To think that babies should not eat macdonalds?

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Ok I went shopping and popped into MacDonalds on the way home for a drink and a filet of fish, while there I got out a high chair and fed my baby some solids (that I had bought with me).

Next table across I see a baby who at a guess looked about 8-9 months old in a high chair - and see that she is being fed french fries, lemonade and chicken nuggets?? I was very shocked at this - at one point I heard the parents say come on now, finish your lemonade as they fed it cup like to her?

.. and yes I have decided not to go anymore as I obviously am not setting my child a good example.

.. out of interest those of you who have children, what was the youngest age that your children had french fries??
.. is it common practice??

I'm supporting a local business. Do I get points for that?

I never knew that Glasgow and Bristol were so deprived....

Could you possibly be any more smug?

And I'm confused now. Should I be supporting a local business or not?

I was in a retail park, McDonalds was the only food place with seats - unless I went into Boots and took a sandwich away.

I have never seen such a young baby eat fries, drink fizz or have nuggets.

Hmm to be honest I gave DD a couple of fries once in a McDonalds when she was refusing the food I brought with me for her (I only went in to use the internet as my connection had died at home). She also had McDonalds porridge once (at 10mths or so) BUT lemonade and chicken nuggets are beyond vile

'immoral' Are these judgypants a bit tight, StickInTheMiddleOfMyAss?

Stuck, actually Bristol is very affluent and has the second highest house prices outside of London(I think) but the city centre has lots of places to eat, including Harvey Nichols and Raymond Blanc that are not cheap.

You are very obtuse, far more damaging to your children than a chicken nugget,.

Hey, it's not my fault that subtlety is lost on you.

Hello fanjo - no prob, thanks for your post -mine was badly worded too!

my point is just that when look across a crowded public place and see a family doing something that you wouldn't (not including hitting children etc) then bear in mind you have no idea what led them to be there doing that, and anyway it may be you one day, so let's be easy on each other shall we?

all this fuss over McDonalds again ...could do with a big mac right now to cure my hangover

You can always find something to eat in a large city/town..loads of choice everywhere...

Starlight, why do you 'have to buy it', shouldn't it be 'we choose to buy it'...you can't honestly make out that you have no other option?

Its a choice, you're not forced into eating it...

You don't know the background "story"; so yes.
YABU to judge another parent.

I hunted, gathered and pureed everything organic within a 20 mile radius when my child was young/weaning.

I continue with my meal planning/strict controls; but at some point next week (half term) you will find us in McDonald's (I hope/cheap).
Forbidden fruit and all that.

If she had fries, I would just ask if I could wait for a fresh batch and have the first portion before the salt etc..

Unfortunately at Easter I enthusiastically suggested McDonalds as a "treat" for DD; and she said "No"

She preferred the skate wings and prawns at the best restaurant in town.Bugger.

If you don't know the exact circumstance of any child and their parents, you should never judge. It's too easy to take umbridge.

Think outside the box a bit.

wine, that's not true. The Mall has nooooo places to eat except chains, the alternative is to walk around eating.

And i don't take my dcs to MacD's here, I don't take them shopping either...I would rather pickle my eyes.

Posie, I wasn't saying eating in all chains was unhealthy? I was merely saying you have a choice, you can eat whatever you choose, healthy or not so healthy..

You are not forced into eating unhealthily.

i forcefed my kids MacDs until they were 8, then switched them to Pizza hut. ...
i wouldnt give a child under a year old any drink from macdonalds that wasnt water or juice, but thats because they're yucky anyway [and i dread to think whats in those milkshakes...i love them, so they must be full of cows eyes and all things harmful!] alas, when the kids were younger we couldnt afford MacDs more than 3 times a year anyway

i have a question thing, i thought the general consensus now was that organic food was generally a waste of money and not really any more beneficial to your kids than regular veg [as the amounts of pesticide etc are so very small]
and that organic is only really good if you are saving the environment [or as my dear cantankerous mother would say 'more money than sense and not sensible enough to GROW THEIR OWN!!'-this is the woman who successfully grows perhaps 3 healthy tomatoes a year in her 'patch' bless.]

but yeah, i thought it wasnt any healthier for kids just for the environment?

You can ask for fries with no salt......

I think as McDonalds burgers as being worse than ordinary burgers. Same with their fries. It's not just potatoes and oil, there's a load of other stuff in there too. Same with the burgers, nuggets, etc. I wouldn't have a problem giving a 6mo a beefburger, but not a MacD one which will definitely not be pure beef meat.

An out of hours GP told me to wean ("temporarily") my 4 month old breastfed baby off milk and onto lemonade when the family had gastro.

No joke. I scurried off scowling, but if only he'd recommended the nuggets and fries, maybe I would have considered it..

According to the McDonalds website their burgers contain '100% Pure Beef. No additives, fillers, binders, preservatives or flavour enhancers. Just pure forequarter and flank. A little salt and pepper is added to season after cooking.'

I had a chicago burger on Monday. It was v nice. We were hiding from the estate agent who was taking someone round our house.

I think that we'll live.

At least with MD you CAN see exactly what is in the food if you wish. Some of the private cafes/restaraunts could be using any shit in their food and we wouldn`t know.