What is your big kid eating today?

[Renrel]

There is one of these threads in the little kids thread. Maybe it will not be as popular here since as they get older there are so many other things to worry about besides food, but I thought I would start a thread and see if anyone was interested.

DS 3.5

b- muslix and milk
s - trader joes vanila almond crunch bar
b- cheerios and milk, canned fruit, milk
l- mac and cheese, green beans (which he will only eat the seeds out of :rolleyes: ) and milk
s- animal crackers and milk
s- tiny box of nerds or a tiny bag of kissables (valentine's specials)
d- probably homemade sweet and sour chicken with rice, challah and grape juice
s- ??????

[AlisonCO]

DS 3.5

B - 1/2 piece cinnamon raisin toast, 1/3 banana, milk
S - 2 cheese cubes, 2 triscuits, pineapple, water
L - 1/2 turkey and cheese sandwich, 2 prezels, 3/4 apple, milk
S - grapes, peanuts, 3 baby carrots, milk
D - 2 baked chicken tenders, 2 bites mashed potatoes, tons of green beans, milk
S - frozen blueberries in milk

[mamax2]

DD 3.5

B - Pancake, 1 slice of plum, apple juice, milk
L - Cheese quesadilla on ww tortilla, corn, milk
S - Milk, goldfish crackers
D - Barbecued chicken, corn, peas, cornbread, juice
S - Small piece of chocolate and a few bites of popsicle (ah, gotta love the healthy snacks you get at Nana's! ;) )

[Renrel]

3.5
yesterday

b- p+j on challah and cranberries
b- at school - probably cereal, canned fruit and milk
l- at school ?
s- at school ?
s - yogert and a frozen pancake
d - 3.5 fish sticks and some mac and cheese
s - yogert, gummy vitamins and frozen pancake

today

b- musli and milk
s - almond crunch bar
b- cranberry bread, fruit, milk
l- hot dogs on rolls and ???, juice (we don't do milk and meat together, not kosher)
s- ? at school
s - might bites
d- 3/4 of a McDonalds hamberger, shared a large french fry three ways, apples and grapes and way to sweet yogert (Mcfruit salad), soft cone with m +ms.
s- gummy vitamins

[dal]

I like this thread. I don't think I participated in the other one.

Yesterday
DD 3.5
B - oats and honey granola cereal, milk
L - 1/2 peanut butter and jelly sandwich, fruit, milk
D - pasta and meatballs, fruit, 2 mini chocolate chip muffins

DD 2.5
B - cheerios, milk
S - teddy grahams, goldfish
L - 1/2 peanut butter and jelly sandwich, fruit, yogurt, milk
D - pasta and meatballs, fruit, 2 mini chocolate chip muffins

[Sarah]

DDs are 4 and 1 (ate the same thing)
B: homemade yogurt, granola, and pears
S: cheese stick (for baby), applesauce (for 4yo), rice cakes
L: pb&j & milk
S: dry cereal (Joe's Os)
D: pork chops with pan sauce, polenta, glazed carrots
dessert- pudding

[goldfish]

DD 3.5:

b- pancakes and milk
s- at school, cupcakes for a classmates' birthday
l- 1/2 PB and J, mandarin oranges, milk
s - cheddar bunnies (kind of like goldfish, but organic)
d - noodles with parmesan cheese and broccoli

[dziner]

I like this thread b/c it gives me an idea if my kids eat as much as other kids. They are both really small, so I usually assume they don't.

DD is 3.

Today
B - about 2oz yogurt w/cereal, few bites of banana muffin, 3/4 slice cinn raisin bread w/cream cheese (no milk...DD doesn't drink it!). This is a lot for her.

S - oatmeal raisin bar

L - three slices deli turkey, handful grapes, rejected baby carrots, 5 jelly bellies

S - skipped it today

D - 2 pieces quesadilla on ww tortilla, 2-3 oz blueberry yogurt w/cereal, buttered corn, Samoa

[kristin]

My DS just turned 3 and is not a particularly picky eater, but would rather be doing other things and usually tries to dump his food on DD's plate (she is 18 months). He lovingly refers to her as "the eating maching", and there is maybe a 3 pound difference between them!

B: Pancakes, strawberries, and blueberries and water
S: Cheese stick, crackers
L: Yogurt, cheese stick, cucumbers,and a few strawberries and water
S: Chocolate bar shaped like a race car (he received this a a B-day party), only sucked on it a few times, and crackers
D: Chicken nuggets (perdue), mixed vegetables, apple sauce

Another non-milk drinker here...he only drinks water, not even juice!

[Renrel]

yesterday

b- waffle
s - cranberries
b- cherrios, milk and fruit
l- beef stroganoff, noodles and some veg (school)
s- pita and cheese
s- sweet and salty peanut snack bar
d- grilled fish and rice (I was out but I am told DS stated he did not like fish, cryed about fish, asked for a taste and then declared that is as yummy but that he still did not like fish. He asked for two extra servings:rolleyes: But he did not touch the chinese greens.
s/dessert - one mini pancake, one gummy vitamin and half a peanut butter and cranberry sandwich on ww with chocolet milk (everything was his idea and I only put a wee little sqeeze of chocolet in his chocolet milk)

I have no idea what he actually ate in school but all in all I think it was a very good eatting day.

[AlisonCO]

3.5

B - bowl of cheerios and granola with banana, milk
S - 2 triscuits, pineapple, 1 bite cheese, water
L - at Whole Foods - 2 chips with red pepper dip, 2 bites chicken salad, some bites of roll with butter, blueberries, olives, watermelon, 1/2 PB cookie, milk
S - few goldfish, 4 grapes, milk
D - 6 cheese tortillini dipped in maranara, salad with carrots and ranch, blueberries, milk

[dziner]

B - 4-5 oz yogurt w/cereal
S - challah w/hummus, grapes, 2 donut holes (they give them so much snack at school!!)
L - 1/2 pb&j, apple slices, cookie
S - 1/2 pkt oatmeal (w/milk - yippee!)
D - turkey meatball sandwich (tomato sauce, cheese), mango
S - handful cereal

[knzbound]

Yesterday

DD 3.5

B - oatmeal with raisins & milk, WW toast w/blackberry jam
S - cinnamon graham cracker, apple slices, pretzels
L - 1/2 grilled cheese, 1/2 banana
S - vanilla yogurt
D - Annie's bunny mac n' cheese, a few peas, grapes

milk

[Renrel]

b- musli cereal with way too much wheat germ (his idea and he did not eat much) and chocolet milk
s- cranberries
l- grilled cheese made with challah in a waffle iron, apple, chocolet milk
s- grapes
d- a bite or two of Pizza, then he fell asleep. It was family movie night and he was exhausted from a swim lesson in the morning and a ride on his trike to the playground given that he played in his room through all of nap time. He should be famished tomorow.

[MrsTazlvr]

I love this thread! I am seeing that what DD#1 eats is normal. ;) I'll be back tomorrow to post what she ate. Today DH fed them breakfast, lunch was a spring party at the park so she had a little love EVERYTHING, and dinner was a Chick-Fil-A sandwich and fruit. I put DH in charge of deciding on dinner and he brought back fast food. :rolleyes:

[mamax2]

b: 1/2 lender's mini bagel w/cream cheese and orange slices (about 1/2 of a large navel orange), milk

l: we were at a egg hunt/picnic. there was tons of good food, but lots of distractions. I think she *maybe* ate 1-2 carrot slices w/dip, a ww cracker, a brownie and a chocolate egg. She drank 1-2 juice boxes

s: milk - refused any food

d: chicken & broccoli casserole, slice of sourdough bread, chocolate egg, water

[knzbound]

B - a few (very few) spoonfuls of Cheerios w/milk, 1/4 blueberry corn muffin, a bite of coconut danish
L - pickle, a few bites Italian hero
S - cheddar bunnies
D - roast chicken, steamed broccoli, bowl of yogurt, egg matzo w/butter

[dziner]

B - two mini waffle, pb & banana sandwiches
S - bday cake
L - turkey, fries
S - teddy grahams
D - pancakes, peach slices, scrambled egg, 5 jelly bellies

Not the healthiest day, with that party at 10am! I was just glad she had something for lunch after that. We had pancakes for dinner before it's matzah, matzah, and more matzah...

[AlisonCO]

3.5

B - mini cinnamon bagel with butter, few bites banana, milk
S - 2 triscuits, craisins, diluted OJ at the park
L - 1/2 grilled cheese, 2 baby carrots, 2 big strawberries, few fritos, milk
S - 4 grapes, goldfish, water
D - roasted chicken, 2 bites rice, green beans, milk
S - blueberries in milk

[ellybelle]

Hee! It's nice to know that my DDs diet isn't that different from most kids here, despite my despair over her recent veggie and meat rejection....

B: Oatmeal w. b. sugar, milk
S: Peanut butter on ww toast, 1/2 a banana
S: leftover oatmeal cookie
L: Corn, a bite or two of spinach (no chicken soup today)
S: 1/2 a fried egg
D: The cheese in a quesadilla (no tortilla), orange, and a few bites of flan

[Sarah]

bk: oatmeal and pears
snack: cheese stick
lnch: pb&j, apple slices
snack: yogurt and broccoli
dinner: roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll

[mamax2]

yesterday...

b: flax seed waffle w/butter & syrup, apple juice/water
s: 1/2 packet of Welch's dried fruits, milk
l: 1/2 grilled cheese, grapes, juice box, cupcake
s: milk
d: salmon, broccoli (tried, then refused asparagus), water, 1/2 cupcake

(gotta love a birthday party day :D)


today...

b: 1/2 mini bagel w/cream cheese, milk, grapes
s: water (not that it's a snack, but it was consumed ;))
l: cheese quesadilla on ww tortilla + 1 wedge of my chicken & cheese quesadilla :eek: , 1/2 apple, 2 slices of bacon, apple juice/water, 1 chocolate mini egg (this was a RECORD amount of food for DD)
s: probably milk/yogurt smoothie
d:??

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.5

yesterday
B - bowl of cherrios, banana, milk
S - 2 saltines with pb, 3 strawberries
L - 3/4 grilled cheese, 2 grape tomatoes, 2 chips, milk
S - grapes, goldfish
D - 2 baked chicken tenders, few bites mac and cheese, broccoli, milk
S - blueberries in milk

today
B - 1 waffle, 1/3 banana, milk
S - 2 pb crackers, 2 strawberries
L - leftover mac and cheese, broccoli, pears
S - will include yogurt milk becasue he asked

[Renrel]

b- broken matza in milk with a little coffee
s- two mandelbrach cookies
l- yogert, carrots and matzah
s- passover fruit snack?
d- roasted chicken, chicken soup and matzah balls, carrot cups, potato kugle, and whatever else I manage for the seder meal tonight.

It is going to be a very tough breakfast and lunch week given it is passover.

[MrsTazlvr]

Renrel~ Will he eat matzah brie? Or what about making french toast with matzah. How about some cottage cheese on matzah? Matzah pizza? Matzah grilled cheese? Turkey Roll ups- we roll cheese up in a slice of turkey but I guess you could just roll up turkey by itself if you don't want to mix milk and meat or use parave cheese. Hot dogs without the bun? I have a book called Matzah Meals which is a Passover kids cookbook. It's in the car right now because I was reading it on the way to the pediatrician earlier today. If you want I can check it out later and let you know if there are any other recipes that might help you. :)

[Renrel]

Thanks MrsTazlvr - My main issue is that he is in full time daycare so breakfast needs to be quick and I have not had a chance to make any matza brie or matza cereal in advance and lunchs have to be things I can bring in to school easily. I am sure we will come up with stuff but at the moment we are going crazy negotating a house purchase and I just have not been on top of my game.

[dziner]

Ren - I am eating lots of pb&j on matzah w/yogurt for breakfast, or cream cheese with slice strawberries on matzah. How about Passover latkes with applesauce? I bet Empire makes some frozen.

My kids aren't keeping yet. They are eating some traditional stuff but I'm not asking them to do the whole thing yet.

B - waffle
S - part of a scone
L - turkey, mustard and cheese melted on matzah (totally not kosher, I know!), yogurt with Dora stars, macaroon
D - banana w/peanut butter, brisket (weird combination), chocolate pudding with peanut butter (made w/lots of milk!)

[MrsTazlvr]

DD 3yrs-

B- 1/2 whole grain waffle, 1/2 banana, a chunk of watermelon, 1 cup milk
S- pretzels and goldfish
L- 3 chicken nuggets from Chick-Fil-A, 2 waffle fries, 3 pickle slices, 1 choclate milk from the kids meal
S- late lunch early dinner no snack
D- 2 English muffin pizzas- (ground beef, tomato sauce, cheese on an English Muffin), a few peas, a few tiny pieces of broccoli, water, tons of strawberries

[Renrel]

b- 2 scrambled eggs with cheese
s- craisens
b- probably passover cereal and milk
l- lemon chicken and ?
s- probably passover cookies
s- fruit snacks and some dried fruit
s- matza, cream cheese and pumpkin butter
d- Probably some meatloaf and chicken and potatoes.

I am so glad passover is over tomorrow. Though DS has been a real trooper about eating special foods for the last week while his friends at school could eat all the normal foods.

[dziner]

3 yrs

B - matzah w/cheese, peanut butter puffins, blueberries
S - spent the day in the car...dinosaur fruit snacks, macaroon, few cheezits, fries, few bites of chicken
D - brisket, pear slices, bit of matzah w/egg salad, yogurt, five small candies

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.5

B - bowl of cherrios, granola and banana in milk
S - 2 cheese cubes, 2 triscuits, 2 big strawberries, water
L - bowl of mac and cheese and peas, 1/3 pear, few bites of veggie soup, milk
S - 1 fig newton, few goldfish, grapes, milk
D - will be veggie cheese burgers, corn, fries and b-day cake for DH, milk

[dziner]

DD - 3

B - waffle w/syrup, mango chunks, few berries
S - whatever they gave in school...rice cake with cheese, maybe?
L - ww mini bagel w/cream cheese and turkey, few grapes, hot "cocoa," few jelly beans
S - oatmeal raisin cookie
D - cheese quesadilla, lots of pineapple, yogurt, fruit chews

[lauren f s]

DD - 3

b - cheerios with sliced banana, chocolate milk
l - mac & cheese w/brocoli
s - tangerine, Capri Sun, Oreo McFlurry later that afternoon w/Daddy after going to the park
d - meatloaf, bell peppers & carrots from salad, tangerine, banana, & grape slices
s - Cadbury egg

[dziner]

Lauren, how on earth are you finding time to do this?? ;)

DD - 3
B - 1/2 ww mini bagel w/cream cheese, mandarin oranges
S - granola bar
L - two lg slices turkey w/mustard, baby corn, pineapple chunks, couple bites carrot, oatmeal cookie, bit of hot "cocoa"
S - cheezits, cereal
D - scrambled egg, 1 1/2 slices ww toast, yogurt

[Renrel]

3yr

yesterday

b- waffle
s- Trader Joes peanut butter cracker sandwhichs
b-? preschool
l- ? preschool
s- ? preschool
s- lollypop
d- 5 fish sticks plus one of the trader joe fish fillets I made for the grown ups and mac and cheese (I was shocked at how much he ate, I had to heat up more fish sticks in the microwave to keep him from eatting that ketchup and tartar sauce with his fingers.) cookie for dessert I think
s- two gummy vitamins

today
b- two frozen mini pancakes, chocolet milk
s- fruit loop in a bag
b- ?

[lauren f s]

dziner: Ava was at the park with Dad and James is going through a growth spurt and when he's not eating, he's sleeping ;)

[dziner]

DD - 3

B - pasta w/tomato sauce, bits of eggplant, olives (she had breakfast food for dinner last night, so wanted dinner food this morning!), yogurt
S - pizza they made at school, challah
L - veggie corn dog, grapes, few small hard candies
D - chicken tenders, baby corn, chocolate pudding (the instant kind in a box uses lots of milk - good for all of us!)

[knzbound]

dziner--Hey! I love your avatar and I cannot believe how big A&D have gotten! Are those veggie corn dogs any good? Morningstar Farms, right? I keep thinking of buying them.

DD 3.5

B - Cheerios w/milk, milk
S - graham crackers, 1 madeline cookie
L - turkey/provolone sandwich, baby carrots
S - veggie bootie, pretzels, fruit leather
1st D (with her sister)- 2 chicken nuggets, a few bites peas
2nd D (with us) - rice, cold sesame noodles w/peanut sauce, fried wonton noodles w/duck sauce

[dziner]

knz - thank you! The little guy is catching up, quick...despite the fact that he, too, is teeny tiny.

The corn dogs are Trader Joe's and they are pretty yummy. I don't eat beef and I like them; my kids are big carnivores and inhale them, not noticing a difference.

[mamax2]

B - 1 pancake, cereal (Disney Princess Fairytale Flakes - like frosted flakes), milk, prune juice

L - pizza, apple juice, a few fries off my neice's plate

S - milk

D - Mac & Cheese (the Annie's ww & alfredo variety), peas, orange sections, water

S - 1 packet fruit snacks

[lauren f s]

We had a no so great eating day.

DD - 3

b - bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch, orange juice
s - Payday & apple juice at Wal-mart
l - chicken crispers, broccoli, chocolate lava cake, Sprite at Chili's
d - a few random bites of my lunch leftovers - steak quesadilla, rice, black beans (we had a late lunch and I don't think she was very hungry)

[dziner]

DD - 3

B - two pancakes made w/cottage cheese, syrup
S - they fill em up at school! apparently she had cheese, pretzels, graham crackers, and applesauce...not sure how much of each
L - small piece of pizza, baby corn, grapes, yogurt, handful cereal and craisins, chocolate pudding with peanut butter
S - 1/2 banana w/peanut butter
D - bit of spaghetti, meatball, oatmeal cookie, fruit leather

[Renrel]

Yesterday
3.5

b- waffle (made with bananas and wheatgerm), pumpkin butter and chocolet milk
s- banana
b- at school ?
l -at school ?
s- rice pudding and gram crackers
s- cheese corn puffs
s- Pro yogert (a drinkable Kefir yogert in a fun squirty bottle)
d - large grain cous cous and chicken with articocks, sundryed tomato, olives and capers.
s - freeze dryed apples

today

b- blueberry yogert spread on chalah with banana slices
s- freeze dried apples and strawberries
b - cheerios milk and pears
l- about 10 vegi meatballs (his teacher had to come over to tell me this.)
s-?
s- lollypop
d- spagetti and meatsauce and apple, and cherry juice
s- crackers, peanut butter and apple with milk

[mamax2]

b: ww toast w/butter, milk
l: ~ 1/4 grilled cheese on rye, juice, ~ 1/2 can Dora chicken noodle soup
s: cheese & crackers, mandarin oranges, pears, milk
d: baked chicken, broccoli & carrots, apple slices, water
s: fruit snacks

[dziner]

DD - 3

B - 1 1/2 ww waffles, few bites pear
S - 1/2 waffle, granola bar
L - few bites potato knish, yogurt, chocolate chip cookie
D - turkey and hummus on 1/2 mini bagel, few bites cauliflower, yogurt, chocolate pudding

[knzbound]

DD 3.5

Yesterday:
B - oatmeal w/milk, strawberries & blueberries
S - graham crackers, goldfish
L - 1/4 of bagel w/cream cheese and jelly (I think that's it? Is it really possible that she ate basically no lunch or dinner?)
S - blueberry waffle after she inexplicably stuck both hands into her bowl of yogurt
D - nothing, or maybe one bite of a chicken nugget.

Ugh, so frustrating. Last night was the second night in a row that my kid ate NOTHING for dinner. Not one bite. I keep wondering if I should just skip dinner altogether. Would either of my kids even notice? Nobody eats it and then I have a huge mess to clean up anyway.

[Renrel]

b- 1/3 a packet of oatmeal mixed with strawberry jam and frozen stawberries (he made most of it and insisted we all have a bowl, thus the 1/3)
s- cut up apples (which he helped peel and cut last night for dessert)
b- at school ? (I lost this months menu)
l - "
s - "
s- dried apricots
d- perogies and a few carrots (after I washed off the seasoning), fruit salad
s- half english muffin with melted cheese and some jam (my mom told me that she read something about mixing carbs and protein to encourage sleep and I am giving it a go. DS still went to bed late but did not seem to play and pop up as much as he had been.)

knzbound - You could try skipping and see what they do, or make lunch the bigger meal and dinner a small affair, or just do the grazing thing all day and don' t worry about any big meal. Though I would try to make sure the whole family sits down to eat together for some reason at least a few times a week. There is no reason I know of that our societal norm of eatting a big meal for dinner or 3 meals a day is important other than as a norm. In fact I would guess that eatting a big meal for breakfast makes more sense than for dinner. Anyway, good luck, it is probably just a phase.

[mamax2]

b: princess fairytale flakes cereal, watermelon, milk
l: chicken & cheese quesadilla on multi-grain tortilla, grapes, milk/yogurt smoothie
d: (out) chicken tenders, waffle fries, green beans, roll w/butter, OJ

[dziner]

Yesterday
DD - 3

B - banana mini muffin, yogurt w/cereal, OJ
S - whatever she ate at school
L - turkey slices, mandarin oranges, few jelly beans
S - goldfish
D - scrambled egg and cheese on toast, grapes
S - choc chip cookie, apple slices

Today so far

B - cereal w/milk, pear slices

knz - I confess to having recently started a terrible habit...my kids are watching Sesame Street every (week)night at dinner! It's the only way I can get DS to stop wailing and pulling on my leg when I try to get the food ready and also to actually sit in his highchair and eat more than a couple bites. I remember DD went through this stage too so I hope it is just temporary, but both kids sit there for longer and end up eating more at a better pace. Might be worth a shot??

[Renrel]

3.5

b- smashed banana mixed with blue berry yogert and a sprinkling of wheat germ
s- fruitloops and alphabits in a bag
b- ? school
l- swedish meatball and noodles (bit hit I am told)
s- ?
s- colored white chocolet chip which we called seeds and he decided to save them to plant instead of eatting them.
d- left over progies and pasta which he barely ate, but then he ate seasoned tofu for dessert.
s- peanut butter and crackers.

[dziner]

Yesterday

B - cereal w/milk, pear slices
early lunch - turkey on 1/2 mini bagel, extra turkey, canteloupe, cookie
S - goldfish
D1 "snack" - apple slices, mozzarella cheese, goldfish
D2 - bit of chicken curry w/rice, small creme de menthe brownie

Ava's been napping every day this week and staying up later...so I offer her the choice of eating dinner with her brother or us. Some days she ends up having a "snack" at 5:30 and "dinner" after we get the little guy to bed, and some days she'll eat dinner early and a sweet with the grownups. Transitions are tricky...

Today

B - ww waffle w/syrup, yogurt, pear slices
S - challah w/cream cheese, grape juice
L - turkey slices, canteloupe, rice crackers, small brownie
D1 "snack" - apple slices, mozzarella cheese, goldfish, bagel slices w/hummus
D2 - part of a taco, small brownie

[dziner]

B - ww waffle, yogurt w/cereal and kiwi (didn't finish)
L - pizza, birthday cake
D - grilled chicken, mac n cheese, few bites apple, mint brownie

[dziner]

DD - 3

B - 1/2 mini ww bagel w/cream cheese, bit of yogurt w/cereal, apple slices
S - not sure...I think crackers and apples
L - homemade mac n cheese, rice crackers w/hummus, dried apricots, jelly beans
S - granola bar
D - 2 chicken meatballs, 1/2 spinach-tofu eggroll w/ranch dressing, ice cream sandwich (these are fun...ever seen those Anna thin wafer cookies? I get the chocolate mint ones and put like a tbsp of ice cream in b/w two. V. yummy but not a huge dessert.)

[lauren f s]

DD- 3

b - 2 homemade cinnamon pancakes, 1/2 orange, water
l 2 bites of my turkey & swiss sandwich; chicken nuggets from Happy Meal & apple juice on the way to the dr
s - apple slices, grapes, blueberries, water
d - tilapia, parmesan risotto, broccoli, chocolate milk
s - 1/2 pb&j sandwich, water

[knzbound]

dziner--Those ice cream sandwiches sound great! I love Anna's wafers. I used to devour the ginger thins. Might have to go to the store later...

My kid's been a TERRIBLE meal eater lately. Whenever I see this thread I think, "What is my kid NOT eating today?" I am definitely guilty of providing too many snacks and sabotaging her meals. I am having trouble breaking our winter snacking habit, and now she is so used to having snacks all.the.time she throws tantrums if I say no, or don't pack snacks for a short trip to the playground. Ugh. How long until the Fabulous Fours? ;)

DD 3.5
Yesterday:
B: blueberry waffle, cheerios w/milk
S1 (while I shower): goldfish, dried cranberries
S2 (at the park): cheese stick, veggie booty
L: four orange sections, refused mac n'cheese
S3: at school, apple juice + whatever they're serving
S4: 1/4 cinn. raisin bagel
D: scrambled eggs, refused peas

So far today:
B: blueberry waffle, cheerios w/milk
S1: goldfish, dried cranberries
S2/more of an early lunch: few bites blueberry muffin, cheese stick, puffins cereal, strawberries and blueberries
L: refused soynut butter & jam sandwich, 4 baby carrots

[mamax2]

b: most of a mini bagel w/cream cheese, watermelon, milk
s: gerber cereal bar
l: peanut butter on a buttermilk biscuit (don't ask! biscuits were left over from last night's dinner and it was her request :p ), apple & plum slices, prune juice, fruit snacks
s: milk
s: juice box
d: grilled chicken, salad (carrots, craisins, almonds, croutons), refused spinach souffle - no surprise there :rolleyes: , milk

[Renrel]

3yr

b- two raisens in milk (like cereal)
s- none
b-spring fling party at school - mini box of cereal (cinnimum toastie or something like that) and fruit loops and milk with a splash of decaf coffee and a french toast stick and a few bites of a lemon donut.
l- ????
s- b-day at school - cupcakes, muffins and milk
s- hersheies 100 cal chocolet snack bag (from party bag)
d- we had grandma mess - a combination of ziti, sauce, cheese and vegis from a resturant and salad. DS refused to eat and then refused to wash his own hands which was a requirement for eatting. Spent 90 minutes or so telling us we had to wash his hands for him, till it was too late and he had no dinner tonight. He was very sad about this.

[dziner]

knz, the snack thing is really hard. What I do is if DD hasn't had a decent lunch, I give her peanut butter for afternoon snack - on banana, apple slices, or crackers. Then at least I know she got some protein in. She's been eating really well lately...it's DS that only wants goldfish, grapes, and "keys" - cookies!! He is IMPOSSIBLE in the highchair.

ren, I am so relieved to hear that it isn't just us having these discussions. DD will do anything to avoid washing her hands! One of these days she's going to have to learn to wipe her own tush and then she'll have to wash.

DD - 3

B - most of french toast slice w/syrup
S - dinosaur fruit chews (leftover from Grammy's...thanks, mom :P)
L - homemade mac n cheese, grapes, one baby carrot, yogurt, ginger snaps
S - pretzels, craisins, raisins
D - turkey and hummus on whole wheat wrap, pineapple, popsicle

[lauren f s]

hand washing: Ava picked out a sparkly soap at some preteen makeup store at the mall. Ever since we let her pick out what she uses, she loves to wash her hands.

DD - 3

b - hard boiled egg, apple slices, string cheese, oj
l - turkey & cheese sandwich, mandarin oranges, sprite (kids meal at Wendy's)
s - pink Starburst and skittles at Grandma's office
s - string cheese, 2 slices of deli ham, water
d - bbq chicken (drumstick - she loves this part of a chicken and will clean it to the bone; it's the only meat she'll consistantly eat), brussel sprouts, cucumber from salad, mac & cheese, water

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.5

yesterday

B - bowl of cherrios, granola, bananas in milk - milk
S - 2 strawberries, 1/2 string cheese, 2 crackers - diluted oj
L - bowl of mac and cheese and peas, 1/2 pear, 1 animal cracker - milk
S - few grapes, 1 fig newton - milk
D - 1/2 bean and cheese quesadilla, few bites rice with tomato and avocado - milk
S - frozen blueberries in milk

today

B - 1 slice of raisin toast with butter, 1/4 banana - milk
S - slice of cheese, 2 crackers, 2 strawberries - diluted juice
L - 1/2 turkey sandwich, few bites of veggie soup, 1/2 apple - milk
S - grapes, goldfish - yogurt milk

[mamax2]

yesterday:

b: blueberry pancake, grapes, milk
s: raisins, milk
l: grilled cheese, fries, some fruity drink, ice cream sundae (we were at Friendly's - can ya tell :p )
s: milk
d: salad, pecan-crusted chicken tender, water

today so far:
b: cheerios w/milk, cantaloupe, milk
l: a few crackers and slice of french bread while we waited, then about 1/4 of a large cheeseburger, fries, water (out to lunch again)

[Renrel]

yesterday



after lunch
s- sun chips
d - fish sticks (3), sweet potato frys, one bite of a vegtable somosa, I don't think he ate one bite of the bean soup, chocolet milk mixed with apple juice, fruit cocktail with apple added since I accidently said fruit salad and he was going to hold me to it.
s - half a pbj sandwhich on ww, which he helped make.


today

b- oatmeal with applesauce and currants
s- 6 mini stawberry pancakes
b - ? school?
l - school - beef stew and some vegi and bread. He did not appear to have eatten much. I arrives as he was clearing his plate from the table.
s- school ?
s -reeses pieces
s- bite of a cashew butter, banana and honey sandwhich - Tr. Joe sample
d - cheese tortollino and peas
s- smoothy made from green vegtable juice, greek yogert, frozen blueberries and frozen strawberries with peanut butter crackers. Looked gross but he said it was yummy which means I now have a way to sneek some green vegi into his diet. I also want to try cooking rice in V-8 and maybe even this green juice to sneek some more in.
s -?

[dziner]

B - kiwi, bit of Kashi w/milk
L - 1/2 turkey, cheese and mustard on ww, canteloupe, yogurt, jelly beans
S - animal crackers
S - grapes
D - gnocchi w/mixed veggies in pesto, pear slices, cookie

[lauren f s]

b - appke juice; slept late & said she wasn't hungry
l - 1/2 sandwich (turkey, cheese, pickles on wheat), handful of Sun Chips, chocolate milk (lunch from Subway, eaten at park)
s - last half of sandwich & apples that came with lunch, water
d - red beans & rice, cornbread, bell pepper slices from salad, water
s - applesauce, sips of Daddy's Gatorade

[dziner]

B - cream cheese sandwich, mango
S - challah w/hummus, grape juice
L - chicken tenders, rest of mango, bakery cookie
D - ravioli, pear slices, yogurt, ginger snaps

[lauren f s]

b - scrambled egg, breakfast sausage, orange juice
l - taco, blueberries
s - blueberries, apple slices, string cheese, chocolate milk
d - 2 servings of meatloaf (w/carrots and spinach snuck inside), didn't want anything else
s - 2 oatmeal cookies

[Renrel]

b- apple, cream cheese on challah, smoothie
s- protien chocolet chip cookie from the gym and vitamin water
l- mac and cheese, fish sticks, smoothie
s- more of the smoothie
d- a whole hot dog, corn, beans
s- microwave cake he made with the sitter

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.5

B - 1/2 pbj, 1/3 banana, milk
S - 2 cheese cubes, 1 small oat bran muffin, diluted juice
L - 5 cheese tortilinni, 6-8 baby carrots, 1/2 orange, 1 slice deli turkey, milk, water
S - grapes, goldfish, yogurt milk
D - 1/3 grilled chicken breast, 2 bites potato, 1 piece of grilled yellow pepper, 1 piece grilled zuchini, milk
S - popcicle

[lauren f s]

b - scrambled egg, 1/2 banana, oj
l - 1/2 turkey & swiss sandwich, grapes; then later she had half of my Italian Wedding Soup; then after that she helped DH eat some Ramen noodles (ick!)
s - apple juice & graham crackers while grocery shopping
d - spaghetti, garlic breadstick, few bites of salad, water
s - milk and oatmeal cookie

[Renrel]

b- apple cinnimon waffle and juice
s- cashews
s- samples at cosco
s- berry smoothie at cosco
s- cranberries
d- homemade pizza, low fat ice cream with fresh stawberries
s- 1/2 soft granola bar and milk

We seem to have forgotten about lunch today, whoops, but that smoothie was pretty filling and the samples were filling and mostly nutricious - pot sticker, roastbeef roll up, pulled beef with BBQ sauce, grapes and a cookie.

[dziner]

We didn't have such a great eating weekend around here! Lots of bread and not much else.

Yesterday

B - ww waffle, couple bites applesauce, part of cream cheese sandwich
S - goldfish, few animal crackers
L - rest of cream cheese sandwich, plain pasta, can't remember what else
D - pita w/hummus, bit of lamb, fries, ice cream

Today

B - 1/2 mini ww bagel w/cream cheese, pineapple, few bites yogurt
L - not sure, wasn't there. more bagel w/cream cheese, few bites egg salad, cookie
S - banana smoothie
D - couple bites fish, couple bites cornbread, cinnamon apples, bit of yogurt, chocolate pudding w/peanut butter (my secret weapon! it may be dessert but I make the instant with tons of milk...at least she got that and some peanut butter in.)

[lauren f s]

Since I've been home on maternity leave Ava's started sleeping late and eating a late breakfast. But that means she stays up later and needs an evening snack.

b - Raisin Bran crunch, 1/2 banana
l - deli turkey & pepperoni, string cheese, apple slices, grapes, raspberries
s - applesauce, vanilla wafers
d - 1/2 cheeseburger, bite of potato salad, pickle
s - 1/2 peanut butter sandwich, chocolate milk

[AlisonCO]

3.5

B - 1 english muffin with butter, cantelope, milk
S - 1/3 banana, 1/2 string cheese, 2 triscuits, diluted oj
L - a bit of mac and cheese, green beans, almost a whole apple, 2 teddy grahms, milk
S - grapes, pretzels, milk
D - 1 turkey hot dog, few bites of bun, few bites of baked beans, peas, milk

[mamax2]

dziner ~ What's the ratio of milk/peanut butter that you use for the pudding? Sounds like something that might go over well here...

Today so far...

b: mini bagel w/cream cheese, pear slices, milk
l: 1 slice cheese pizza, apple slices, milk
s: pretzles, fruit cocktail, OJ/water
d: few bites of bacon & leek tart, roasted red potatoes, salad, cantaloupe, water
s: a couple of sweet tart type things from the Easter basket

[dziner]

mamax2, I just follow the pudding directions - it calls for 2 cups of milk for a small box - and dunk her spoon into the peanut butter jar (maybe 1/2 T?) before giving it to her. I hate that we all eat so much sugar, but you know what? Flavored yogurts, nutrigrains, cereal...everything we don't make ourselves has a lot. I do what I can, you know?

Today

B - dry cereal, grapes
S - more grapes, Pirate Booty
L - slice Elio's pizza w/added pepperoni, slice of melon, pineapple, mini Chips Ahoy
S - banana smoothie
D - bit of Chinese food after huge meltdown: lo mein, chicken, baby corn, few spoons yogurt, fortune cookie

[lauren f s]

dziner: My Ava is obsessed with peanut butter. I'm going to have to try that pudding for her!

b - apple juice, said she wasn't hungry
s - nothing, still not hungry
l - turkey hot dog on wheat bun, sharp cheddar cheese stick, carrots, celery (ate early b/c of no breakfast)
s - applesauce
s - graham crackers w/peanut butter, chocolate milk
d - soft taco w/pinto beans, lettuce & cheese (more of a burrito I guess), rice, banana

[mamax2]

b: Clifford Crunch cereal, cantaloupe, milk
s: few bites of dry Cheerios
l: chicken nuggets & waffle fries, apple juice
s: grapes, plums, pretzles, milk
d: pizza, water
s: gummy bugs (from the seemingly bottomless Easter basket :p )

[dziner]

Glad everyone is getting some use out of the pudding idea! I used to go to summer camp where they had a bucket (literally) of peanut butter and huge jar of grape jelly on every bunk's table in the dining room for picky eaters. We started the Reese-inspired tradition there on nights they served pudding for dessert.

Today

B - banana smoothie, ww roll w/cream cheese
S - pretzels, fruit
L - chinese chicken, lo mein, rice, mini cookies
D - part of a grilled cheese/shredded carrot/ranch dressing sandwich on ww, grapes, chocolate pudding (plain this time!)

[lauren f s]

I'm almost ashamed to post in here today because Ava literally ate crap most of yesterday.

b - Krispy Kreme chocolate donut, milk
s - refused grapes I offered; I later caught her climbing onto the kitchen counter (she drags a chair over) stealing a donut. For being so resourceful I let her have it.
l - nothing; was too full from the donuts and I was too tired from dealing with a non-napping baby to push it
d - early dinner at TGI Fridays. 1 cheese stick, bite of buffalo wing, spaghetti, mandarin oranges, sprite
s - shared strawberry smoothie at the mall
s - bowl of Rice Krispies w/sliced banana

[dziner]

Eh, it's really just the donuts tainting the day for you, Lauren...she didn't do all that badly by the day's end. And I totally feel for you on the no-napping baby! I would be tempted to give the kid a 1 lb bag of chocolate chips just to leave me alone on a day like that!

My Ava isn't eating so well b/c a) she has a double ear infection along with the sniffles and b) she keeps having total meltdowns and losing her appetite. WHEN does it get easier??? WHEN?

Sorry to hijack.

B - slice of challah french toast
S - rice crackers, craisins
L - few bites of pb&j, grapes
D - chicken quesadilla, ice cream

basically nothing! Wondering when her appetite will come back. My kids seem to flip flop.

[lauren f s]

Lol, well now I don't feel so bad for essentially neglecting the poor girl while I dealt with the non-sleeper. I go back to work on Monday though and daycare can handle the napping ;) Poor Ava! I hope her ear infection clears up soon. And my Ava has weeks of eating like a bird, then weeks of outeating me!

b - Rice Krispies w/blueberries, oj
l - 1/2 ham & swiss sandwich, baby carrots, blueberries & 1/2 banana
s - Reeses while grocery shopping
d - bites of guacamole while helping make dinner; beef taco w/lettuce & cheese
s - chocolate milk

[dziner]

B - part of a pb&j, few tastes of yogurt
S - Pirate Booty, donut (school!)
L - deli turkey, rice crackers, hummus, small piece of melon, blackberries
S - rice krispie bar, mix of graham sticks, goldfish and cereal
D1 - yogurt w/rice krispies, part of string cheese
D2 - pineapple shrimp over rice (mainly ate the shrimp), rice krispie bar

[Renrel]

Yesterday

b1- english muffin with melted cheese and avacado
s - cranberries
b2- rice crispies, fruit and milk
l- veg lazzana (ate not a bite), mixed vegs - ate lima beans and carrots, milk
s- ?
s- dried pineapple
d - a whole bbq chicken leg, several servings of cole slaw and a few Ian's vegi letters (liked the idea but did not eat many), fruit punch I made with some green super juice, pomagranate juice and grape juice. He drank every drop, finally a way to sneak some real green vegis into his diet. Mango sorbet
s - part of a small trader joes carmel cashew cookie.

I was pretty happy with his eatting today, esecially dinner. It has been awhile since he seemed so happy with a meal and the chicken was a new dish for us.

today

b- pb&j on challah
s - apple chips and coffee milk
b - cranberry bread, fruit and milk
l -chicken salad sandwhich which he did not eat and I forget whatelse
s- ?
s-cranberries
d - turkey sandwhich and cole slaw
s - a sip of milk and a vitamin

[dziner]

B - few bites Rice Krispies w/milk, blackberries, challah w/hummus
S - RK bar, few grapes
L - two slices turkey, baby corn, beets
S - apple slices w/peanut butter, graham sticks
D - slice veggie & pepperoni pizza

[AlisonCO]

3.5

B - dry cherrrios, raisins, baby goldfish, 1/2 orange, diluted juice (we went for a walk)
S - 1 string cheese, cantelope, milk
L - bowl of mac and cheese, mixed frozen veggies, 1/2 peach, milk
S - 1 fig newton, grapes, water
D - baked parmesan chicken, noodles with butter and cheese, broccoli

B - 2 oat pancakes (small) with butter, few bites banana, milk
S - 1/2 string cheese, cantelope, goldfish, diluted juice
L - 1/2 turkey sandwich, 2 sun chips, 2 strawberries, milk
S - pretzels, grapes, water
D - 1 slice cheese pizza, tons of salad with peppers, tomatos, olives, milk
S - popcicle

[dziner]

B - fruit salad
S - few Cheezits
L - slice Elio's pizza w/pepperoni, extra cheese, RK treat
S - few Snapea crisps, goldfish
D - deli turkey and cream cheese on 1/2 mini ww bagel, yogurt, chocolate chips

[dziner]

B - ww cinnamon toast, blackberries, grapes
S - school stuff - rice cake, fruit maybe?
L - veggie corn dog w/cheese melted on top (ha! sneaked some calcium in there), bit of ice cream
S - Stella Doro breakfast cookie
D - few bites of spinach and feta omelet, lots of grapes, enormous tantrum

[dziner]

B - pancake, sausage link, few bites egg
S - snapea crisps
L - pb&j, craisins
D - pickles, baby corn, mac n cheese, pastrami, blackberries, grapes, few jelly beans, few teddy grahams

[lauren f s]

Yesterday:

b - 1/2 slice toast with jelly, 1 breakfast sausage link, maybe a bite of scrambled eggs, but I doubt it, oj
s - strawberry yogurt
l - spaghetti & 1 meatball, 1/2 slice lasagna, bites of pasta salad, ham, cheese, egg from salad bar, sprite (ate at a huge pizza buffet/arcade for bday party)
s - birthday cake, chocolate chip cookie dipped in chocolate ice cream
d - string cheese, slice of deli ham, water

Today:

b - strawberry yogurt
s - strawberry yogurt (notice a trend?? we found some mini-cups at teh store and she's gone crazy for them)
l - chips & salsa, queso, spanish rice, beef taco, lime, cherry, & orange garnish from adults drinks at restaurant, water
s - strawberry yogurt
d - I don't think she's had dinner....we had a late lunch and I've been bathing DS and putting him to bed; I saw her with some string cheese but I don't think DH has fed her...I better get on that! He did feed her! Mac & cheese w/chicken & broccoli mixed in, orange, iced tea.

[maggieb]

Yeah, I wanna play!

yesterday
b: pancakes with syrup, milk, mango smoothie (all courtesy of Daddy)
am snack: apple
l: chicken tenders with ketchup, peas, corn and carrots, mac-n-cheese, milk
pm snack: nothing
d: noodles with butter and cheese, corn (again, thanks to Daddy)

today
b: pancakes with syrup, milk
am snack: grapes, yogurt, Cheerios
l: black bean taco with cheese, watermelon, milk
pm snack: pear and Tings
d: chicken kabobs, grilled veggies (mushrooms, red pepper, tomatoes), tabouleh

[dziner]

Yeah, hi Maggie!!! Glad to see you. Helena never ceases to amaze me; she is the best eater.

B - 2 waffles w/syrup
S - graham crackers, pear, apple
L - 3 pierogies, cauliflower, cheddar matchsticks, jelly beans
S1 - granola bar
S2 - rice crackers w/hummus
D - chicken dijon, few green beans, garlic bread, ginger snap ice cream sandwich

[maggieb]

Glad to see you too, dziner! Yeah, Helena is a good eater...she's making up for torturing me that first year. Just kidding!

today
b: yogurt with raisins, cereal with milk
am snack: pear, more yogurt, more raisins, Tings and Veggie Booty
l: chicken and veggie potstickers, sweet potatoes, pear
pm snack: popsicle
d: lasagna, broccoli, milk

[lauren f s]

b - strawberry yogurt w/blueberries mixed in on the way to preschool, oj
d - pork ribs, salad (mixed greens, cucumber, black olives), cornbread, fruit salad (oranges, strawberries, blueberries, bananas), iced tea
s - chocolate pudding w/peanut butter (she LOVED this dziner!)

Morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack at school. I'm not sure what she had and her little menu is at home.

[dziner]

So far today...

B - raisin bran w/milk, few grapes
S - granola bar
L - two ww crackers w/turkey and cheddar on top, baby corn, most of an orange, cherry yogurt, two ginger snaps
S - ww cinn raisin bread w/peanut butter
D - prob will be chicken, corn casserole, apple compote...it's Takeout Tuesday - yippee!!

[Renrel]

yesterday
3.5+

b- fruit smoothy and half a french toast, jelly and butter sandwhich.
b- ? cereal, fruit and milk (school)
l - cheese sandwhich, cucumber (did not eat), watermelon, milk (DS wanted more sandwhich and melon but there was none)
s- ? ritz crackers and cheese? school
s- a few resies pieces
d - black bean, corn and avacado salad, gacaomoli, flax seed tortia chips, ch. milk mixed with apple juice (my kid likes to experiment), mango for dessert
s- vitamin and maybe a cookie (dh took care of this)

today

b- fruit salad - and he insisted I find 5 fruits _ mango, pear, strawberry, grape and watermelon
s- pear
b- cereal and fruit and milk ????
l- chicken, brocolli and ziti and I forget whatelse
s?
s - carmel rice cakes
d - either progies or chicken catcatoy, depending on whether DH is up for cooking tonight or I am doing the freeze food deal.

[AlisonCO]

3.5

yesterday
b - cherrios, banana, milk
s - 3 crackers with cream cheese, cantelope, oj
l - bowl of noodle and veggie soup, 1 slice toast, 2 cheese cubes, applesauce, milk
s - goldfish, grapes, yogurt milk
d - 4 cheese ravioli with tomato sauce, tons of caesar salad and crutons, milk

today
b - 1 mini bagel with cream cheese, 1/4 banana, milk
s - 2 cheese cubes, 3 triscuits, cantelope, oj
l - bowl of mac and cheese and peas, 3/4 apple, milk
s - 1 fig newton, grapes, yogurt milk
d - will be veggie burgers, tomato and cuc salad, baked fries

[dziner]

B - mix of Raisin Bran and Fruity Cheerios w/milk
S - popcorn and watermelon at school
L - chicken quesadilla w/sour cream, 1/2 orange, chocolate chips
D - 1/2 hash brown patty, applesauce, yogurt, breakfast cookie
S - Fruity Cheerios

[lauren f s]

(yesterday)

b - cinnamon toast, 1/2 orange, chocolate milk
d - tator tot casserole (huge hit!), brussel sprouts, green beans, 1/4 banana
s - chocolate pudding with peanut butter, milk (this is her new favorite snack. I had to make more pudding last night!)

Lunch & snacks were at school.

[Renrel]

b- slice of watermelon and coffee milk
s- slice of cold french toast spead with greek yogert
b- corn flakes, milk and apricots
l- turkey sandwhich and I forget whatelse is on menu
s- banana bread and milk
s- cin. sugar pita chips
d- vegi Stir fry with two kinds of tofu. DS actually asked to try the second kind of tofu and ate a bit without spitting it out, before saying he did not like it, which was great. But then I don't think he ate any of the stir fry just lots of rice and we had lots of arguing about how that was not enough dinner to allow for dessert. In his mind I was misbehaving and he used every tool in his preschool teachers bag to try to get me to "make a better choice."
s- fruit salad and a stick of cheese (maybe we should not have allows snack since he did not eat dinner but since he did willing taste a new food and ate lots of rice which in his mind was eatting alot I let him have a very health snack. Hopefully this type of compromise is not sending the wrong message. And I was going to a parent who never made eatting dinner a requirement for getting dessert, but when you have a kid who takes two or three bites of a food he actually likes and announces he is done and ready for dessert you change tactics. I am lucky though, because all in all, for a preschooler, he is a good eatter.

[maggieb]

yesterday:
b: cereal with bananas and raisins, peanut butter on ww toast, milk
am snack: pretzels, popsicle, melon
l: black bean taco, cantaloupe
pm snack: cookies and other sweets (Grandma's in town)
d: lasagna, broccoli, strawberries, milk

today
b: egg and cheese breakfast taco ala Abuelita
am snack: Tings and raisins
l: ww noodles with cheese and butter, carrots, cantaloupe, milk
pm snack: pear and Booty
d: flank steak, roasted potatoes, asparagus, and maybe a strawberry smoothie

[dziner]

B - Fruity Cheerios, mango
S - more FCs
L - two slices turkey w/mustard, homemade mac n cheese, baby corn, jelly beans
S - granola bar, few snapea crisps and goldfish
S - banana raspberry smoothie
D - few bites tilapia, blalck bean and pineapple slaw soft taco

[Renrel]

b- stawberries and greek yogert
s- chewy granala bar
b- corn muffins, a fruit, milk
l- salsbury steak, turnip and something else (I don't expect he will eat much)
s- cresent roll and jelly, milk
s- half of a strawberry candy bar thingy
d- chicken caccatorie (one small leg) egg noodles, challah, grape juice, a small cookie
s- his own experment - two gummy vitamin, one small candy shaped like a bone, cashews, apples, a stawberry soaked in grape juice, milk and water and then drained. He forgot to drink the liquid and wants it with breakfast tomorrow.

[lauren f s]

b - Rice Krispies w/sliced banana, oj
s - chocolate pudding w/peanut butter (she ran to the fridge for it as soon as we got home last night!)
d - grilled Italian sausage, grilled bell peppers & corn, wild rice, strawberry lemonade
s - shared strawberry yogurt w/Daddy

*I think yesterday's lunch was soft tacos, rice, and fruit. Not sure what her snacks were.

[dziner]

B - bite of muffin, Fruity Cheerios w/milk
S - challah, grape juice, ?
L - homemade mac n cheese, slice deli turkey w/mustard, grapes, part of lollipop
S - Snapea Crisps, apple slices
D - chicken nuggets, challah, fries, brownie

[maggieb]

today
b: plain yogurt, peanut butter on toast
am snack: raisins, Tings
l: hamburger, apple slices, chocolate milk (we were on the road and stopped at McDonald's...yuck!)
pm snack: pear slices, grape tomatoes
d: spaghetti, broccoli, strawberries and ice cream, milk

[lauren f s]

(today)

b - waffle, orange slices, milk
s - oatmeal raisin cookie, apple juice
l - cheese pizza, broccoli, fries, chocolate cake, Sprite (Daddy picked her up early from school and took her to lunch...wish he'd do that for me ;) )
s - water from Mommy's office (HUGE treat for her as it comes out of a water cooler and she gets to dispense it); too full from lunch for anything
d - rotisserie chicken, macaroni salad, bell pepper & carrot sticks, water

[dziner]

B - few bites ww bagel w/cream cheese, mango
S - fruity cheerios, few goldfish
L - few bites pb&j (has a cold...not eating too much), bit of yogurt
S - birthday cake
D - 1/2 sm cheeseburger w/o bun, fries, chocolate pie

[Renrel]

b- fruit loops and milk, musli and milk, eggs and corn beef, coffee-milk, fruit salad
l- skipped (late breakfast)
s- cereal bar and chocolet milk
d- hamburger and lemonaid and apple crisp at bugaboo creek
s- two vitamins

[lauren f s]

(yesterday)

b - orange (she requested & I made scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, & sausage; she didn't eat a bite)
l - a few bites of sausage & egg from breakfast
s - popcorn, m&m's, fruit juice at movies
d - 2 crunchy tacos (ate meat, cheese, lettuce, left the shell), cinnamon twists, free ice cream at mall

[Renrel]

b-1/2 sandwhich of peanut butter and ketchup on ww. (his request)
s- cheeriol like cereal left over from passover and milk
s- cashews
s- cranberries
l-? bagel sandwich at bagel shop?
s- oatmeal cookes (plan to bake with him this afternoon)
d- ravioli and sauce
s- ?

[AlisonCO]

3.5

yesterday
b - mini bagel with cc, banana, milk
s - few grapes, 3 triscuits, oj
l - at Cheesecake Factory - bread, bread, chips, croutons, turkey - all dipped in artichoke cheese dip - he was sitting by my mom and sister:)
s - strawberries, cheese cubes, water
d - 2 oat/honey pancakes, few bites of egg, watermelon, milk

today
b - 1 piece of pb toast, banana, milk
s - watermelon, 3 triscuits, oj
l - at a party - tons of fruit, 1 small crousant, few bites potato casserole, slice of cake, juice box
s - grapes, cheese stick, water
d - grilled chicken, tons of asparagus, refused baked potato, milk
s - blueberries

[lauren f s]

b - Raisin Bran Crunch w/sliced bananas, oj
l - grilled cheese, bell pepper slices, handful of Ruffles, iced tea
s - sample of some new yogurt drink at the grocery store
s - turkey & cheddar lunchable
d - chicken parmesan, salad, breadstick (only ate pasta & bread), water

[dziner]

Ate at other people's homes most of the weekend and the kids had sooo much junk!!!

Yesterday
B - Fruity Cheerios w/milk
Brunch - some bagel w/cream cheese, fruit salad, potatoes
S - popcorn
D - mac n cheese, few bites hamburger, few bites fruit kabob, cookie, piece of cake

Today
B - few bites of toast on the way to school
S - classmates' birthday cupcake
L - slice turkey w/hummus, watermelon, part of bakery cookie for DS's 1/2 bday
S - cheerios and goldfish
D1 - pb on ww raisin bread, banana pb smoothie (another of my recent calcium/protein efforts!)
D2 - gnocchi w/corn (ignored broccoli and peppers)

Can I just say how envious I am that all your kids willingly eat things like pepper slices and broccoli? Nothing I do seems to work on the veggie front. I feel like I am constantly trying to sneak calcium and veggies into that child with little success.

[maggieb]

today
b: cereal with strawberries
am snack: Tings, pear
l: Subway turkey and cheese sandwich, apple slices, chips, milk
pm snack: Dairy Queen ice cream cone (traveling home from Pittsburgh)
d: noodles with butter and cheese, broccoli, carrots, milk

[lauren f s]

dziner: Ava's a veggie nut, but not such a fan of fruit. I really have to encourage and beg her to eat something other than a banana, apple, grapes, or orange. She'll have phases of liking new things, but they never last (like blueberries). Does she eat meatloaf? Or meatballs? I always sneak spinach into these! They're great for hiding lots of veggies ;).

b - Rice Krispies, oj
s - grapes, water (at school)
l - ham & cheese sandwich, carrots, banana, milk (at school - she drinks plain milk for them, but not for me :rolleyes: )
s - Goldfish, apple slices, lemonade (at school)
d - ate beef, bean, & cheese filling for 2 enchiladas (I'm so embarassed, she was helping with dinner & I stopped making them to calm DS and when I came to check on dinner, she'd eaten the filling; DS started fussing so I put him to bed and she passed out with him :o )

[dziner]

lauren, it's the opposite here...my Ava devours fruit! Veggies, it's a lost cause.

B - waffle w/syrup, watermelon
S - goldfish, cheerios, cat cookies at TJs
L - two slices deli turkey, vanilla yogurt w/raspberries, 1/2 bakery cookie
S - fruit leather
D - slice Elio's pizza w/pepperoni and extra cheese, few bites cauliflower

[Renrel]

3.5

b- grill cheese, avacodo and apricot jam on a slice of whole wheat and a mix of milk and orange juice
s- a chewy granola bar
b - blue berry muffin, fruit cocktail, millk
l - turkey sandwhich, zuccini (I doubt he ate it) and something else
s- cottage cheese and pita
s- skittles
d - a big serving of pan fryed dover sole (this suprised me, it was a new dish. He thought is looked like fish sticks so he ate it), sweet potato frys and I tried cooking rice in tomato juice but it did not come out well and he did not eat it, two vitamins
s- low fat ginger frozen yogert in between two TJ waffle cookies

[maggieb]

today
b: pancakes with syrup, milk
am snack: Veggie Booty, raisins
l: margherita pizza, cucumbers, carrots, milk
pm snack: yogurt
d: chicken and veggie potstickers, corn, peas, milk, huge wedge of really yummy parmesan cheese (Child loves to hog my good cheese!), OJ popsicle

[lauren f s]

Child loves to hog my good cheese!
My dad buys really good, expensive cheeses. Ava knows this. Whenever we're at my parents' house she pries open the fridge and steals bites of his cheese!

b - scrambled egg w/sausage & cheese, 1/2 slice wheat toast w/grape jam, chocolate milk
s - cantalope & watermelon at school (which I highly doubt she ate, she never does at home!)
l - turkey & cheese wrap, Goldfish, orange, water (at school)
s - blueberry muffin, lemonade (at school)
d - red beans & rice, corn on the cob, few bites of salad, water
s - ate m&m's off cookie at the grocery store, then handed me a soggy cookie

[dziner]

Both my kids ate really well today (meaning a lot and not all goldfish!). I was so happy...I am always worrying about their weight!

B - yogurt w/graham crackers
S - 1/2 mini ww bagel w/cream cheese
L - deli turkey, lots of watermelon, crackers w/hummus, part of lollipop
S - TJ veggie sticks (as close as I can get!!)
D1 - tons of fruit - whole apple, raspberries, bit of watermelon, ww mini bagel w/cream cheese
D2 - two small pizza biscuits, sm pizza bagel

[Renrel]

3.5
today

b- half a waffle and a probug yogert drink
s- half a pb&j cut into bite sized pieces (left over from his dessert yesterday( and coffee milk (milk with about as much coffee as you would put chocolet sauce in for chocolet milk.)
b- corn flakes, pineapples pieces milk
l- cheese sandwhich (one and half) - he took them a part and ate the cheese and the middle of the bread, tomato slices, something else
s- ?
s- ?
d - corn beef and/or turkey sandwhich and cole slaw.
s- ?

[dziner]

B - yogurt w/raspberries, few fruity Cheerios
S - Raisin Bran w/milk
L - pb&j, watermelon, grapes, TJ Veggie Sticks, Nilla Wafers
S - fruit leather, ww crackers
D - two pierogies w/mustard, one baby carrot w/ranch dressing, 8 jelly bellies

[maggieb]

yesterday
b: egg and cheese breakfast taco with ham, milk, strawberries (the child seemed to be starving and this breakfast was her request)
am snack: blueberries, grapes and strawberries
l: peanut butter sandwich, cheese, grape tomatoes
pm snack: yogurt with strawberries
d: turkey chili (I called it Princess Chili and she ate every bite!), avocado, broccoli, brown rice and milk

today
b: egg and cheese taco again and turkey slices, milk
am snack: will be fruit
l: will be noodles, cheese and butter, corn and carrots, fruit
pm snackL yogurt
d: pork loin with hoisin sauce over brown rice, broccoli, cheese

[lauren f s]

(yesterday)

b - 2 breakfast sausage links, 1/2 orange, grapes, oj
s - (at school) string cheese, apple slices
l - (at school) mini cheese pizza, broccoli, watermelon (which I doubt she ate), water
s - (at school) Fig Newtons, strawberry lemonade
d - wild rice, water; she refused grilled chicken, green beans, and salad
s - 1/2 pbj, chocolate milk

I'm impressed Helena ate such a good breakfast Maggie. Ava will request something big like that, I'll make it, then she'll take a bite announce she's done, and put up her plate. Makes me crazy!

[dziner]

B - waffle w/syrup, watermelon
S - ww crackers, ginger snap
L - turkey and cream cheese wrap, grapes, popsicle
S - snapea crisps, goldfish
D - pan fried fish, fries, bit of broccoli, ice cream

[lauren f s]

b - pancakes, eggs, ham, hashbrowns, oj (she & Daddy went out to breakfast)
s - none; too full from breakfast
l - 2 bites, if that, of ham & cheese sandwich, Goldfish, orange slices, water
l - turkey hot dog w/cheese
s - bite of bittersweet chocolate she swore was "yummy!", 1/2 chocolate cupcake w/mint frosting; 1/2 chocolate cupcake with peanut butter filling, lots of milk (I baked cupcakes today)
d - mac & cheese; ignored bbq chicken, baked beans, and salad
s - 2 blueberries, bite of lemon zest (helped me bake one last batch of cupcakes)

[dziner]

I won't even post the terrible weekend's junk food binge!!

Today
B - mini bagel w/cream cheese, then scraped off in favor of peanut butter, mandarin oranges
S - TJ veggie sticks
L - yogurt, ww crackers, few bites apple french toast
S - mini nilla wafers, raisins
D - two chicken apple sausages, pasta w/parmesan

[maggieb]

today
b: Honey Nut Cheerios with milk, strawberries, yogurt, cereal bar (she was hungry)
am snack: coconut milk popsicle
l: black bean taco, banana
pm snack: nothing
d: 3 slices of pizza, zucchini, chicken apple sausage (same as Ava!), milk, coconut milk popsicle

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.5

yesterday

b - cherrios, granola, banana, raisins in milk
s - 2 cheese cubes, 3 triscuits, cantelope, water
l - 1.5 slices of french toast, blueberries, 3 grape tomatoes, milk
s - pretzels, grapes, milk
d - 1 grilled chicken tender with bbq sauce, 2 bites of potato, pepper, mushroom, 2 pieces of bread with butter, 1 smore, milk

today

b - 1 slice toast with pb, 1/3 banana, milk
s - 3 triscuits, watermelon, diluted oj
l - bowl of mac and cheese with peas and carrots, 5 cherries, milk
s - 1 fig newton, grapes, yogurt milk

[dziner]

B - waffle w/syrup, hot chocolate
S - teddy grahams
L - apple slices, ww crackers w/hummus, rice krispies w/milk
S - cinn sugar pita chips, pretzels
D - turkey hummus wrap, plum, oatmeal cookie

[maggieb]

today
b: Honey Nut Cheerios with milk, peanut butter on ww toast, banana
am snack: raisins and Tings
l: chicken nuggets, carrot sticks, grape tomatoes, milk, coconut milk popsicle
pm snack: yogurt
d: baked chicken with goat cheese inside (she loved it and I was shocked), zucchini, couscous, watermelon

[lauren f s]

Yesterday was a bbq and she pretty much grazed on veggie platters, cheeses, and bbq all day long.

Today

b - strawberry yogurt, oj
s - banana & apple slices (at school)
l - few bites of cheeseburger, apple slices, few fries, sprite (McDonalds; had to pick her up early today)
s - raspberry & lemon sherbet
d - brisket sandwich, macaroni salad, sliced bell pepper & grape tomatoes, bite of watermelon, water

[dziner]

Yesterday

B - rice krispies w/milk and grapes, piece of bagel w/cream cheese and lots of lox, mango, hot cocoa
S - (school) animal crackers, fruit, pretzels
L - part of quesadilla, plain pasta, fruit?
S - cheezits
D - few more bites quesadilla, whole container yogurt (unheard of), several slices turkey, cookie

Today

B - waffle w/syrup, part of nectarine, hot cocoa
S - granola bar
L - pb&j, grapes, rest of nectarine, breakfast cookie
S - few goldfish, cheerios, 1/2 nectarine
D - corn on cob, pasta, most of plum

[dziner]

B - oatmeal w/craisins, 1/2 nectarine
S/L - school event/picnic - slice challah, watermelon, big iced cookie
S - banana yogurt smoothie
D - chicken meatball, mango, 1/2 ear corn on cob

[maggieb]

today
b: buttered toast, Cheerios with milk
am snack: TIngs and pretzels
l: cheese pizza, corn, mango, banana
pm snack: peanut butter on tortilla and yogurt
d: grilled chicken, broccoli, cantaloupe, strawberry/raspberry smoothie

[lauren f s]

b - Rice Krispies, oj
s - grapes
l - chicken nuggets, Sprite, popcorn at movie w/Daddy
s - 2 bowls of Kix
d - meatloaf w/spinach, carrots, & tomatoes mixed in, corn on the cob, grapes, iced tea

[dziner]

B - 3 pancakes, bit of yogurt
L - turkey/hummus wrap, watermelon, Pirate Booty, cookie
S - crackers w/hummus, apple slices, veggie sticks
D - garlic bread, pasta, bit of chicken and sausage, ice cream

[lauren f s]

b - grapes, sausage link, bite of egg, 1/2 biscuit w/grape jam, oj
s/l - blue sno cone (coconut??), Chex Mix, 1/2 hot dog, bite of watermelon, bite of pasta salad, cupcake, apple juice (birthday party)
d - taco (beef, lettuce, cheese), black beans, water
s - frozen yogurt stick (DH bought those Gogurts for her and I popped them in the freezer; easy, portable snack that she thinks is ice cream ;) )

[maggieb]

yesterday
b: Cheerios with milk and strawberries
am snack: cookie for her half birthday
l: black bean taco, carrots, sliced peach, milk
pm snack: yogurt with raspberries, coconut popsicle
d: chicken, tomatoes, potato salad, parm cheese, milk

side note: I bought one of those plastic popsicle makers at Target for less than $4. I buy coconut milk at Whole Foods and fill up the popsicle thingy and the kids LOVE it. They're not overly sweet at all and are very refreshing. It's been our treat of the early summer.

[dziner]

Oh, is that what you mean by coconut milk popsicle! I was wondering if it was an Edy's or something. Sounds delish! I have a popsicle mold thing too but haven't used it much yet. Now that it's hot and I can stick the kids in the baby pool, they can start having popsicles. ;)

B - pancake peanut butter sandwich, pineapple
S - granola bar, banana yogurt smoothie
L - bit of chicken stir fry, few small pieces chocolate matzah
D - black bean quesadilla, grapes, lemon blueberry mini muffin that she helped make for teachers

[lauren f s]

b - Raisin Bran crunch, oj
l - leftover meatloaf, mac & cheese, green olives (her request), water
s - strawberry lemonade, oatmeal chocolate chip cookie
d - red beans & rice, salad, sliced banana, iced tea
s - 2 bowls (:eek: ) of cereal - one Raisin Bran Crunch, one Kix

[maggieb]

yesterday
b: Cheerios with milk and strawberries, yogurt
am snack: peanut butter on a tortilla
l: noodles with butter and cheese, carrots, corn, milk
pm snack: popsicle
d: steak, corn and tomato risotto, broccoli, milk

[Renrel]

3.5

b1- english muffin with jam and two black berries mushed into it.
b2- banana bread, apricots, milk
l - turkey and gravy, carrots, mashed potatos and juice (ate tons I am told)
s- bagel and cream cheese
s- ? could be a bag of sun chips or quackers or animal crackers
d- either tortilini or deli sandwhichs.
s- ? probably some fruit, I bought a ton this weekend

Thank you to who ever posted about TJ Waffle cookies and frozen yogert. DS and both eat these as a snack and they are so good that I can stop at one and not feel cheated. We found a really rich low fat frozen yogert which makes them even better. We both Love it with ginger yogert!

[maggieb]

today
b: Cheerios with milk (we're in a rut), yogurt with tahini and cinnamon
am snack: goldfish and juice
l: chicken nuggets, zucchini and squash, milk, lemon cake
pm snack: animal crackers
d: hoisin-marinated pork loin, brown rice, sauteed spinach, milk

[AlisonCO]

ds - 3.5

b - 1 slice raisin toast with butter, 1/3 banana, milk
s - 2 cheese cubes, tons of watermelon, diluted juice
l - mac and cheese, peas and carrots, few bites leftover chicken, pineapple, milk
s - few bites banana bread, grapes, water
d - almost 1/2 of a turkey burger with cheese, baked fries, broccoli, cauliflower, milk

[dziner]

B - two mini lemon blueberry muffins, grapes
S - graham crackers, animal crackers
L - two slices turkey, pineapple, grapes, crackers w/hummus, jelly bellies
S - pirate booty
D - slice and half cheese toast, yogurt, watermelon, handful chocolate chips

[lauren f s]

b - Raisin Bran Crunch, oj (Ava's in a cereal-requested rut, too Maggie)
s - (at school) grapes and cantalope (doubt she ate the cantalope)
l - (at school) mini cheese pizza, broccoli, apple slices, chocolate milk
s - (at school) graham crackers, grape juice
d - parmesan risotto, peas, grapes, 1 bite of grilled chicken, water
s - dry Raisin Bran Crunch (I think she'd live on that stuff if we let her :rolleyes: )

[dziner]

B - mini ww bagel w/jelly, hot chocolate (milk)
S - pretzels
L - 1/2 hot turkey, provolone and hummus on ww, grapes
S - more grapes, craisins, pirate booty
D - my new experiment: dinner pancakes! mixed frozen veggies and shredded cheese into pancake batter. Let her dip in ranch dressing. Ate two! watermelon, 1/2 big cookie.

[maggieb]

Happy Birthday, dziner! I meant to email you earlier, but of course, forgot! I hope you had a great day!!

today
b: Cheerios with milk, ham with cream cheese roll ups
am snack: Tings and raisins
l: noodles with butter, mango, watermelon, broccoli
pm snack: nothing
d: pasta with apple sausage, squash, zucchini, red pepper and goat cheese, yogurt and carrot sticks

[lauren f s]

Oooh dziner, I love the idea of dinner pancakes! What a great idea! That's how I sneak fruit into my Ava ;). And happy birthday!!

b - blueberry muffin & chocolate milk from Starbucks (we were running late this morning :o )
s - (at school) orange slices, grapes
l - (at school) grilled chicken strips, mac & cheese, peas, water
s - (at school) animal crackers, grape juice
d - penne w/tomato/cream sauce & Italian sausage, water
s - 1/2 peach cupcake I made for a co-worker's birthday

[Renrel]

Yesterday

br- 8 oz of solid yogert and some drinkable Kefir yogert
s- trail mix
b- banana bread and fruit and milk
l- tuna, bread, pickles slices and orange slices with milk. He ate a few bites of pickle sucked on the orange only because his friends were making orange mouth faces and he wanted to play too, and milk
s- grahm crakers and something else
s- crewy granola bar
s- peas
d- med. chicken (articokes, sundried tomatos, olives and chicken) with cous cous (ate well), watermelon
s- peanut butter crackers, chocolet milk and vitamins

today
----
br - 8 oz yogert, most of a scrambled egg with cheese, 4 black berries and some coffee milk
s- cranberries
br - cheerios and milk and fruit
l- hamburger and I forget what else
s-?
s - probaby sun chips
d- corn beef and or turkey sandwhichs, cole slaw, cucumber salad and maybe corn/avocado and tomato salad.
s-?

[dziner]

Aw, thanks guys! Ava came into my room at 6:15 telling me to get up, it was my birthday and I had to play with her. So it really was a pretty normal day.

lauren, I froze the rest of the batch of pancakes so hopefully I'll be able to pull a few out now and then and the kiddos will eat again. I might have to brainstorm further on converting breakfast faves into veggie vehicles...

[dziner]

S - few Cheerios and goldfish
B - pb toast, grapes
S - pretzels, watermelon, grape juice
L - turkey, provolone, hummus in sandwich press, pineapple, jelly beans
S - snapea crisps
D - mushroom pizza, yogurt

[1_mommy]

b-oatmeal, glass of milk

l-apples, pb&j, milk

(were not doing snacks right now because she isn't eating dinner if i give her any)

d-lasagna, zuccini, garlic bread

s-raisans, cheez its

[Renrel]

b- cherry yogert, crackers and cranberries
s- nuts and cranberries and coffee milk
b- corn muffins, fruit and milk
l - roast beef (I doubt he will eat any, the kid all hate it) and I forget what else
s- I forget
s - I might take him to a charity function for the Jimmy Fund called the Scooper bowl where he can eat all the ice cream he wants for $3. If so which case dinner will be a loss, but this happens once a year and it is a fun event. It will be a matter of how I feel about eatting ice cream and the weather, right now it is supposed to be in the mid 70"s during the day, so it may be cool to be outside eating lots of ice cream.
d - left overs - tortolli, ravioli and home made pizza or med chicken or corn beef sandwhich, which ever he wants.
s- ?

[lauren f s]

dziner: As gross as it sounds, I immediately began to wonder if I could get away with a meat pancake :o. I just thank God Ava's addicted to peanut butter otherwise I don't know how she'd get any protein!

(yesterday)
b - 1/2 cheese omelet, oj
s - (at school) strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries (not sure how much of this she ate; she's not a big fruit eater and almost never eats this stuff for me)
l - (at school) turkey & cheddar sandwich, carrot sticks, 1/2 banana, water
s - (at school) trail mix, lemonade
d - frozen grapes, Raisin Bran Crunch w/sliced bananas, oj
s - few bites of cinnamon biscotti I made

[maggieb]

yesterday (we're in Florida on vacation)
b: peanut butter toast, strawberries, yogurt
am snack: banana, chips
l: black bean taco with cheese, carrots, grape tomatoes, milk
pm snack: ice cream
d: noodles with butter and parm, steamed veggies, ice cream cake roll

[Renrel]

Suprizingly DS did eat reasonable well for dinner. We had a "silly night" which meant the order of events was dessert (the ice cream event), ride home, bath, pjs, dinner (allowing him time to be hungry again), bedtime snack, bedtime routine, sleep. I was also happy to see that he was able to tell me when he had had enough ice cream. He got to taste about 7 kinds of ice cream, eatting most of the first few cups and a few bites of the others. He also did not get any on himself. While eatting the 7th or so flavor he just told me he had had enough. I told him when we got there that he could have as much ice cream as he wanted but warned him the event was closing at a certain time.

today

b- a few ounces of cherry yogert (left over from yesterday)
s - half a cut up pear and a squeeze thing of Kefir yogert
b- rice crispies and pineapple bits milk
l- ?
s-?
s ?
d - grilled or pan fried fish and ??????

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.5

yesterday

b - cherrios, granola and banana in milk
s - string cheese, cantelope
l - 2 oat pancakes with applesauce, 1 scrambled egg, broccoli
s - grapes, pretzels, yogurt milk
d - 3 fake chickin nuggets, homemade mac and cheese, green beans
s - strawberries

today
b - 2 oat pancakes with applesauce, banana
s - slice of cheese, cantelope
l - few bites of veggie noodle soup, 1/4 grilled cheese, most of an apple
s - grapes, 1 fig newton

[maggieb]

today
3.5 years

b: Cheerios with milk, waffles with syrup
am snack: cantaloupe, cereal with milk
l: black bean taco with cheese, strawberries
pm snack: yogurt, lemonade
d: chicken with goat cheese, asparagus, noodles with butter

[Renrel]

3.5

b- banana
s- two kinds of snack bars
b - banana and cherros and milk
l- vegi meatballs, watermelon, milk and something else
s- yogert and gramcracker
s- salsa garden sunchips
d- 5 chicken nuggets, some french frys and hi c at burger king
s - a airhead candy
s- vitamin and water with grape juice

yesterday I made hamburgers and mixed in some ground up broccoli. DS did not notice. This is the only food, other than green juice, that I have been able to hide green vegis in. He was however very tired, I am hoping he will continue to not notice when he is awake.

[dziner]

Hi, I'm back! We have been out of our house for over a week having renovations done and it's been a LONG week. Granted, for a few days we were at the beach but as you know, there is no such thing as a relaxing vacation with little ones! Needless to say, we've been eating CRAP. Living on sugar and carbs.

Today
B - Life cereal w/milk and peaches
S - drinkable yogurt (bought for convenience but what a hit with my kids!!)
L - deli turkey, few bites bagel, pasta, TJ veggie/flaxseed tortilla chips, 1/2 bakery cookie
D - few bites beef enchilada w/rice, chips, cookie

[maggieb]

today
3.5yrs and almost 2yrs
b: Cheerios with milk, yogurt, nectarine
am snack: muffin from our new coffee shop just down the street
l: peanut butter sandwich, cheese, strawberries, red pepper slices
pm snack: yogurt, banana
d: hamburgers on the grill, tomatoes, corn on the cob, cantaloupe, broccoli

[Renrel]

Today was preschool graduation with a luncheon party at school and a private cook out in the evening this is what I can remember.

b- peanut butter on challah
s-peanuts and raisens
b - bagels, fruit and milk
l - pizzza, fruit salad, chips, cheese doodles, cheese, brownie, cheese cake,
s-?
s- air head candy rainbow candy thing
d - soda, hot dog, chips, ice cream, chocolet covered strawberry, mini cupcake, mini brownie, carrots (he was feeding them to a bunny and decided to finish them himself)
s- on vitamin

[dziner]

Hey! I found another way to get a veggie into Ava. Trader Joe's sells carrot juice. It is blended with some fruit juice as well but is mostly carrots. It was a winner today at lunch!

[1_mommy]

yesterday
b-rasins, blueberry waffle
l-cheese quesadilla, goldfish, rasins
s-banana
d-homemade pizza, salad
s-otter pop

dd hasn't been feeling well, so i am lucky she ate what she did

[dziner]

B - cinnamon swirl toast w/butter, berry applesauce
S - morning bday party - cake and ice cream w/gummy bears!
L - chicken nuggets, grapes, mini ww pita w/hummus, carrot juice
D - 1/2 hot dog in bun, blueberries, part of brownie and half a cookie at block party

[Renrel]

b- about 8 0z yogert and a mix of mulsi cereal and Kashi good friends crunch
l- a full serving of mac and cheese, some frozen peas, chocolet milk
s- 4 bing cherries cut up
d- one hamburger, cut in half to make 2 burgers, these were the ones I hid broccoli in and he ate them again without complaint. They were topped with avacodo, pickes and lots of ketcup. Corn and for dessert Teriaki tofu (his idea and we were not going to argue)
s- two marshmellows

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.5

b - 1 waffle with applesauce, 1/3 banana
s - string cheese, cantelope
l - at a picnic - part of a ham sandwich, few bites pasta salad, 2 carrots, tons of watermelon, 1 cookie, 1 fudgecycle
s - milk
d - 1 turkey hot dog, refused baked beans, tons of broccoli
s - blueberries


b - 1 waffle with applesauce, 1/3 banana
s - 1 slice of cheese, raspberries
l - 1 slice cheese pizza, 4 baby carrots, green beans, 2/3 nectarine
s - pretzels, grapes, yogurt milk

[dziner]

B - two sausage links, piece of bacon, few bites pancake
S - few beet tortilla chips, carrot juice
L - few bites pb&j, grapes
S - goldfish
D - pepperoni pizza, fruit cocktail, carrot juice, ice cream

[maggieb]

3.5 and almost 2
today
b: cereal with milk, toast with peanut butter
am snack: muffin and hot chocolate
l: pb sandwich, strawberries, cheese slice, milk
pm snack: yogurt, TIngs
d: chicken and apple sausage, farfalle pasta with goat cheese and summer squash

[lauren f s]

b - (b is brunch for yesterday; we all slept until 10:45 and didn't get around to eating anything until after 11) biscuit, breakfast sausage, scrambled eggs, grapes, oj
s - strawberry fruit chiller (these are delicious!)
l - deli turkey, carrots, bell pepper slices
s - chocolate wafer cookie w/white chocolate coating, yogurt juice
s - 1/2 turkey & swiss sandwich
d - few bites pork tenderloin, brussel sprout, steamed carrots, parmesan risotto, water

[dziner]

Still eating in the basement where all I can do is toast and nuke...pickins are slim...

B - raisin bran w/milk
S - graham crackers, few grapes
L - 3 tiny ww pitas w/hummus, carrot juice, drinkable yogurt
S - fruit popsicle
D - whole chicken apple sausage, veggie cheddar pancake w/ranch, peaches

[maggieb]

3.5 and 2 yrs
today
b: Scrambled eggs with cheese, cereal with milk
am snack: yogurt with cinnamon
l: leftover farfalle pasta with goat cheese, squash, zucchini, and chicken apple sausage
pm snack: raisins, Tings
d: mac-n-cheese, broccoli, nectarine and grapes, milk

[lauren f s]

(yesterday)

b - breakfast burrito - scrambled egg, cheese, sliced tomato in ww tortilla, juicy juice box (ate in the car, we were running late - again :rolleyes: )
s - (at school) strawberries & grapes
l - (at school) ham & swiss sandwich on wheat, carrot sticks, 1/2 banana, milk
s - (at school) blueberry muffin, apple juice
d - 2 biscuits, refused grilled chicken & veggies
s - cheerios w/sliced banana (of course she needed a snack, she didn't eat dinner!)

[maggieb]

3.5 and almost 2
today
b: what else? Clifford Crunch cereal and milk, grapes, banana, apple juice
am snack: veggie booty, raisins, cherries
l: mac-n-cheese, cantaloupe, chicken nuggets
pm snack: cheese and bread
d: pb sandwich, yogurt, strawberries

[dziner]

B - sesame bagel w/cream cheese, carrot fruit juice
S - pretzels, part of muffin w/veggies mixed in, few grapes
L - 2 ww mini pitas w/hummus, tons of blueberries (went picking today)
S - crackers w/pb
D - turkey on roll, more blueberries, teddy grahams

[1_mommy]

3.5
b-blueberry yogurt
s-i'm nor sure, she was ab Vacation Bible School
l-rasains, peanut butter and jelly
s-peanut butter crackers
d-rice, corn, pork chops
s-peanut butter cookie

[dziner]

B - waffle, few bites raisin bran w/peaches and milk
S - challah, grape juice
L - ww teensy pita w/hummus, blueberries, one taffy (at school - barely eats lunch - left mac n cheese)
S - roll w/pb, apple juice
D - hummus and cheese sandwich, berry applesauce, carrot fruit juice

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.5

yesterday

b - waffle with butter, 1/2 banana, milk
s - string cheese, oranges, oj
l - 1/2 slice cheese pizza, blueberries, watermelon, 2 chips, few bites mac and cheese at Whole Foods
s - grapes, pretzels, milk
d - 2/3 grilled cheese, raspberries in yogurt, carrots and red pepper (2-3 of each), milk
s - dry cherrios

today
b - 1/2 pbj, 1/2 banana, milk
s - cheese slice, raspberries, oj
l - most of a bean and cheese burrito (small tortilla), 2 bites avocado, tons of watermelon, milk
s - goldfish, grapes
d - baked chicken, tons of carrots, maybe 2 bites potato, milk

[maggieb]

3.5yrs and almost 2
today
b: Mighty Bites cereal with milk, apple juice
am snack: croissant at the farmer's market
l: black bean taco, squash and zucchini, strawberries
pm snack: peaches and gooseberries
d: grilled lamb sausage, orzo with grilled eggplant, red peppers and feta cheese, strawberries, milk

[dziner]

B - bit of raisin bran, bit of berry applesauce, hash brown patty
S - veggie sticks
L - crackers w/hummus, blueberries, few bites string cheese, fruit leather, mini nilla wafers
S - 1/2 slice cheese pizza, carrot fruit juice
D - pickles, baby corn, few bites beets, pastrami, turkey, mac & cheese, one salt water taffy

[lauren f s]

b - Kix, apple juice
s - goldfish
l - 1/2 turkey & smoked cheddar sandwich, bell pepper strips, Doritos, iced tea
s - banana bread, chocolate milk
d - Mexican lasagna (corn tortilla, taco meat, black beans, corn, cheese layered) - two servings! salad, bananas from fruit salad (wouldn't touch strawberries or blueberries), water

[maggieb]

3.5 and almost 2
yesterday
b: Mighty Bites with milk, strawberries
am snack: Tings and raisins
l: chicken nuggets, mac-n-cheese, squash, blueberries
pm snack: yogurt
d: hamburgers on the grill, corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, strawberries, milk

today
b: pancakes with syrup, blueberries, milk
am snack: yogurt
l: chicken nuggets, cheese, strawberries, nectarine
pm snack: peanut butter pretzels
d: noodles with butter and cheese, squash, smoothie

[dziner]

B - dry Life cereal, raisin bran and Kashi w/soy milk
S - nutrigrain bar, bottled smoothie mixed w/milk
L - chicken nuggets, pasta, nectarine
S - goldfish, craisins
D - grilled cheese, grapes, taste of gazpacho, cookies

[dziner]

B - french toast
S - not sure - challah and grape juice, probably
L - soynut butter/jelly sw, couple grapes, one taffy, bit of peach smoothie
S - rest of smoothie, pretzel rod, pez
D - few bites zucchini and mushroom frittata, lots of cheeses, few slices peach and plum, biscuit

[lauren f s]

DD is finally home after three days in the country visiting her cousin :).

b - cheerios crunch (she loves these "crunch" cereals), sliced banana, oj
s - (at school) applesauce, grapes
l - (at school) chicken strips, corn, black beans, apple slices
s - (at school) English muffin w/apple butter
s - m&m's, popcorn, sprite at movies
d - chicken nuggets, french fries, chocolate milk (wendy's)

dziner: My Ava loves Pez! My sister always includes it in gifts and she came home from her house with a small bag full. She's so excited.

[booksie]

FYI Veggie Booty Recall: http://www.robscape.com/press-release4.pdf

[lauren f s]

b - 2 biscuits w/grape jam, bit of breakfast sausage, water
s - biscuit w/grape jam (she's in love with those Grands flaky layers biscuits)
l - few bites of turkey/smoked cheddar sandwich, handful of goldfish, mandarin oranges, water
s - bites of almond buttercream while I made a cake
d - tilapia w/black bean & corn salsa, spanish rice, chocolate milk
s - few bites of cake (almond w/blueberry filling)

[OctoberPrincess]

B - 2 silver dollar sized banana pancakes, a handful of cheerios, 2% milk
L - Grilled Cheese on whole wheat bread, 5 green beans, water
s - lolipop from his barber 2% mikl
D - smalled grilled chicken cutlet, 6 tater tots, broccoli and 2 baby carrots, OJ

Does anyone esle have a child with sensory issues? DS won't eat anything wet like fruit (other than apples), yogurt, icecream, applesauce, jelly, past sauce,dip, ketsup, etc.. I was wondering if someone might have ideas to help him overcome this.

[dziner]

B - cinnamon toast, grapes
S - mix of corn pops, goldfish, raisins
S - soy crisps at TJs
L - slice of turkey, 1/2 ear of corn, lots of cherries, bit of applesauce, frosting from cupcake
S - fruit leather, snapea crisps
D - lots of BBQ chicken w/ranch dressing, 1/2 slice BBQ chicken pizza (was too hungry to wait for the pizza), watermelon, 1/2 bakery cookie

[1_mommy]

3.5
b-oatmeal,milk (barley ate 1/2, she wanted to color instead of eat)
s-plum
l-pretzel goldfish, 1 1/2 pb&j sandwich! i guess she was hungry!
s-curious george fruit snacks, tried a peach, didn't like it
d-1/2 a costco hotdog
s-"pink milkshake" strawberry frappachino from starbucks, she and her brother split one.

[OctoberPrincess]

3 y.o.

B - 2 nutra grain blueberry waffles and a cup of milk
s - 1/4 apple and orange juice (watered down)
L - 1/2 slice pizza, carrots, and water
s - club crackers w/ water
D - 1 hot dog, 1/3 hot dog bun, chips, milk
s - 1 tiny piece of chocolate frosted cake minus the frosting

[firefly]

5 yo
b-3 or 4 bowls of cereal (life, kix, and cheerios)
s- 2 oreo's milk
l- pepperoni pizzadilla from mimi's cafe (it didn't go over well because it had saucein it but we may recreate it at home sans sauce)
s- apple chip things
d - 1 hot dog sliced, 1/2 corn on the cob, fruit salad (mostly watermelon) and a bottled water. dessert was birthday cake.

[Renrel]

3.5

yesterday

b- peanut butter and jelly sandwhich and chocolet milk
s- fruit loops
s- lemonaid
s- fruit loops
l- 1.5 fish sticks, maybe a bite of a chicken leg, avacado/corn/tomato salad and apple juice
s- 3 floor sandwitch (I think it was cream cheese, peanut butter and jelly)
d- half a mcdonalds hamburger, a few frys, apple juice, lemonaid and blueberry pie.

today

b- peanut butter and jelly melted in a bowl and pbj on english muffin, milk with a splash of coffee
s- raisens

[lauren f s]

(yesterday)
b - scrambled egg w/sausage mixed in, biscuit w/grape jam, apple juice
l - mac & cheese w/sliced turkey & broccoli mixed in, water
s - watermelon
d - pasta w/Italian sausage/tomato/cream sauce, salad, orange slices, tea
s - Raisin Bran Crunch

[firefly]

today

5yo

b-oatmeal
s cheeze itz
l scrambled cheesy eggs fruit salad milk
s cheeze itz/wheat thins
d. ? unknown at this point.

[AlisonCO]

3.5 yo DS

yesterday

b - 1 slice PB toast, 1/2 banana, milk
s - cantelope, 1/2 string cheese, oj
l - bowl of veggie noodle soup, 2 crackers, big cup of banana, berry and yogurt smoothie, milk
s - grapes, 2 triscuits, water
d - bowl of spaghetti with meat sauce, tons of salad with lettuce, carrots, cucumber, milk
s - raspberries

today

b - 1 waffle with butter, 1/2 banana, milk
s - 1/2 slice of muenster, cantelope, oj
l - 1/2 turkey sandwich, 2 chips, 2/3 peach, 3 green beans, milk
s - grapes, pretzels, milk

[lauren f s]

3.5

b - rice krispies w/sliced banana, apple juice
s - (at school) watermelon
l - (at school) chicken soft taco w/lettuce & cheese, black beans, orange slices, water
s - (at school) cinnamon muffin, grape juice
d - blt on whole grain bread (just ate the bacon), grapes, bite of pasta salad, 1 tiny bell pepper, water

One of my co-workers found out Ava loves bell pepper and she brought several in to me to bring home. Ava was very excited to have them and will eat them like apples if we let her. I have to fight her to let me slice them up. She also loves to eat the cucumbers she picked from my sister's garden, a veggie she'd never normally touch. I'm going to plant veggies next spring to see if we can get her to eat more.

[dziner]

My Ava is getting over coxsackie, so I am glad she's eating period!

B - part of whole grain waffle, blueberries, "hot chocolate" (warm milk with sprinkle of cocoa)
S - mix of Corn Pops, pretzels, graham cookies, soy crisps
S2 - 1/2 popsicle
L - two slices deli turkey, ww crackers, bit of applesauce, part of banana yogurt smoothie, one taffy
S - snapea crisps
D - meatball, cheese tortellini, 1-2 olives, garlic breadstick, cookie

[dziner]

B - yogurt w/blueberries
S - granola bar
L - 2 meatballs, few tortellini, rest of banana smoothie
S - graham cookies, few goldfish
D - monte cristo sandwich (turkey, provolone and dijon dipped in french toast batter and cooked), grapes, ice cream

[1_mommy]

b-oatmeal
l-grilled cheese, peanut butter crackers
s-apple, fruit snacks, grapes
d-green beans, tater tot casserole
s-otter pop

[dziner]

B - cinnamon toast, raspberry smoothie
L - turkey wrap, grapes, graham cookies
S - nut and dried cranberry mix, lots of carrot juice
D - salmon w/mango, roast potatoes, banana cake

[AlisonCO]

DS - 3.75

yesterday
b - 1/2 pbj, 1/2 banana
s - cantelope, 2 crackers
l - 4 nuggets, oranges, few fries, small frosty at Wendys
s - grapes
d - 1 slice french toast, 1 scrambled egg, strawberries

today
b - bowl of cherrios, 1/2 banana
s - 1/2 cheese stick, cantelope
l - 1/2 turkey sandwich wit