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To be angry that DP fed the DC pizza for breakfast?

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LyraSilvertongue · 14/10/2009 17:57

This morning. We'd run out of milk and bread (my fault, didn't get round to shopping yesterday) so he put a pizza in the oven for them instead.
He sees nothing terribly wrong with it ("it's just bread and tomato and cheese" says he) but my point it it's essentially junk food, laden with salt and fat. Not what a child needs to keep them going through a morning at school.
And we did have bread rolls in the freezer, which can be defrosted in a couple of minutes, and eggs in the fridge.
AIBU or is he?

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TheHeadlessWombat · 14/10/2009 19:00

'Tory boy'? What was all that about Unfitmother?

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LyraSilvertongue · 14/10/2009 19:01

That was my argument exactly mrsruffalo.
Ok I accept I was a bit unreasonable to get angry about it but I still don't think pizza is the best way for small children to start the day. It's along time till lunch and white bread isn't particularly slow release carb and neither is cheese.
Something like porridge or Weetabix with dried fruit is far better imo.

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unfitmother · 14/10/2009 19:02

I repeated a remark he had made on the SAHM / WOHM debate. I thought it was funny, someone else didn't.

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LyraSilvertongue · 14/10/2009 19:03

I meant cheese isn't slow release. I know it's not a carb.
Did that post answer your question Bloss?

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TheHeadlessWombat · 14/10/2009 19:04

But dried fruit is extremely sugary and cheese is full of protein, which is probably even more filling than slow release carbs,plus there's calcium in it too.

Kerrymumbles · 14/10/2009 19:04

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Morloth · 14/10/2009 19:04

So no-one here has ever wrapped up leftover pizza in foil and popped it in the next day lunchbox?

I think I can safely say I have no shame when it comes to pizza consuming.

Is a gentle mauling, like a nibbling?

Jamieandhismagictorch · 14/10/2009 19:05

Lyra

No, I agree porridge or Weetabix is better (with ketchup for lycopene ).

I don't honestly think anyone would disagree,

Would You, ??????

But the thing is, it was one day, so no biggie.

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LyraSilvertongue · 14/10/2009 19:06

Headless, do you really think pizza is a better, more nutritious breakfast than porridge or Weetabix with dried fruit or are you just arguing the toss?

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TheHeadlessWombat · 14/10/2009 19:07

I actually think it could be argued that it might be a better breakfast or that it's no worse certainly.

pointyhat · 14/10/2009 19:07

It's sweets now, is it?

Did he give them sweets for breakfast or is this hypothetical?

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LyraSilvertongue · 14/10/2009 19:09

No, not hypothetical Pointy, he's done it before, more than once. Like I said earlier in the thread, he has form for this kind of thing. Which probably contributed to my level of annoyance.

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TheHeadlessWombat · 14/10/2009 19:09

I feel like I'm in an episode of TV Burp. 'But which is better pizza or porridge with dried fruit?

There's only one way to find out...

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LyraSilvertongue · 14/10/2009 19:10

Not for breakfast but before breakfast so they've lost their appetites once breakfast comes along.
DP can be a bit dozy about stuff like this.

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ApplesinmyPocket · 14/10/2009 19:13

Neither of my DDs would ever eat so much as one tiny bite for breakfast from the age of 4. Nada. Rien. Zilch. I tried everything, from porridge stirred with a silver spoon drizzled with warmed honey from rare Peruvian bees to traipsing upstairs with crustless triangles of hot buttered toast which I would lay upon their little laps and breathlessly wait in hope.

Their little mouths remained firmly zipped for 14 years but they never passed out at school and got 3 million A*s so I guess it didn't matter as much as I thought.

pointyhat · 14/10/2009 19:16

yes, wombat

Is your husband just a bit odd?

Jamieandhismagictorch · 14/10/2009 19:17

Headless

bloss · 14/10/2009 19:57

Message withdrawn

KimiTheThreadSlayingAxeKiller · 14/10/2009 19:58

Maybe he is breaking them in to student life early, I will be round for breakfast tomorrow

seeker · 14/10/2009 20:02

You were unreasonable to be angry. It's a bizarre thing to get angry about! Don't you think it's funny? I bet the children loved it!

Hulababy · 14/10/2009 20:04

I'd have rolled my eyes, silently laughed and left it. Was a one off, not the worst thing they could have had. So long as a one off can't see it'd be a big issue.

Mind you, knowing my luck it'd be the one day at school they do data handling and do "What did you have for breakfast today"

BTW - microchips : check the ingredients - potato and oil only. I was suprised once when I read that.

TheHeadlessWombat · 14/10/2009 20:05

It could be worse.He could have given them chocolate cake for breakfast

morningpaper · 14/10/2009 20:09

I often give mines pizza for breakfast - the older one will only eat dry Cornflakes which is crappy. I'd rather she had a tummy full of fatty, stodgy food to give her energy for the day.

YAB mad but this has been pointed out

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LyraSilvertongue · 14/10/2009 20:28

But mine have no such eating issues MP. They would probably be happy to eat tofu on woven lentils with a side helping of quinoa if it was put in front of them.

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morningpaper · 14/10/2009 20:30

But pizza's just the thing for a breakfast - nice to have a full tummy of that and then run it off all morning, rather than having it last thing in the day when it sits heavy on your tum