So I was thinking this morning about food and dd. And I was just wondering whether or not she's getting everything she's suppose to kwim? Like how do I know she's getting 'enough' of everything that she needs. She has vegies pretty much everynight. Whether it's pumpkin and sweet potato or mixed carrots/peas/corn etc. And then she'll have meat everynight with it. So she has mince one night if we have spaghetti um, then she'll have steamed chicken and some other nights she'll have tuna. But pretty much everynight she's having meat (cause I am not freezing her meals anymore, she's eating what dp and I eat) but I am just wondering whether she's getting enough nutrition. It's hard to know for me.
For Breakfast she has either Weetbix or Cornflakes or Toast with vegemite or jam.
Morning Tea she'll have some sultanas and a bikkie
Lunch she'll have either some Numberghetti (spaghetti numbers lol) or a sandwich (if she hasn't had toast that morning) or she'll have a little tuna and pasta cup
Afternoon tea she'll have either a yogurt with fruit cut up or salada's with penut butter on them
And then dinner as I said meat and some sort of vegies.
Feeding myself and dp is one thing, but I am really concious of what she eats. I dont' like her having sugar ( even though I know ALOT of mums put sugar on their dd's weetbix even at ava's age) I don't like her having salt. And she'll have a chocolate treat once in a blue moon (I am actually trying to figure out whether I should give her a chocolate muffin that I made last night) I just don't know how much is too much and how much is not enough kwim? This is probably not making any sense lol I just want to make sure she's getting a good diet kwim? Any help would be so appreciated!
Sounds like a great variety & its great she eats her vegies & meat....this is a struggle we currently have with DS.
Just in regards to sugar/salt etc these are something I'm also concious of with DS. He's had very bad asthma so I look alot into what he's eating etc. There are lots of salt in many of the cereals including weetbix & corn flakes & many of the yogurts have a ridiculous amount of sugar in them.
As for the choc chip muffin etc, I my self & just IMO, at the end of the day anything homemade is better than the bought stuff.
im pretty sure its 3 serves of dairy(or is it 6), 2 fruit 5 veg per day
then 4 red meat 2 white meat 1 veg or fish meal a week
which weetbix are you using? as they are notorious for high salt content.
anything processed is generally higher in salt and sugar then what you would make your self.. so try and cook most of her foods.
Sounds like your doing a great job, i worry about variety for my 10mth old Ava (love the name ;-) ) but your lil one gets plenty of vegies, dairy etc so i wouldn't be too worried at all.
If she is happy, putting on weight and sleeping well then you can't ask for much more, if she was hungry or not getting enough then i'm sure she would tell you.
I have justed started giving Ava what we eat (no salt and less oil etc) and for her lunch etc we make mini pizza muffins every now and then for something different or tuna with rice etc.
Keep up the great work, sounds like you have it covered.
DouDou.. I use the baby weetbix wayyyyyyy less salt content. Dp and his mother reckon there was no difference until I showed them the difference in salt then they understood WHY i buy it
I hope this isn't a stupid question..
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