What 'bad' foods do you give your children?

[happy-chick]

Ellie eats what we eat and we have a well balanced diet due to my IBS but if we do have something 'bad' then she'll have a bit too. I believe that everything is ok moderation, i've been called mean on a few occasions cos i wont let her have chocolate or simular but thats my decision as her mother although she did steal half of a picnic bar off the table the other day and tuck in lol She eats LOADS of fruit and also plenty of veg etc so its all good xx

 

[CoreysMummy]

Crisps, chocolate, anything I eat basicly... cake, etc etc.

Its not like he sits down to a meal of burger and chips for dinner - but if Im eating them, then he may get a chip to suck on, play with and gum down bits of.

He gets much more fruit and veg, rice cakes and bread sticks though...

 

[Misslarue]

Dan eats what I eat which is a diet largely based on fish, lean meat, fruit and vegetables. I do give him treats but I see them as exactly that, treats.
I am happy for him to have them in moderation but not for them to be the main of his diet. I feel very strongly about what he eats. I grew up living on deep fried chips and fried food, I really don't want Dan to have that lifestyle. I lived in pubs as a child and for our dinner everynight my mum would feed us a basket of deep fried chips

He only drinks water and milk. I know I won't be able to keep him away from juice forever! I do give him some of the orangix range which he seems to love esp the carrot cake bars. And if we do have a takeaway we do let him try a little bit.

I don't want him to be the only kid at a party not eating crisps etc. But until he is old enough to realise I am happy not to offer him theses foods. He has had a happy meal but not with me, with my OH when I was out for the night.

happy_chick I have been called mean mummy so many times and had to justify to friends and family why I don't want him eating certain things.

 

[Squiglet]

I've just thought.... does paper and cardboard count as healthy foods ??? If so lil miss is very healthy

 

[beanie]

I've just thought.... does paper and cardboard count as healthy foods ??? If so lil miss is very healthy

only if its organic and brown cardboard

 

[Squiglet]

I've just thought.... does paper and cardboard count as healthy foods ??? If so lil miss is very healthy

only if its organic and brown cardboard

Its usually recycled... ewwwww

 

[maria1976]

The amount of salt in chinese and Pizza rant over

Ruby has tastes of our food, the occasional chip and odd button as a treat but its not an everyday occurance.
I cook all my own food so know exactly whats in it, and if need be then i will cook her food seperate. ie no stock cube. all her stock is made seperate home made
Coke out of the question tea out of the question, i dont drink tea or coffee anyway. Babies and caffeine Mcdonalds can f off too

Sorry girls but ive been in a right past couple of days and cant get myself out of it. sorry x

 

[Urchin]

Brody loves smoothies.... I know they are so sugary but he absolutely adores them, the innocent ones, He usually has a half a beakerful every day but I didn't buy any last week cos of his cut mouth. He's been asking again though.

M&B will have about 1 biscuit each per day, and about once a week Brody gets a lolly for being good. Puddings in our house are the worst... if they eat all their dinner they may get a mini chocolate mousse or yoghurt or something like that. If they don't eat much dinner they get no dessert.

 

[valentine]

I think I'm quite strict. DD eats what we eat and we generally eat home cooked food. If we were having pizza or something (don't do take aways or MaccyDs), she'd have something different like beans on toast. OH and I do eat cr*p and have the odd bottle of fizzy juice, but usually in the evenings when she's in bed or at work, not in front of her.

DD had her first taste of chocolate in her (home made) chocolate cake at her 1st birthday party. Someone gave her a smartie last week and that was her second taste of chocolate. I won't give her petit filous or muller stars or frubes 'cos they seem to have a lot of scarey ingredients, she eats Rachel's Kitchen or yeo valley fruity kids yoghurts instead.

I wouldn't give DD a taste of my tea or fizzy drink - she's only ever had water and milk, I think I tried her on severley watered down fresh apple juice once and she wasn't fussed so she has water as her main drink with meals. I wouldn't give her Robinsons sugar free or similar (or Fruit Shoots either) because of all the cr*p in it, I don't drink it either now.

DD has raisins four or five times a week and the odd Organix cake bar as a treat but not as a rule. She does like Fruit Flakes which I am a bit dubious about, but caved.

I want DD to tuck in at birthday parties and the like, but until she's really aware of the difference between sugary/fatty foods and fruit/veg/healthy stuff, I'm not going to give it to her often. I'm expecting she will have the odd chocolate or sweet thing at Christmas and am prepared for this, but it will be in moderation.

I grew up with a huge issue with food mainly due to my mum not letting us EVER have anything, then when I was more responsible for myself, I gorged and have not stopped since, so I am aware I am following a similar pattern but will make inroads into allowing 'bad' things in moderation when DD is older.

Valentine Xxx

 

[krissie23]

I believe that everything is ok moderation, i've been called mean on a few occasions cos i wont let her have chocolate or simular but thats my decision as her mother

I agree. I believe everything is fine in moderation, I don't let Amber have 'bad foods' a lot and I've also been called mean! Fizzy drinks are a strict no-no and if I ever saw anyone giving her one I would be very angry. They're of no benefit for a child at all, if Amber wants the taste of something sweet I'll give her watered-down squash. I'm lucky in the fact that all she ever really drinks is water, as that's all I drink, I get through pints of it every day! She calls it 'Magic Tinkerbell Water'!

I let her have chocolate, usually either a packet of white chocolate buttons, or a milky bar. I don't buy multi packs of sweets or crisps when I go shopping so when I buy them for her it's if I pop to the little corner shop near my house and she comes with me, if she's been a good girl then she can have them. I let her have the occasional bowl of ice cream too, and at the moment she loves having sugarpuffs most mornings for breakfast! She has had Maccy D's, we hardly ever have it though, but when we do I'll get her a happy meal.. usually she's more intrested in what toy is in the box!

I cook from scratch 5/6 nights of the week, I have the time to do it, so I do! I usually make shepherds pie, lasagne, pork chops and veg, spag bol, etc., and we all sit at the table together and eat. We usually get a takeaway on a friday coz by the end of the week I can't be ars*d to cook!

 

[Jen & Her Men]

At the moment James doesnt really have anything bad but I do give him tastes of stuff and he has tried cake, sausage rolls, party food and a bit of chocolate. I guess Im very conscious of James's size as he has always been a big lad and both me and Alan have a tendency to gain weight so Im careful that he eats the right things and gets the "taste" for fruit and veg etc.

However I do believe that banning him from certain types of food kinda defeats the object as children being children, anything I ban he will just be more curious about and more likely to go and seek out as soon as he is old enough to obtain food without me knowing etc.

I have seen this happen with a few kids and they end up over weight through "secret eating" where they smuggle food to their rooms as its seen as a bit of a taboo - guess a similar raison d'etre as to why teenagers drink etc.

So for me I would rather he have the odd MacDonalds or bit of pizza etc to satiate any curiousity and also to prevent the whole mystery element.

Bit off topic, but for the same reason, I will also allow him to have some alcohol with meals / special occasions when he is older and adopt a bit more of a European approach to alcohol in the hopes he wont feel the need to go out and binge drink on 20/20 or cider once he hits his teens!! If you take away the taboo element of these things then they do become so much less appealing !

 

[Redshoes]

Isaac has chocolate and crisps, but they are a small part of his diet and so I don't really think about it, I'm of the opinion if he's denied it and suddenly discovers it he may go a bit mad for it if that makes sense. I'm very lucky because he loves his food, everything from fruit, veg, to meat and cheeses, I certainly don't see a problem with sweet stuffs or cordial either for that matter. The best piece of advice about diet I ever received was to make it like a rainbow, colourful and fun, there's no need to deny, just to teach moderation I think