Is this in any way an acceptable lunch for a toddler?

[MrsHelsBels74]

Son is nearly 2 1/2 years & very picky. Today for lunch he had crackers with marmite, grated cheese, some apple & yoghurt. I tend to ask him what he wants as its just easier than giving him something he won't try. He's a very healthy, happy little boy with bags of energy (doesn't stop moving from the moment he wakes up until bed time). I just worry that I got weaning totally wrong & everything food related since.

We parents do like to find sticks to beat ourselves with don't we?

For lunch and dinner, I make sure that each DC's plate has some protein, carbs, some vegetable and some fruit. Usually lunch is cold and dinner is hot but not always. What they eat is up to them. The rule is I provide the food, they choose what to eat. (Usually DS eats very little, DD2 eats everything and DD1 is somewhere in the middle.)

That lunch was absolutely fine. You are 7 months pregnant and it is very hot. Be kind to yourself.

Though DS (2.4 yo) eats pretty much everything, he has a thing about hot food and would live on raw/cold things if I let him (mainly fruits/veg, tofu, strong cheese, oysters/sashimis, beef/salmon carpaccios.. )

I would give your DS either a yogurt or grated cheese but not both (for they have the same proprieties) and add a little animal protein to his lunch : slice of ham, some tofu, some tuna... But it still is a v acceptable lunch!