DS has friends coming for tea - sandwiches OK?

[Northerner]

My ds is a very faddy eater. He has 3 friends comin g for tea today and since I am sick of meal times battles, I am starting to feed him what he eats to alleviate any negative vibes at meal times. I especially want him to enjoy his play date with it being at his house. So this morning I asked him what I should serve and he has requested sandwiches.

Would you be a bit miffed though if your child went to a play date and got fed sandwiches?

I'll do chicken sandwiches on wholemeal bread and also serve some cut up carrot, cucumber and cheese cubes.

What do you reckon?

Debatable, HB, debatable. Depends on the chicken's heritage and upbringing

are sandwiches evil..?

I hust can't imagine child comes home, mum did you have a lovely time/ did you eat your tea/

yes/no we had sandwiches

mum slams on brakes and says well what was she thinking of?

mumsnet is a constant surprise to me!

now sevign a kdi celery is odd

imagien the mum says ot a.n other" oh they went to notheners and gave them cold chicken ans cleery"

HM I thought you meant squash as in butternut squash then.

And wondered what was wrong with it (apart from it being a pain to peel).

No sandwiches aren't evil but if the kids haven't had much to eat at lunchtime the mums may feel sandwiches for tea isn't very substantial.

LOL Cod - DD hates it. However a couple of the childrn who visit love it, hence including it now.

I ask DSs what they had to eat at a friend's house simply so I don' serve it up the next day!

I used to disregard what my children had eaten or not eaten on playdates, because they wouldn't eat the inevitable chicken nuggets, fish fingers or sausages. they expected chicken, or fish and vegetables etc.

I used to serve them up to their friends and they would eat them to the amazement of their parents.

I can't stand this kids food' thing, what is kids food? Why is it different from adult food, I'm not being funny, but I have never cookedf kids food and I don't ever for my mindies.

Kids eat what they get used to, so start them with proper food, it makes life a lot easier!

ah you old ponce ali

fair point alibubbles but perhaps a play date is not the best time to start assuming your child will eat "adult food"
I also have this "thing" about hot food being proper food but TBH my DS1 eats more heathily if he eats cold food - nice bread, cheese, fruit, salad type stuff.
And it is only one day Northerner - if their parents don't like it, they don't have to send them again do they?!

I don't really mind what my kids have at friends houses tbh. Thye have saved me a meal time battle so it could have been beans on toast for all I care.

When my kids have friends round I usually give them one of the following, pasta, sausage and mash, or a mini buffet thing.

Fruit shoot to wash down the "evil" sanwiches?

DS has a friend who only eats brocolliat our house. I actually think that playdates are a fantastic time to put new food in front of kids. They are either too busy chatting to each other to notice what's in front of them or they follow a child's lead who says 'yummy, I love trip' or something similar!!

Tommy, it doesn't matter wether it's hot or cold. I quite often do a 'cold plate', especially in the summer. It's a great way to intoduce new foods, - olives, mushrooms, feta, cherry tomatoes, cold green beans etc

For instance, on a nice day last week, they had bagels, cream cheese and smoked salmon - Yum!

I always let mindies parent know what they have eaten, so they know whether to cook in the evening or not. The mindies I look after feed their kids, prawns, mussels and sea bass!

the lisdt I got from mindies mum included asparagus as favourite veg, yes, we all had a giggle at that at the drop in!

Tommy, it doesn't matter wether it's hot or cold. I quite often do a 'cold plate', especially in the summer. It's a great way to intoduce new foods, - olives, mushrooms, feta, cherry tomatoes, cold green beans etc

For instance, on a nice day last week, they had bagels, cream cheese and smoked salmon - Yum!

I always let mindies parent know what they have eaten, so they know whether to cook in the evening or not. The mindies I look after feed their kids, prawns, mussels and sea bass!

the lisdt I got from mindies mum included asparagus as favourite veg, yes, we all had a giggle at that at the drop in!