I am struggling with feeding DS atm. He is only 16 months and loves food but gets annoyed when he can't chew it enough. He doesn't want mushy stuff anymore but only has 4 teeth! We are going through a stage of doing lots of mushing of food in his hands and chewing a bit then pulling stuff out of his mouth!
He tends to get what we are having however not always what I have as DH is allergic to gluten and everytime I give DS gluten he has terrible stinky nappies.
I tend to go with the idea that if he's had a bit of everthing vegies, fruit, cereals,protein (not always meat) dairy and fats and sugars (either in something or from fruit) and he manages to get a bit of all this in over the course of a few days then we are doing OK.
I do occasionally let him have "fun" food like a bit of cake or icecream (these are always home made to ensure no gluten).
I love trying to eat something from the garden every day and we really live to far from town to make take-away easy or fun.....it's probably something we go to the trouble of having perhaps once a month.
I regularly make my own stock.....baking a chook means making chicken casserole with the left overs then stock with the bones..........it's great for soup or rissottos and I know it has no gluten.
I reckon most of you sound like you are doing a great job of feeding your kids........we know so much more now than what our parents did!
I know this is an old thread but I just stumbled across it and think its gold!!!!! I feel exactly like you at time trying to live up to all these things that we should or shouldn't have in our diets - I just get confused and go back to what I know - which is just eating!
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