She was 4 in September, is 116cm tall and weighs 3 stone 10lbs. I have tried so hard not to let this happen, I was always the fat kid at school, as was my sister and my mum before us, I don't want my DD to go the same way. I have always tried to give healthy balanced meals and limit sweets and cakes etc but it doesn't seem to work. What else can I do?
In an average day, she will have 2 weetabix with soya milk for breakfast, a tuna/turkey sandwich on wholemeal bread for lunch, followed by fruit and a yoghurt, then something like chicken stew, salmon with potatoes and vegetables, trout with couscous and salad, baked potato with tuna and salad, spaghetti bolgnese etc for dinner, all cooked from fresh followed by fruit and sometimes yoghurt. She eats tons of fruit and vegetables, there is nothing she won't eat.
We never have takeaways, she's had McDonalds about 4 times in her life and she hates chips! I give her soya milk as cow's milk makes her sick. We use low-fat spread instead of butter, I don't fry anything or use cream in my cooking. On a Wednesday she has a cake after school before her after-school activity. Other days she has fruit as her snack. My mum looks after her on a Monday and I know she usually buys her some chocolate buttons or magic stars, but other than that she doesn't have any sweets or chocolate. I have been on a diet forever so we never have biscuits or crisps or anything in the house.
As a child I was fed a diet of crisps, chocolate, fizzy drinks and takeaways, and was very rarely encouraged to exercise. I have tried so hard to do the opposite for my DD and give her the best start but it doesn't seem to have worked It is really getting to me now and I am trying hard not to let DD pick up on any of my issues around food. Does anyone have any advice?