anyone know about childrens diets?

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My ds1 age 3.11 is no longer as fussy as he was but i' still in the "worry" mindset.

He seems to eat quite a lot but veg is still limited. He's 105 cm tall and quite skinny.

I'll put a couple of days average food on here and if anyone thinks he's low on anything nutritionally I'd be interested to know.

Yesterday

shreddies 200ml rasp and blueb smoothie

hummous and carrot brown roll yoghurt babybell

banana box raisens

chicken
3 root veg mash
peas and corn
10 grapes
yoghurt

Today Shreddies 200ml pineapple and orange smoothie

mini raisen pancake Freddo

Fish, chips, peas and corn

small portion corned beef hash with egg and ketchup
half a bread roll
yoghurt
10 grapes
5 strawbs

Thanks. Sorry I do realise how boring this is

Great. Thanks for responding. Just re-read and realised how terribly middle class I sound....

no, not mc, just a concerned parent

I think their tummies are the size of their fist, and so tiny amounts are still the norm

does he drink much milk? I have no scientific evidence but I like to see young uns drinking milk [old fashioned]

If he doesn't, don't worry, he has lots of calcium via milk on cereals, yogs and cheese

He has it on his cereal and about 150 ml before bed every night. When he was eating very badly I had been known to add a splash of cream to his nighttime milk, desperately hoping it'd buy 10 mins more sleep!

toast before bed, esp if you have tea early-ish?

It actually sounds like a lovely diet, lots of fruit and veg, a decent amount of protein. Some kids are naturally skinny and active and I think as long as they get a good variety of foods they shouldn't be "fattened up".

Tea is at five and he's in bed at half six they both are exhausted
by then as they are constantly on the go. They just run around all day long, if they're not running they're climbing!!

I do struggle I suppose, I'm a bit fat-size 18- and have had a lifelong struggle with my weight. I NEVER mention it in front of ds's ie about dieting or anything as I desperately don't want them to be like I was as a kid. My mum and one sister were anorexic and another sister has similar weight issues to me.

The other extreme is 4 family members are super-morbidly obese 30 stone plus so I feel like I desperately don't want him to have issues. Feel like I'm always walking on a high wire where food is concerned.

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it's hard isn't it, to disentangle your own feelings and issues around food

Thanks RM xxx Really hard

think that you are doing brilliantly: I'd say keep up the good work and never force the issue - if he doesn't want something fine, if he does, then everything in moderation; personally I'd probably let a very active and slim toddler have the occasional biscuit or piece of homemade cake (carrot cake gets an extra veg in!) - I worry more about the additives and chemicals in food than about sugar and fat - small children need calorie dense foods along with their fibre and protein.

Will he eat eggs? Eggy bread?

Thank you for your kind words Drivingmisscrazy- yes he eats eggy bread (granny murrey toast!)Good idea about the carrot cake. I do homemake everything a bit obsessively as I just feel a bit queasy when you look at the back of the packet and there are 25 ingredients for a cake. (What the hell is humectant when its at home?!)

I find it really hard to understand but my kids really aren't that interested in food! Must take after DH!!

If he is eating everything you give him, then I'd say he's doing fine on the veg front. Sounds like a pretty healthy diet to me! My DS is also very skinny (now age 7), and he eats well like yours (I also make most things myself - totally agree with you about scary ingredients lists!). I think kids are so active and obviously genes play a large part - my DP and I were both quite skinny as kids, unfortunately not really the case for me anymore .

Thanks. Got to stop the worrying. They are so active aren't they-noticed they NEVER walk, always run! And never in a direct route I'm sure they do 5 miles to every one I do!

I think his diet sounds excellent, varied and balanced. My 3 year old son won't eat anything other than bread, cheese, yoghurt, cereal and fruit! Hasn't touched meat & veg for almost 2 months! He's happy, I'm beside myself!Hopefully it's a phase that will soon pass.