Fish fingers, potato faced and beans for 1YO

[WeeG123]

Tonight we fed our boy fish fingers, potato faces and beans for dinner and now we feel so guilty. He’s one and typically we batch cook meals like bolognese, butternut squash and chicken, baby curry, mince and potatoes etc. and freeze but we forgot to defrost one for tonight which resulted in tonight’s dinner. Are we being over sensitive? I just feel that I’m failing by my son after hearing what other children eat and find that some people are very judgy.

Incidentally oP, I won’t even detail the kind of uber-nutritious food I gave my firstborn as I’d be laughed at mercilessly. Subsequent ( fussier) Dc? Umm … much more toddlerish fare: think loads of pasta with ( admittedly freshly made) tomato sauce and could only sneak meat in for one of them as they just weren’t into it. But everyone is just fine. 😁

Bloody hell.. it’s some fish fingers, not a bomb!

What would you say to a friend OP if they told you their child has this meal once?

I think its pretty much my favourite dinner!

I think the poster means, if OP is so worried about how horrendous this food is, how come she buys it in the first place?

(its not horrendous)

Who knows.. maybe her DH eats it? She keeps it for an emergency quick + easy dinner?

The point is that OP doesn’t need to explain the presence of perfectly normal food in her freezer.

It’s fine. Also, you can avoid people on MN judging what you gave your child for dinner by not posting on MN about what you have your child for dinner.

Bless you, OP. Don’t worry. In my house we have one frozen meal a week to make my life a little easier. That could be nuggets, fish fingers, sausage rolls - all that ‘crap’ stuff. We even get the occasional (brace yourself) take-away 😮

You’re fine my lovely x

No she doesnt but if she keeps it for a quick and easy meal, presumably she sometimes has it as a quick and easy meal, therefore, why the angst?

You’re missing the point.
The point is that op already knows you don’t spontaneously combust when you eat this stuff, because she already eats it.

CV5, soupfiend, yeah that’s what I mean.
My kid loves fish fingers, so I buy them…

My 2.5 year old has probably two beige freezer dinners a week. If you want to feel less guilt give her some peas or diced cucumbers with it. Green stuff makes it look loads better.

Dinner of champions!

I think it's a fairly standard dinner in not MN land.

I think that was a standard dinner for my kids 25 years ago once a week, along with the odd pizza, chippy takeaway ect..they managed to survive to healthy fully grown adults.as long as it's not every night l wouldn't worry.

It's fine as long as he's not eating that stuff every day. Relax.

My 26 year old lived on a diet like that roughly 3 days a week between 1 and around 3 - didn't come to any harm - and rest of time lived on chicken pesto pasta! Plus bananas and strawberries

My 2.5 year old (and us) also have meals like this regularly.
Beans on toast is also a regular.
Shock horror:

• she sometimes has a Greggs vegan (she is dairy free) sausage roll for lunch- a favourite treat that she probably had for the first time aged about 18m.
• she even sometimes has McDonald's! Always chooses fish fingers there too.

If you only have a 1 year old why do you have potato faces at home?

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I'm not judging as we have no DC at home and a bag of turkey dinosaurs. I'm just interested as you seem so upset: when mine were tiny Id never have fed them processed food but then they became teens and all bets were off!

Ooooh - I’m with her on the Greggs vegan sausage rolls, they’re divine!!

@CherryValley5 I have never actually tried it myself.
She gets excited when we walk past Greggs in town and starts pointing at it! 🙈

Absolutely fine every now and then and a nice easy food for them to self-feed without making too much mess. If you have frozen peas in, next time swap the beans for peas. That’s what I do and then I feel like it’s better because there’s green on the plate 😇 Also, my 12mo loves picking peas up and it keeps her entertained while I eat my own dinner, tidy up, help the 5yo etc.

Don’t succumb to the idea that your child should only ever eat home cooked food and never any UPF. In reality, everything is fine in moderation.

I feel this question is key to the thread.

Why keep the food that would cause so much self-doubt and loathing if served to your son that it would force you to post your concerns on Mumsnet, yet keep that same food in your very own freezer, on standby for the very day you need it most.

I'm stumped.

I used to do this until I realised it was pointless as DD 2.5 will not eat a pea, atleast if it was beans she ate them.
However we have recently discovered some interest in broccoli so now I would probably use that.

Fine occasionally, but they contain a lot of salt