So DH has just told me that the DCs diet today has been rubbish. I disagree what do you think?

[Virgil]

Ok so it's not exactly going to win awards for healthy day of the year but I genuinely don't think what they've eaten today is too bad.

Two Weetabix with raisins (and sugar)
Slice toast with marmite
Strawberry and banana smoothie

Lunch spaghetti bolognese which had mushrooms peppers onions, tomatoes in it as well as beef mince and some lentils and herbs
Muller fruit corner for pudding
Water to Drink

Large lemon curd cupcake at movie time (plus a lick of the bowl each)

Ham roll with crisps and grapes, another lemon cupcake and a glass of milk

It's not that bad is it?

Hahahahahahahahahaha Tantrums. Top post

I do a meal similar to that but with turkey in the slow cooker, turkey tagine we call it :) its identicsl ingredient wise apart from the chicken.

Tomorrow sounds fine, we dont often have pudding but its the holidays! We will probably be doing some baking tomorrow, esp if its rainy! Home made puddings mean you can limit added sugar etc and its fruit based. Two puddings every day isnt necessary but its not bad per say, especially for active children :)

Nice one tantrums

This is getting more silly with people not reading the op. The spag Bol has onions, tomatoes, mushrooms and peppers in it. That is 4 different types of what is nutritionally defined as veg.

We need to give our children the right basis so that they make the better choices later in life. By forbidding everything, it is possible that forbidden fruit will win out and bang goes the healthiness. We can't control their eating habits forever (or at all if looking at some posts).

Sofia. Im sure I've read a near identical thread with near identical "well my dad says . . . " comments.

Goodness mumsnet can be strange,only a couple of months ago There was a thread where people were being feted for buying 99p mince and making a casserole that was served up in different guises for 5 days and told they were wasting money being anything other than the cheap yoghurt etc.

This thread is another extreme

Some ridiculous posts on this thread. One slice of ham a week? My dd (7) would not be impressed. She loves her ham sandwiches and bacon at the weekend.

Op, sounds like your children get a well rounded diet, and you all have a healthy attitude to food (except maybe your DH). I hate adults who pass their food whines and moans onto the rest of the family. My step dad (who is very tubby due to smoking and drinking and general lack of exercise) used to read the riot on snacks and treats every now and again even though they were few and far between in the first place. Because he would rather take the children's stuff than face up to what was really making him fat! Horrid attitude. Your DH should deal with his own weight issues and take some measures to avoid snacks and cakes and let the kids enjoy their food.

My dd has had a brown bread sandwich with cheese and cherry tomatoes for her breakfast, at her request

That's what i was thinking outtolunchagain

Oh and agree out to lunch, some people on this thread clearly aren't feeding families on the same budgets!

You'll all be pleased to hear that I have resisted when faced with the request for cake for breakfast!

Virgil

It is fine OP - looks like you are cooking at least one meal from scratch each day which is vastly more than most people manage. And today's menu looks really good. Homemade cakes/biscuits are fine for this, active age group - it is the processed rubbish/fizzy drinks that do the most harm.

Your Dh needs to focus on his own food issues (similar here where my dh is obsessed with the children's teeth as his are full of fillings - from eating sweets . I am more chilled as this isn't a particular problem for me....)

I ate FAR worse growing up! One cooked meal a day but snacks of crisps and biscuits were standard for me and all my friends(in the 80's and 90's) pretty sure I could pack away multiple chocolate bars on the way to/from school

And do you know what, I was very slim! And still am to this day.

My DD is only 22 mo and I while I'll encourage healthy eating, I won't get too worked up if she eats homemade cakes and shock horror has a sandwich for dinner from time to time. More importantly I'll encourage her to be active, I'm certain I needed all the calories I took in as a child to keep me going in the sports and hobbies etc I was involved in.

Your DH is being entirely unreasonable. End of.

Virgil just read your menu for today - sounds perfect! can we come round please

REALLY don't think we should worry about food for DC being too carb heavy, absolutely bonkers to me.

Well what this has taught me is that there doesn't appear to be any real consensus on what we should be feeding our children. I'm now completely confused as to whether I should be giving them whole milk (ages are five and seven) and whether I should be limiting carbs. No wonder people struggle

We are all so obsessed with low fat, low carb, low this and that food these days it's ridiculous.

Surely the aim should be to live a healthy lifestyle, fruit veg carbs protein and treats every now and then?

I think the whole idea of low fat,low carb diets for small children is absurd.

The most unhealthy thing on this thread is some posters incredibly uptight attitude to food.

Virgil - kids as young as yours need plenty of carbs, and one cake and then a mainly fruit pudding is fine IMO.

I think as long as you are cooking from scratch OP most of the time then you don't need to focus on limiting anything. Fat and carbs are good for 5 and 7 year olds - 'empty' sugar (i.e. just refined sugar with no other nutrients) less so and processed stuff in particular is not good for anyone.

Ignore all the advice (except mine of course ) and just carry on doing what you are doing. Anyone who actually thinks about what their children eat on a weekly basis (more important than the odd unhealthy/healthy day) is probably doing a reasonable job at feeding them.

Absolutely Tantrums.

Virgil - I've always gone with full fat milk until 2 and then semi. I also think their (your DC) diet is pretty much along the lines of what I and my general peer group/family feed our children. I have them ranging from 19 down to 3. Some days they eat a pile of shit, and others they eat more healthily than a healthy thing.

I don't limit anything really and they (the older three) self regulate their eating. Yes, they have days when they eat nothing but high fat, high carb junk, but that is rare and usually as a result of a monster hangover. They are all slim, fit, intelligent people with a healthy attitude to food and healthy eating.

YOur DH is being an arse and you should tell him to look after them for the summer holidays and see how he gets on with bored hungry kids...

Gosh some people need to unclench!

OP your children's diet sounds fine, I'm sure like most families someways they eat more sugar/fat/carbs than others, big deal, like you say they are a healthy weight and are active.

My children are 7and 5, they have good days and not so great days, even shockingly enough very, very occasionally they have terrible days full if fast food and "junk" they are aren't overweight at all, they have decent teeth and run around like loons most the time.

Your DH needs to pull is head out his bum and lighten up.

Does anyone feed their children fish fingers, sausages and mash? Or am I in another dimension? They do have vegetables and fruit with it (so I don't get flamed too much - if you do, let me know in advance so I can get the burgers cooked)

Thought I was doing OK until I read this thread.

Yes, we do....we mix things up to balance out foods across the week :)
Quite fancy fish finger sarnies now I'm back at home!!

Trying - yes, I do, and I can't help thinking that we are actually in the majority.

Yes mine have fish fingers, and sausages and a whole load of other things.

Mine have fish fingers with Omega3 in the breadcrumbs (polishes halo)