Gemma - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
I too have had the struggle you are having.
We eat a very healthy diet in our house - I am very committed to organic produce and sustainable living.
I don't really see any reason for little ones to be given junk food. For my family I didn't want my kids associating junk food as treats. I also want them to know that home made food out of good quality ingredients is a much better choice.

MY kids will happily snack on guacomale and vege sticks, rice crackers and hommus and fruits. I am a bit of a baker mama and there is always a homemade bikkie or slice made to a healthy recipe.

My oldest child is 11 and she will readily choose a healthy snack over chips - of course at parties etc there are chippies etc and they are snacked on but a tray of melon and grapes always goes first! My 6 year old son is the same and the younger two haven't had as much exposure to "junk food".

We talk about our bodies needing fuel and that healthy food choices make our bodies run better so we keep the junk to a minimum.
I have even more of an issue with it at school. All the packaging and sugar and *bad fats* in many of the snack foods makes my toes curl!
I worry about the affects of all of that on little bodies that haven't developed enough to withstand the onslaught of all of those chemicals.

I have also found that when the kids help you to cook and know what goes into something it makes them more likely to eat. We have a vege garden and the kids love to pick the veges that goes into dinner... It somehow makes it more palatable.

So Gemma I believe what you are doing for Amy is setting the ground work for a healthy body, healthy mind and giving her the ability to make choices about what she feeds her body when she is older...

Try to blank out the remarks from others. You just do what you believe is right for your child and do this with confidence... I think you will find that many other families are doing just what you are doing too. We are!