Do you give your toddler sandwiches for lunch?

[*charmalea*]

my toddler hates sandwiches... so now i have to be creative

[nelly]

Jake has toast for breakfast after his weetbix, plus sandwiches for lunch almost everyday. But he also has fruit for his morn and pm tea and with lunch so I don't feel like he is missing out. Plus we mix it up sometimes with flat bread rolled up with stuff inside... heck on a bad day he has been known to have toast or sandwiches breakfast lunch and dinner lol

[*Ang*]

One of my DSs loves sandwiches, so most days he has one, but he has to choose between toast for brekkie or sandwich for lunch so he doesn't have too much bread in a day.

Same as in our household...thye only get bread once a day.

With DS I find it very hard to alternate his foods. He is such a fussy eater much to my disgust, and most days (if I let him!) would be happy with vegemite sandwiches all day, or vegemite on rice cakes. Both kids had toast this morning for breakfast so lunch will be what I call a "tasting plate" - usually consists of hard boiled eggs, red capsicum, cheese, ham, mixed beans (the 4 bean mix type), maybe a rice cake. If I am lucky DS will eat the egg, the ham and cheese whereas DD will eat everything and whats left on her brothers plate!

[Dasharity]

ds has a banana sandwhich most days follow by some fruit and yoghurt, he has meat and a range of freash veges for dinna or what ever we are having, and weetbix and milk for breakfast, plus milk and water to drink,

[MantaRay]

LOL Ang, my DS2 is like your DD. He'll eat all of his, the rest of his brother's, and still be looking for more!

[Muffy]

DS has a sandwich almost every day... depending on whats in the cupboard and fridge - it varies from vegimite and cheese, jam, egg, lettuce and cheese, cold meat (he LOVES chicken loaf) um roast chicken and cheese... god i could go on forever... .
i dont think there is anything wrong with it, depending on how hungry he is it usually follows with a yoghurt or piece of fruit or biscuits....

[Karina]

I sometimes give my 19 month old a sandwich for lunch. But she'll only eat it if I eat a sandwich too or if she sees someone else eating a sandwich. She really likes vegemite and when she eats her sandwich, she tears it up into bits and shoves it all in her mouth. Often, she'll just seperate the bread and play with it though.

If she wont eat the sandwich, I also offer her a bowl of pasta/noodles/rice with veggies and sometimes a bit of chicken in it too. She prefers the bowl of food to the sandwiches though. She always eats the bowl of food.

She also has a piece of fruit and a yoghurt for lunch too. Sometimes a biscuit too if she is super hungry.

[ShootingStar]

lol oh gawd.. i dont cook for my DS for lunch. As fussy as he is he is happy to have a vegemite sandwich and that is it. He wont eat anything else and has to have it cut into bite size pieces. ( he recently had a very severe case of gastro and this is all he will eat since at lunch time). He will only eat white bread (even though its not as good as wholemeal.. we were also told when he was sick white bread is easier to digest). He also though will have a banana and sometimes strawberry smoothy aswell. He wont eat the fruit on its own but in a smoothy he loves it. Maybe you could do something like that to go with the sandwich? But yeh i dont think there is anything wrong with a sandwich for lunch as long as they are getting all their vitamins they need at other meals.. lol or in our case.. are having vitamin supliments.

[Mama_Skittle]

My two have sandwiches everyday. They also have fruit and yogurt for lunch. But atm i am happy for them to eat anything. Both have started getting very fussy and peanut butter sandwiches always go down well