where the food looked healthy (didn't eat it due to being veggie ).

However when French teenagars came to stay with us ALL they would eat when we were out was McDonalds!!! they point blank refused to eat at any other restaurant!

ffs

You need to calm down about this.
It's food, not crack.

And a lot of treats isn't a bad thing unless the child is overweight, has some other health ishoo or you don't feed it properly at home. And what's ' a lot>?'

Give 'em catfud. And smackings from NEstle.

Agree, peacelily. The danger with eating TOO healthily all the time is children do not have an opportunity to learn to self-regulate when it comes to the unhealthy things.

because she's in paris fio

they're better than us, the bastards

Re McDonalds - they will probably grow out of liking it pretty soon anyway. DS1 and DS2 adored McD's when they were four and two, but they are 9 and 7 now and I honestly can't remember the last time we went in there - it must be years ago. And DS3 has never been prepared to try even a smidgen of McD's food, although I wish he would...

FABIO how was your birthday?

gah I so want a hamburger with chips and their sweet curry sauce now.
*hides carkeys
*goes to make a very boring ham and coleslaw sandwich

oi alors hope you waving the right way,becoz peek a boo i see u i have boys around the corner.

It is much better to give them chance to self regulate-mine adored McDonalds when they were little, now they are teens I can't remember the last time they had one.
Strictly policing a DCs diet is counter productive-I would never give them the idea there are good foods and bad foods.
Only on mumsnet can you get so many worthy messages because a 3yr old had a happy meal as a one off!
I think giving sweets as a reward or comfort is a mistake-much worse than an occasional intake of junk food.

Op, if your so damn precious about your 2 year old, why don't you bring him up yourself.

ah yes what m'birthday

welllll.....I snuck out for m'REAL do in teh middle of the night.

The band had brought a few groupies in but when we all realised none of us has nads we were all a bit embarrassed so we had a fudfight instead.

Claws McGraw got the arse because someone shoved a cocktail sausage underthe strings of his guitar.

Chris in crocs made me a lovely caik. nom nom nom butter icing and CREAM in it. I don't get cream at home, there are rumours of Elmlea in the fridge but when I sent m'brother in there to sit on the salami he said he didn't see any. But then the light owas off and the arse'ole forgot to take a torch didn't he.

So we played a few numbers and then they brought me out a caik with

HAPPY BIRFDAY FABBERS MATE on it in blue icing.

some bastard invited the stig. we no longer have a bass player.

McDonald's was shut so we snuck int eh back of KFC and widdled all over their chickens.

I'm in Brussels. My dd's school lunches are fantastic and her teacher gives out lollipops as a reward.

We'll have McD's once in a while and God Forbid - I will actually let my PFB eat chicken nuggets at home from time to time. And Heinz Spaghetti and Sausages.

Strangely she is still happy and healthy.

Imho, anyone who can get upset about such a minor thing as an occasional Happy Meal, when there are children starving to death in the world, (and when there are families in UK struggling to put food on the table) should be mightily ASHAMED!

then there was a bit of carousing on the mean streets of m'manor

we sang heartily until some sod threw a broom at Mike. Now we don't have a singer.

I want a Big Mac.
Now.

Blimming lady sodded off mn.
No way of getting hints to her now dammit.

apart from on m'blog.

"when there are children starving to death in the world"

Obesity is a greater health problem than undernourishment in the modern world.

One happy meal does not make one undernourished or obese.

No spokette. But the point really is: if the nanny is giving the child Happy Meals obliviously, what other yucky things is she doing obliviously? When you add them all up, will you find the total acceptable?

In what parallel universe is fried potato 'non food'? Of course it's bloody food! Chips are high in fat, certainly, like pizza, say, or as someone else mentioned, potatoes dauphinoise or eggs en cocotte or anything Nigella makes, but potatoes and oil are food in anyone's language. There are somee desperately anxious wannabe social climbers on here aren't there?

In what parallel universe is fried potato 'non food'? Of course it's bloody food! Chips are high in fat, certainly, like pizza, say, or as someone else mentioned, potatoes dauphinoise or eggs en cocotte or anything Nigella makes, but potatoes and oil are food in anyone's language. There are somee desperately anxious wannabe social climbers on here aren't there?

surely if you employ someone to look after your child you do tell them what you like and don't like?

I just fried some cooked new potatoes for lunch. yum