What does your 18 month-2 year+ old eat

Tilly · Dec 4th, 2008, 06:11 AM

Interested to see what you all feed your little ones in a day. Sometimes I worry im giving Bethanie too little/much and like to compare a bit.

Please tell me breakfast, lunch, dinner, any snacks and drinks (including milk).

Thanks!

Amanda · Dec 4th, 2008, 08:05 AM

Charlie's a tad older, but thought you might like to know anyway.

When he's at home, he'll have:

6am - crumpet and butter
8am - cereal (sometimes 2 bowls)
10.30am - block of cheese (always asks for it about this time!! )
12 noon - sandwich, crisps and piece of fruit
2.30pm - fruit
5pm - hot dinner - usually pasta, or jacket spud, or sometimes a plate of whatever we ate for dinner the night before (refridgerated overnight, then microwaved)
6.30pm - couple of biscuits and some raisins

That's all approximate and can change, but is roundabout what he has.

EDIT - oh, and he drinks 2-3 pints of milk a day. Yep, you did read that right 2-3 PINTS!!!!!

Tilly · Dec 5th, 2008, 16:05 PM

He has more than Bethanie, I worry im not feeding her enough

This is an example what she has

Breakfast - Cereal (mini pack or 1 weetabix etc), followed by a fruit pot, yogurt or piece of fruit
Early morning - Cup of tea with a snack biscuit/fruit bar
Lunch - Pasta with a tomato and sweetcorn sauce
After nap snack - Same as lunch, with juice
Dinner - Whatever we eat in a slightly smaller portion (usually things like spag bol, chicken curry etc)

In the day she has 2 milk drinks (morn and evening) - usually about 180ml a time
She drinks water mainly, but I give her the odd juice.
Her portion sizes are generally the same size as mine, maybe a spoonful or 2 less. I think if im full, she must be surely? it can be hard to tell!

What do you think?

FallenAngel · Dec 5th, 2008, 21:14 PM

Kaden doesn't eat much at all. I'll give him a bowl of cereal in the morning and he mostly just spills it everywhere. I'll give him a piece of toast later on and he sometimes eats that but mostly just takes a couple of bites and leaves it on his high chair. Then I give him lunch and he basically just plays in it. Then he normally wants some sort of snack around 3, so I'll give him something and he'll eat a little bit of it. Then he'll pick at dinner, but doesn't eat much of it either.

FallenAngel · Dec 5th, 2008, 21:17 PM

If her portions are the same as yours and she eats all of it, I wouldn't be worried about not feeding her enough. Like I said. Kaden barely eats but my doctor just keeps telling me he will eat when he is hungry...which is apparently never. *Rolls eyes*
I'm sure she is fine, if not she would ask you for more food somehow I'm sure.

Tezzy · Dec 6th, 2008, 01:58 AM

Rhys will have:

6am - crumpets/toast - i give him 2 and he usually leaves a bit
8am - cereal - a small bowl of rice krispies
sometimes i will not give him the cereal if hes having breakfast in nursery, they give him toast at 9.30
10.30 - snack and juice in nursery
11.45 - lunch in nursery (cottage pie/lasanga with peas and carrots and a pudding, most days he will have two portions of this
2pm i have my lunch after i pick rhys up and he will have a nibble on my sandwhich or have a peice of fruit
4pm - a block of cheese
6pm - dinner, he eats the same as us but doesnt finish it
7pm - milk before bed

Dec 4th, 2008, 06:11 AM	#1
Tilly Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford Posts: 5,389	What does your 18 month-2 year+ old eat Interested to see what you all feed your little ones in a day. Sometimes I worry im giving Bethanie too little/much and like to compare a bit. Please tell me breakfast, lunch, dinner, any snacks and drinks (including milk). Thanks!

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Dec 4th, 2008, 08:05 AM	#2
Amanda Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leicester, UK. Posts: 5,214	Charlie's a tad older, but thought you might like to know anyway. When he's at home, he'll have: 6am - crumpet and butter 8am - cereal (sometimes 2 bowls) 10.30am - block of cheese (always asks for it about this time!! ) 12 noon - sandwich, crisps and piece of fruit 2.30pm - fruit 5pm - hot dinner - usually pasta, or jacket spud, or sometimes a plate of whatever we ate for dinner the night before (refridgerated overnight, then microwaved) 6.30pm - couple of biscuits and some raisins That's all approximate and can change, but is roundabout what he has. EDIT - oh, and he drinks 2-3 pints of milk a day. Yep, you did read that right 2-3 PINTS!!!!!

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Dec 5th, 2008, 16:05 PM	#3
Tilly Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Guildford Posts: 5,389	He has more than Bethanie, I worry im not feeding her enough This is an example what she has Breakfast - Cereal (mini pack or 1 weetabix etc), followed by a fruit pot, yogurt or piece of fruit Early morning - Cup of tea with a snack biscuit/fruit bar Lunch - Pasta with a tomato and sweetcorn sauce After nap snack - Same as lunch, with juice Dinner - Whatever we eat in a slightly smaller portion (usually things like spag bol, chicken curry etc) In the day she has 2 milk drinks (morn and evening) - usually about 180ml a time She drinks water mainly, but I give her the odd juice. Her portion sizes are generally the same size as mine, maybe a spoonful or 2 less. I think if im full, she must be surely? it can be hard to tell! What do you think?

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Dec 5th, 2008, 21:14 PM	#4
FallenAngel Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 75	Kaden doesn't eat much at all. I'll give him a bowl of cereal in the morning and he mostly just spills it everywhere. I'll give him a piece of toast later on and he sometimes eats that but mostly just takes a couple of bites and leaves it on his high chair. Then I give him lunch and he basically just plays in it. Then he normally wants some sort of snack around 3, so I'll give him something and he'll eat a little bit of it. Then he'll pick at dinner, but doesn't eat much of it either.

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Dec 5th, 2008, 21:17 PM	#5
FallenAngel Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 75	If her portions are the same as yours and she eats all of it, I wouldn't be worried about not feeding her enough. Like I said. Kaden barely eats but my doctor just keeps telling me he will eat when he is hungry...which is apparently never. Rolls eyes I'm sure she is fine, if not she would ask you for more food somehow I'm sure.

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Dec 6th, 2008, 01:58 AM	#6
Tezzy Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Wales Posts: 11,131	Rhys will have: 6am - crumpets/toast - i give him 2 and he usually leaves a bit 8am - cereal - a small bowl of rice krispies sometimes i will not give him the cereal if hes having breakfast in nursery, they give him toast at 9.30 10.30 - snack and juice in nursery 11.45 - lunch in nursery (cottage pie/lasanga with peas and carrots and a pudding, most days he will have two portions of this 2pm i have my lunch after i pick rhys up and he will have a nibble on my sandwhich or have a peice of fruit 4pm - a block of cheese 6pm - dinner, he eats the same as us but doesnt finish it 7pm - milk before bed

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