1.Does your child have any intolerances or allergies? Not that we have discovered yet
2.Does your child have any religious or cultural beliefs to do with food? No
3.Does your child have any specific food preferences? Isn't a fan of banana loves vegemite sandwiches and little bubba size piklets
4.Is there anything we need to know about your child?s appetite and eating habits that might assist us? Eats small amounts on a regular basis. Generally likes the same things.
5.What types of foods do you want your child to eat often (several times daily)? fruit and yoghurt
6.What types of foods do you avoid or not give your child to eat and why? Chocolate and sweet foods. Want to start her off on healthy food diet.
7.How often do you give your child treat foods? What types of foods are these? VERY VERY occasionally - i think shes maybe had it twice is a small amount of choc chip biscuit (the biscuity part though not the chips)
8.Are you happy with your child?s diet? If not what concerns you most about it? Happy with it so far. Wish she'd drink more water though
9.Do you know what servings of each food type your child should have? Do you know what constitutes a ?serving?? Not really
10.What do you feel affects your child?s food choices? (E.g. family eating habits, food advertising, other family/friends, etc?) Family eating habits mainly.
11. Does your child help choose foods for them to eat daily and/or do you cook with your child? Not yet..too little
11. Would you like further information provided regarding children?s healthy eating? Sure
1.Does your child have any intolerances or allergies?
Yes, to dairy, soy, nuts and foods high in salicylates
2.Does your child have any religious or cultural beliefs to do with food?
No
3.Does your child have any specific food preferences?
Sweet things, carrots, bacon
4.Is there anything we need to know about your child?s appetite and eating habits that might assist us?
I don't think so, he's a reasonably good eater for a 2 year old.
5.What types of foods do you want your child to eat often (several times daily)?
Fruits, although that is difficult, given his intolerances. Vegies. Healthy grains. Of course, it doesn't always work out how I want it to!
6.What types of foods do you avoid or not give your child to eat and why?
Sticky sugary things, juice, cordial, soft drink. I am a dental assistant and am very aware of what these things do to teeth. We try to avoid giving him fast food. I try to keep his diet fairly additive free. And of course we avoid the foods he is intolerant to.
7.How often do you give your child treat foods? What types of foods are these?
It depends. Probably more often than I should, but then again, his treat foods aren't terribly unhealthy. I use them as a bribe generally Sometimes it's rice chocolate, sometimes hot chips when we're out. Dairy and soy free biscuits.
8.Are you happy with your child?s diet? If not what concerns you most about it?
Generally. I wish he would eat a wider variety of vegetables, particularly as snacks. and I am guilty of not always offering him what he probably needs (health wise I mean, he always gets enough food!).
9.Do you know what servings of each food type your child should have? Do you know what constitutes a ?serving??
I think I feel confident with the types of food he should be having. I don't actually know what constitutes a serving, but I'm not fussed about it. I know how much DS seems to need, and so does he.
10.What do you feel affects your child?s food choices? (E.g. family eating habits, food advertising, other family/friends, etc?)
What I offer him to start with, there are some foods he is simply unaware of. Other family (ie. Grandma). Family eating habits.
11. Does your child help choose foods for them to eat daily and/or do you cook with your child?
Yes, he helps to choose foods, I like to give limited options so he feels he has some control over what he eats (he eats more that way). Not, I don't really cook with him because he won't sit or stand still for more than two seconds! I can't wait for when we will cook together though.
11. Would you like further information provided regarding children?s healthy eating?
1.Does your child have any intolerances or allergies?
Yes allergic to peanuts
2.Does your child have any religious or cultural beliefs to do with food?
No
3.Does your child have any specific food preferences?
Yes - however these may change on a day to day basis depending on what she feels like
4.Is there anything we need to know about your child?s appetite and eating habits that might assist us?
She eats food at childcare that she wouldn't at home
5.What types of foods do you want your child to eat often (several times daily)?
Vegetables, fruit, carbohydrates, protein, dairy
6.What types of foods do you avoid or not give your child to eat and why?
Peanuts. We don't cook meat at home as I am vegetarian but she eats it at childcare or at other people's houses
7.How often do you give your child treat foods? What types of foods are these?
Once a day - icecream, icy pole, biscuit, fruit bun
8.Are you happy with your child?s diet? If not what concerns you most about it?
Yes
9.Do you know what servings of each food type your child should have? Do you know what constitutes a ?serving??
I have a fairly good idea
10.What do you feel affects your child?s food choices? (E.g. family eating habits, food advertising, other family/friends, etc?)
Family eating, peer group, what she has eaten that day
11. Does your child help choose foods for them to eat daily and/or do you cook with your child?
Yes she likes to help cook and will help choose what we have for dinner
11. Would you like further information provided regarding children?s healthy eating?
Not at the moment
1.Does your child have any intolerances or allergies?
Used to be allergic to peanut, egg and tomato but now has grown out of them. Still gets hives from some tomatoes. Seems to react to some food additives but we have just tried to minimise these rather than do the elimination diet.
2.Does your child have any religious or cultural beliefs to do with food?
No
3.Does your child have any specific food preferences?
Honey, fat (on meat), fruit, peas.
4.Is there anything we need to know about your child?s appetite and eating habits that might assist us?
Eats like a camel some days lots, some days barely a thing. Evens out in the end and she's very healthy.
5.What types of foods do you want your child to eat often (several times daily)?
Don't want her to eat anything several times a day, we like variety. Maybe more fresh vegies. As in raw peas, carrots, sprouts, beans.
6.What types of foods do you avoid or not give your child to eat and why?
Anything with additives, preservatives, colours, as she reacts and we have never done the test to find out which ones to avoid, so I tend to just avoid them all. (but she gets these when she is at kindy, or out with Dad)
Sugary foods (don't see the need, don't want her to develop a sweet tooth)
Highly processed foods (we make at home instead - more nutritious)
7.How often do you give your child treat foods? What types of foods are these?
On occasion, eg, we went camping last week so I made some marshmallows, or useually when I get a craving for sweets we will make a cake. I try to homemade treats like cake, marshmallows, hot chocolate, so I can choose healthier alternatives to put in them.
8.Are you happy with your child?s diet? If not what concerns you most about it?
Yes, I would like her to eat more vegies I guess.
9.Do you know what servings of each food type your child should have? Do you know what constitutes a ?serving??
I don't believe in the food pyramid, I follow weston price guidelines (wholefoods). Don't go by servings, let her eat what she wants and stop when she wants.
10.What do you feel affects your child?s food choices? (E.g. family eating habits, food advertising, other family/friends, etc?)
# Family - Im a single parent so can only choose what she eats when she is with me, and when she isn't its like a special day so that seems to equate to 'special' foods/treats.
# Also she eats food at kindy that I wouldn't choose for her, also foods she probably wouldn't eat at home because all the other kids are.
# Advertising - she sees adds for junk all the time, and says can we have that, and I try and make or offer her a healthier alternative rather than say no. So I definately think this influences her. (Especially cartoon pictures eg. Dora on the packaging)
# What is available in front of her to graze on (she seems to be a natural grazer) - We have our fruit on the kitchen table and she eats so much of it, we grow some veg in the garden and she eats it every day. Also when Im preparing food, she will come along and eat so much of the ingredients but rarely eats much when we sit down to a meal.
11. Does your child help choose foods for them to eat daily and/or do you cook with your child?
Yes to both. We don't always go with her food choices for what she wants to eat
11. Would you like further information provided regarding children?s healthy eating?
I read your post re kids healthy eating thanks.
Last edited by heliana; June 9th, 2009 at 03:51 PM.
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