Mcdonalds for your 1 year old !!!

[special_kala]

My son has McDonalds every couple of weeks when we do, salt with no fries and fishfingers - don't you feed your child fishfingers? He is perfectly healthy and I make sure he has fruit and veg and healthy foods regularly as well. he eats satsumas, plums or grapes most days. He also eats fish and chips, indian and chinese takeaways He gets a good mix of everything we have. He is no way overweight, he is 91st centile for height and weight so is in proportion but he has quite a skinny waist compared to other kiddies his age as he is very active. Anyway toddlers need a lot more fat in their diet than we do so chips will do them good.

River has never had fish fingers and if she does they will eithier be home made or i will find the best ones available.

You dont know whats in mcdonalds food, the salt content or fat content and yes children do need more fat then adults but the sort of fat that causes heart disease and obesity is not the right type.

Just because River will eat only healthy food it doesnt mean she is on some sort of diet she will have fat but just the good kind.

 

[aimee_1691]

my daughter loves her macdonalds but she doesnt have them too often but her favourite meal over anything is mashed potato,peas,yorkshires,chicken,gravy etc.

so just goes to prove that just because a child eats a maccys ,dont mean thats all they will want to eat, its just a bit of variation

 

[suzib76]

ok i have not read all the replies but seriously, whats the problem with a couple of nuggets and a few chips im guessing she doesnt go there everyday and tbh i would rather my one year old eat chicken nuggets than jars of 'baby' food, which a lot of one year olds are still fed

when did people get so judgemental ffs - if she was not feeding her child at all then yes i see a problem, but a mcdonalds, come on its not arsenic

 

[isil]

is it really horrendous that after reading new posts on this thread a few times, all I want is a macdonalds? I am 24 though...

 

[Sam9kids]

Mine have healthy homemade food 7 days a week apart from a friday teatime when they have chippy chips (as peter kay says, its the law lol) and my 1 year old has them too. As long as he eats well the rest of the time, i dont see a problem.

As for maccys, when its the kids birthdays, the birthday boy/girl picks what they want for tea. It could be a restaraunt, maccys or chinese (lewis wont eat chinese) and they have that

 

[3 girlies]

is it really horrendous that after reading new posts on this thread a few times, all I want is a macdonalds? I am 24 though...

i just sent my hubby to the chippy

my girls are asleep in bed though so i'm allowed lol

 

[Lauraxamy]

I thought Mcdonalds weren't allowed to use salt anymore? Although I'm sure when I've been they've had salt on their chips.

 

[Connah'sMommy]

My son has McDonalds every couple of weeks when we do, salt with no fries and fishfingers - don't you feed your child fishfingers? He is perfectly healthy and I make sure he has fruit and veg and healthy foods regularly as well. he eats satsumas, plums or grapes most days. He also eats fish and chips, indian and chinese takeaways He gets a good mix of everything we have. He is no way overweight, he is 91st centile for height and weight so is in proportion but he has quite a skinny waist compared to other kiddies his age as he is very active. Anyway toddlers need a lot more fat in their diet than we do so chips will do them good.

River has never had fish fingers and if she does they will eithier be home made or i will find the best ones available.

You dont know whats in mcdonalds food, the salt content or fat content and yes children do need more fat then adults but the sort of fat that causes heart disease and obesity is not the right type.

Just because River will eat only healthy food it doesnt mean she is on some sort of diet she will have fat but just the good kind.

 

[LankyDoodle]

My son has McDonalds every couple of weeks when we do, salt with no fries and fishfingers - don't you feed your child fishfingers? He is perfectly healthy and I make sure he has fruit and veg and healthy foods regularly as well. he eats satsumas, plums or grapes most days. He also eats fish and chips, indian and chinese takeaways He gets a good mix of everything we have. He is no way overweight, he is 91st centile for height and weight so is in proportion but he has quite a skinny waist compared to other kiddies his age as he is very active. Anyway toddlers need a lot more fat in their diet than we do so chips will do them good.

River has never had fish fingers and if she does they will eithier be home made or i will find the best ones available.

You dont know whats in mcdonalds food, the salt content or fat content and yes children do need more fat then adults but the sort of fat that causes heart disease and obesity is not the right type.

Just because River will eat only healthy food it doesnt mean she is on some sort of diet she will have fat but just the good kind.

My brother worked for McD's when he was doing his A Levels and says that one boy weed in the friers. Chips with a lovely golden glow.

 

[Sam9kids]

My son has McDonalds every couple of weeks when we do, salt with no fries and fishfingers - don't you feed your child fishfingers? He is perfectly healthy and I make sure he has fruit and veg and healthy foods regularly as well. he eats satsumas, plums or grapes most days. He also eats fish and chips, indian and chinese takeaways He gets a good mix of everything we have. He is no way overweight, he is 91st centile for height and weight so is in proportion but he has quite a skinny waist compared to other kiddies his age as he is very active. Anyway toddlers need a lot more fat in their diet than we do so chips will do them good.

River has never had fish fingers and if she does they will eithier be home made or i will find the best ones available.

You dont know whats in mcdonalds food, the salt content or fat content and yes children do need more fat then adults but the sort of fat that causes heart disease and obesity is not the right type.

Just because River will eat only healthy food it doesnt mean she is on some sort of diet she will have fat but just the good kind.

My brother worked for McD's when he was doing his A Levels and says that one boy weed in the friers. Chips with a lovely golden glow.

 

[Lauraxamy]

My son has McDonalds every couple of weeks when we do, salt with no fries and fishfingers - don't you feed your child fishfingers? He is perfectly healthy and I make sure he has fruit and veg and healthy foods regularly as well. he eats satsumas, plums or grapes most days. He also eats fish and chips, indian and chinese takeaways He gets a good mix of everything we have. He is no way overweight, he is 91st centile for height and weight so is in proportion but he has quite a skinny waist compared to other kiddies his age as he is very active. Anyway toddlers need a lot more fat in their diet than we do so chips will do them good.

River has never had fish fingers and if she does they will eithier be home made or i will find the best ones available.

You dont know whats in mcdonalds food, the salt content or fat content and yes children do need more fat then adults but the sort of fat that causes heart disease and obesity is not the right type.

Just because River will eat only healthy food it doesnt mean she is on some sort of diet she will have fat but just the good kind.

My brother worked for McD's when he was doing his A Levels and says that one boy weed in the friers. Chips with a lovely golden glow.

Yuck!

 

[Connah'sMommy]

My son has McDonalds every couple of weeks when we do, salt with no fries and fishfingers - don't you feed your child fishfingers? He is perfectly healthy and I make sure he has fruit and veg and healthy foods regularly as well. he eats satsumas, plums or grapes most days. He also eats fish and chips, indian and chinese takeaways He gets a good mix of everything we have. He is no way overweight, he is 91st centile for height and weight so is in proportion but he has quite a skinny waist compared to other kiddies his age as he is very active. Anyway toddlers need a lot more fat in their diet than we do so chips will do them good.

River has never had fish fingers and if she does they will eithier be home made or i will find the best ones available.

You dont know whats in mcdonalds food, the salt content or fat content and yes children do need more fat then adults but the sort of fat that causes heart disease and obesity is not the right type.

Just because River will eat only healthy food it doesnt mean she is on some sort of diet she will have fat but just the good kind.

My brother worked for McD's when he was doing his A Levels and says that one boy weed in the friers. Chips with a lovely golden glow.

Nice! lol
So we really dont know what goes into mcdonalds! x

 

[candeur]

I don't see the problem with them having it occasionally. Seren was about 13/14months when she had her first happy meal. She had chicken nuggets and a fruit bag with some milk, or I had the drink and she would just drink water from her cup.

These threads really frustrate me because some people get so preachy.

Seren is 18 months now, and I'll admit that she has a happy meal a couple of times a month when I'm out and about or running late and I really don't see a problem with that. It's certainly not "disgusting". The rest of her diet is extremely healthy and homemade, she doesn't get any chocolate or sweets, and she's a little fruit bat.

The only thing that does bug me about mcdonalds is they almost always put salt on the chips, so Seren always has a fruit bag instead. The chicken nuggets contain 0.4g of salt per bag of nuggets in a happy meal... Which tbh, isn't really that bad is it?

 

[karenm28]

Yes of course I know what is in McDonalds (well I didn't know about the wee until now! haha) - they have nutritional information on their website:

Fishfingers:
195 cals
13g protein
16g carbs (of which 1g is sugars)
9g of fat (of which 1g is saturated) oh no 1g of the wrong kind
1g of fibre
0.8g of salt (yes not that low but toddlers can have up to 2g a day)

 

[ILoveShoes]

Me and my DH have already discussed that we won't be taking our baby to McD's. We don't eat at McD's, so there's no reason for our child to.

I think it's really important to get children into healthy eating habits as early as possible, as an over exposure to fast foods etc can cause problems in the future (obesity, CHD, type 2 diabetes etc).

It's also really sad that type 2 diabetes used to be known as 'adult onset diabetes,' and this phrase is not used anymore because of the number of children being diagnosed with the disease. Type 2 diabetes is wholly preventable and is caused by being overweight (not eating the right foods, and not doing enough exercise).

Because of this, we are going to be fairly keen to make sure that our baby has a healthy diet from the outset.

 

[vanessayogini]

These threads really frustrate me because some people get so preachy.

I really think that statement is unnecessary to the tone of the thread as a whole.


As someone just said, it's a good idea to teach your child good nutrition habits. With all of the rising health problems due to diet in children and adults in the years since fast food has become cheap, easy and mainstream, I don't know how we can still talk about this kind of food flippantly, like it's no big deal.

 

[special_kala]

Yes of course I know what is in McDonalds (well I didn't know about the wee until now! haha) - they have nutritional information on their website:

Fishfingers:
195 cals
13g protein
16g carbs (of which 1g is sugars)
9g of fat (of which 1g is saturated) oh no 1g of the wrong kind
1g of fibre
0.8g of salt (yes not that low but toddlers can have up to 2g a day)

is that per 100g?

and for ME 1g of the wrong kind is too much

 

[Nic1107]

Aaaaaand now I'm hungry.

 

[karenm28]

It is per portion of fishfingers (3 fishfingers)

Well aren't "YOU" holier than thou!?

 

[Vickie]

It is per portion of fishfingers (3 fishfingers)

Well aren't "YOU" holier than thou!?

no need for comments like this are there?

Some people will think it's acceptable to give, some won't and each is entitled to give their reasons as to why or why not--as long as it remains civil.

We all have our own parenting methods and we all make our own decisions on what works best for *us*.