Isabelle is not a huge eater. In fact she is a tiny eater who will one day eat everything I give her and the next won't. Today she ate a bit of porridge and some crumpet toast for breakfast, fruit and cheese for morning tea, made a mess of but hardly ate any cheese, tomato and ham croissant, had more cheese, healthy biscuits, and fruit for afternoon tea. I have dinner in the oven but around 20 mins ago she started absolutely bawling because she was hungry so I gave in and gave her a jar - me bawling the whole time because I felt so bad
It is just so frustrating because one minute she won't eat a d@mn thing I make and the next will be screaming at me to feed her something, and the fastest thing I can grab is a jar but then I feel like cr@p for giving it to her.
She LOVES the cheese, bacon and veg quiches I make but we think she has a slight egg allergy so I'm not giving her any egg until we see a specialist.
Vent over - so now can you ladies give me some ideas for healthy filling snacks I can have on hand or make and freeze to give her either between meals, or for meals.
At the moment, as snacks I give her:
Sultanas and dried apricot
Fruit fruit fruit
Corn Thins
Cheese
Yoghurt
Occasionally little bikkies like Tiny Teddies and nutri -grain (thanks DH for starting that!)
Uuumm that's all I can think of through the tears..... bl@@dy pregnancy hormones.
TIA
Oh hon it's ok to use a jar! God, for at least two months Georgia would only eat something if it was made by Mr Heinz!!
I like to give G cornthins with veggiemite or cheese spread between them...sandwhiches cut into shapes with cookie cutters (ok, I don't really do that but I know people that do!)...veggie muffins...erm, i'll come back if I can think of anything else
Sounds like she gets fed very well by a mum who is very concerned about her health. You are doing a great job, and a jar of food from time to time is ok. Don't be too hard on yourself.
Homemade pikelets freeze well.
veggie fritters- like zucchini also freeze well.
raw veggies with some kind of healthy dip.
Cruskit spread with cream cheese or avocado.
fruits you havn't thought of........ watermelon, kiwi fruit.
crumpets, english muffins, brioche, etc toasted or plain
Spread with cream cheese, avocado, vegemite, or melty cheese
You could try doing some pikelets or fritters made with grated veggies, cheese, egg replacement, flour and milk
How about rice or semolina puddings or custards with fruit, cubed or pureed
How do you think she'd go with bread sticks dipped in something like hommous or cream cheese?
Oats are filling, can you make some slices with oats in them? Anzac kind of stuff?
Arrowroots? Tuna? Mashed potato and cheese? (can you fry it to turn it into finger food?)
Definitely go see the specialist about the egg, because egg is filling!
How is she with sandwiches?
To be honest, I wouldn't stress toooo much if a food is slightly unhealthy (eg, arrowroots or slice), if you can get her trying a wide range of foods, then you might be able to start adding some healthy stuff.
The other thing is...I've heard of many toddlers who just don't eat much. They just don't need much food. If you're concerned about her weight, go and get her weighed, and keep getting her weighed, but I've heard that toddlers tend to eat if they're hungry, and won't if they're not. Keep her hydrated too.
Thanks so much ladies. She loves bread, we eat Soy and Linseed grainy bread and she will happily eat a slice plain, or else with cheese spread or vegemite, cheese and ham toasty etc.
I might just go stock up on some of these ideas so that I have them on hand to give her.
Sorry you are feeling cr@ppy, but don't feel bad..Babies, no whoops, I mean toddlers! are hard to please and very unpredictable, not your fault sweety.
I think everyone has said some brilliant ideas! I was thinking along the same lines..picklets, muffins, patties..all things you could have in the fridge ready to go. Or I sometimes have toddler pasta precooked in the fridge, so then I just need to give it a bit of a zap in the microwave and maybe add a few little things, maybe corn or blanched carrots, sweet capsicum, precooked chicken. Plus they can feed themslves then (if the pasta is a good size).
Hang in there! Some days are just cr@p aren't they!
ETA..I forgot to say!! This post is coming from a mummy who didn't have dinner ready either tonight so for TEA, yes TEA gave her DD vegemite sandwiches, apple pieces and cheese sticks!!! hehe So you got nothing to feel bad about hunny!!
Last edited by StrawberryMumma; September 3rd, 2008 at 07:13 PM.
Um I make Ellie little vegie muffins of different varieties - carrot & pineapple, apple & cinnamon, berry. I make a batch and freeze them, they take no time to defrost and go down well!
Maybe some custard with the fruit for some variety? El loves kiwi fruit.
Some great ideas here, might steal some for myself! You are doing a great job hun!
Easy, healthy, filling snacks....***partial vent**
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