Beans egg and cheese

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Is half a tin of beans, 1 scrambled egg and a small handful of grated cheese a good enough dinner for a 10 month old? Followed by half a banana and a big yogurt

Gosh, my 14 month old couldn’t even eat half of it.

That’s a lot of food!

And a lot of salt and sugar if the yogurt has sugar in it.

Not even my 8 and 14 year old could eat half a tin of beans…and the banana and yoghurt too? And he’s drinking milk? Way too much food.

At that age I would have done either beans and cheese or egg and cheese with fingers of toast.

In fact I'd probably not do the beans at all as we BLW and they would have gone everywhere, plus they are high in sugar and salt. And I'd do chunks of cheese that were easy to pick up.

My 10 month old has a good appetite but he wouldn't eat that much, doubt the 2yo would either. That's quite a big meal!

My 2 year old would love that. He's just demolished half a jacket potato with cheese and beans. Be led by your chIld appetite. A 10 month old will let you know when they're full

@Im2022

Not even my 8 and 14 year old could eat half a tin of beans…and the banana and yoghurt too? And he’s drinking milk? Way too much food.

Your 14 year old couldn't eat half a tin of beans?

Half a small tin of (the boring reduced salt and sugar) beans I should have said! I mushed it all up and spoon fed it. He ate about half of it. My DH says that’s a crap meal and he’ll be starving before bed and we should give him something else. I’m glad he’s wrong.

It's a good protein filled meal.

Err, where's the veg?

It's a big meal but at that age my DC wouldn't have got much in and most of it would have been smeared about So I would have given half a banana say, knowing only probably a mouthful would have found it's way to the tummy! You can't exactly scramble half an egg can you, so I probably would have done one egg, a spoon of beans, pinch of cheese and then offered the banana after.

That's way too much for a 10 month old.
Baked beans have a lot of sugar in them.
Try the NHS website for age appropriate meals.

@Idriveelectric

Err, where's the veg?

He had ratatouille at lunch so I didn’t stress too much. They say beans are 1 portion of your 5 a day and he also had fruit for afters.

'Not even my 8 and 14 year old could eat half a tin of beans…and the banana and yoghurt too? And he’s drinking milk? Way too much food.'

Really? My 15 year old eats like a bird, and even he can manage a 200g tin of beans . . .

@Idriveelectric

Err, where's the veg?

Beans count towards your 5 a day, as does the banana.

OP it’s fine. DP can sort his meal tomorrow.

@Tsuni

That's way too much for a 10 month old. Baked beans have a lot of sugar in them. Try the NHS website for age appropriate meals.

Baked beans with toast are on the list of meal ideas for a “baby or young toddler”. Your point…?

@Im2022

Not even my 8 and 14 year old could eat half a tin of beans…and the banana and yoghurt too? And he’s drinking milk? Way too much food.

A tin of beans in your house must be like the mumsnet chicken.

Sorry, didn't mean to sound harsh.

A 14 yr old that can't eat half a tin of beans

How very Mumsnet

@Idriveelectric

Err, where's the veg?

...it's one meal. 🙄

Sorry OP that's a pretty good dinner tbh, especially if the other meals he's had today provided more fresh veg/fruit!

@Tsuni

That's way too much for a 10 month old. Baked beans have a lot of sugar in them. Try the NHS website for age appropriate meals.

If the bairn isn't being forced/bribed/tricked to eat food, he'll self regulate, so it won't be "way too much" he'll eat until he's satisfied.

A tin of beans in your house must be like the mumsnet chicken

I just have visions now of the poster stood in her kitchen counting the number of beans on each plate then portioning up the rest for the rest of the week

No need to be so fucking snarky.

So much unnecessary sanctimony on this thread! Comments like “Where’s the veg?” and people bemoaning salt and sugar in a tin of beans - FGS it’s fine if it’s a small portion and it’s not given to him every single day for every meal.
You’re getting one small snapshot here of one meal of OP’s kid. 🙄