If we're on the road we tend to give the boys McMuffins for breakfast.
Egg, plastic cheese and a muffin. It might be a bit heavy on carbs and salt but it's not going to harm them to have it every now and then.
It's the happy meals that do my head in - the bloody toys. Once my boys realised there were dreadful little toys on offer they nagged me every time they saw a Maccas for a toy meal.
Did you know that McDonald's is one of the world's biggest retailers of toys? I think that if they gathered together all the McDonald's toys that have gone to landfill in Australia they could fill the MCG with them*.
*wild geusstimate based on absolutely no evidence.
Last edited by Phteven; February 20th, 2011 at 10:34 AM.
I think the other thing is when they want what you're eating. I know my Moo could have his own healthy, yummy lunchbox all packed - but he wants what Mum is having & everyone hears about it! So I have given him some not very healthy things to get a bit of peace
I am not a fan of Macca's or any other fast food place. the only time we ever ave fast food is when we are travelling. I will always choose maccas over the other fast food places, mainly because their loo's are the cleanest, which is scary considering some of the ones we have been in.
DD1 knows that she only gets fast food when we travel, her fav is the choc milk, the apple, and nuggets (I think, and even then she normally leaves the nuggets).
For sure, I dont like the idea of a 6 month old eating maccas.
I suppose, I would be more worried if you go past everyday, and see the same families eating there most days. That would concern me most.
I have to agree with the other these things are ok as sometimes food.
We very occasionally have maccas or HJ's for dinner...nights when I have really had a huge day and need a night off cooking.
It is hard to make assumptions and judge when you really don't know the circumstances.
I got a very dirty look by an old lady and she shook her head and said disgusting when she saw me feeding my DS hot chips...she judged me with no idea of my circumstances.
My DS is 5.8kg at 13 months and needs all the fat and calories in his diet to gain even a small amount of weight (It is still not something he gets very often)...I know his size makes people think he is younger but maybe they shouldn't pass judgement so quickly.
A friend of mine once joked about having 3 kids, He said about food,
the first, you're so careful, you do everything "right"
The second you notice yourself slipping a little,
By the third you sit them in the corner and throw food scraps
I am VERY careful about what I feed my kids, My DD didn't even know chocolate existed until well over 1 year, I still remember the tight spot I was in when she first had McDondals. A late family dinner, she was cranky and tried and there was still waiting to do, My mum who loves to give DD rubbish saw this one dinner of chicken nuggets as a green light to give her all the things I had been trying to keep away from her.
DS, number 2, not do easy to be such a control freak, He has his big sister, his hero, showing him the ways of the world. And I have learned to lighten up a little. He has had Macca's once or twice, and I would hate to thing of people judging me for it, My kids have a great diet, a one off meal at Maccas is not going to be their undoing
Be careful about trying to guess ages too, My DD was a tiny poppet, who took forever to grow hair, I got so many questions and judging looks when at 9 or 10 months I'd put her in the front of a trolley, "Is she ok? " "So little, she must be getting tired."..yes, she's MY daughter, More than any of these well wishers, concerned public members I was concerned for her comfort and safety. And I also knew her age and that she was very able to sit in the frornt of the trolley while I got my groceries.
The thing that parenthood has taught me, is that for the most part, people are just doing their best. If a child is being abused or neglected, then there is cause for concern, but the rest of us are doing a tough job, and mostly doing it well. Judgements can be really hurtful and way off the mark.
Another quote I love
"I was a great parent, and then I had kids" I think the "greatness" doesn't disappear the moment they're born, but slowly as you realise you are not in control, you have given birth to a new little person, who grows and develops and makes you proud....soemtimes...and other times... not so much. On a good day its what makes parenthood such a grand adventure. On a bad day you cling on for the ride.
Last edited by PollyA; February 20th, 2011 at 01:25 PM.
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I do think it's hard to judge whether it's a "sometimes" thing compared to a regular occurrence. When I first started seeing my ex, his daughter wouldn't eat anything unless it came from a cardboard box. It drove me nuts, because I'd cook nice healthy food and she'd turn her nose up then ask to go get takeaway. I can tell you, it became a huge battle, but I won in the end. Became demon step-mother in the process though
I occasionally give my DD a takeaway meal (she likes Red Rooster over Maccas most of the time) but it is usually when we are out in the evenings. But this was certainly after she was 12 months old, and she didn't really get it very often until she was 3 or older. Given the choice she'd rather I cooked anyway, and if offered a choice between chocolate and fruit will pick fruit.
Attitudes towards food are so important and it begins in the home. Like a few have commented, the ones that get me are the families on shopping day who have the trolley loaded with bulk packets of chips, cartons of coke etc.
I agree with the shopping trolley thing. I'll never judge anyone feeding a baby macca's, coz I've done it. Not often, but I have.
My kids love macca's, its cheap & thats what I do with DS once a week & for a special treat for the girls. DD1 has a wrap, DS & DD2 have nuggets & chips.
I might not have given them more than a nugget or 2 before they were 1, but I cook nuggets at home all the time too. They are usually the kids Saturday lunch.
I've seen shopping trolleys loaded to the brim with coco pops, nuggets, pies, pizza, soft drinks, bikkies, chips etc etc. Thats what those families are eating EVERY DAY!
I hardly take the kids to a friends house, because their DD eats chocolate, lollies & crap like that all day. Then only drinks flavoured milk, soft drinks & juice or cordial.
We got there at 10am yesterday. She handed DS a lollipop. Then they gave him some coco pops (he'd only just woken up & not had breaky yet). Then chocolate milk. Then she went to hand him something else, a chocolate I think, I said no. Told her to go eat it in her room, or outside away from him, coz he'd had enough crap.
This child is 7 & has had teeth pulled out & too many trips to the dentist to count. And they wonder why???
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