Oh help - what can I give DD2 (14mos) to eat in the car?

[babypowder]

We're off on a long car journey tomorrow afternoon, after DD1 finishes school. I'll be picking DD2 up from nursery around 4:00 and she'll need some kind of tea. We aren't travelling on the kind of roads that have services (thank god), and we won't be able to stop for any length of time. Feeding DD1 is easy (sandwich or similiar), but DD2 simply isn't co-ordinated enough to eat something that tricky!

I had thought maybe cold sausages, babybel, fruit and veg sticks, that kind of thing. Any better ideas?

My dd loves raisins & you can buy fruitapura in sucky pouches my dd loves them although decides to throw them when she is finished so watch out!

Nothing. Eat before you travel. Too risky for choking.

I agree. Don't feed children while moving. Feed them a little something before leaving, then if they really need something en route, you stop and feed them. It need only be a 10 minute stop.

We've never fed any of ours while travelling - we either stop briefly or push on and eat when we get there.

Cold sausages are a bit scarey choking-wise.

I feed mine in the car sometimes, but you may have to resort to junk food because of the choking thing.
Ds2, 19m, may have a hobnob or similar.

hideously mucky though.
Our car is horrid {grin]

Is junk food less of a choking hazzard then?

if she can't eat a sandwich, but can eat things like sausage, cheese, why not give bread and butter, and fingers of cheese?

I should have known better!
But, secure in the knowledge that my dcs are lentilly and wholesome I can't be bothered to justify my use of the words "junk food".

Incidentally, isn't it time we had an "eyes raised to heaven" emoticon.

Ds did quite well on a marmalade sandwich at a similar age (he was meant to be asleep as we were travelling down to holiday very early and this was our breakfast for eating while driving but ds woke up and demanded one too - we have some marvellous photos of him once sandwich was eaten, asleep again, covered from nose to navel in marmalade and crumbs)

I've always fed mine in the car. How about a cream cheese sandwich? - hard for little fingers to prise open

Good one annoyingdevil, or other sticky stuff like peanut butter,hummous or (horrors!) nutella, cut into little fingers.

Oh!...and now I've mis-spelt hummus.

My foodie rating has truly plummeted today.

cadelaide I was genuinely wondering. Not having a problem with what you feed your kids. None of my business. Just interested as to why fast food would be less of a choking hazard.

Fruitus, apricot flavour oaty type fruit bar, quite chewy, but soft, always go down well with mine and organic etc. Sold in health food shops and in some supermarkets in the organic section.

OK, it's decided then. Quick bite of something before we go, then stop if we have to. Silly me not to think about choking.