Mcdonalds for your 1 year old !!!

[DaisyBee]

Before having Megan I never had a problem with junk food/fast food & dh & I would eat it on occasion & I assumed my children would eat it in moderation as well. Now though dh & I have realized that its important to be healthier & show a good example so we've stopped eating junk for the most part. Soda is one thing we've still been buying & I realized that Megan is seeing me drink this.... and I dont want her drinking soda until she is MUCH older so we've decided to stop drinking it ourselves. Having a baby has made me much more aware of what type of food/cleaners, etc that I buy.

I won't be feeding Megan Mcdonalds at age 1.... but then again I dont eat Mcdonalds. We do occasionally eat in restaurants however & they have some healthy & nonhealthy choices

 

[candeur]

I want to teach Seren all about eating in moderation rather than going all out healthy, or all out junk IYKWIM... Seren will be brought up to know that the odd take away here and there isn't going to do any harm, as long as it's part of an otherwise healthy diet. I won't be restricting certain foods, I'll only be regulating how often she eats them.

 

[Serene123]

We only drink water in our house, we eat healthy 95% of the time, but if we're out and we want Mc Donalds, Caitlyn can have it too. When we pass Mc Donalds she says "Food!" and that isn't because she eats it every day, it's because she's clever and she recognises things easily. I think it's horrible to call someone disgusting because they're feeding their children Mc Donalds, atleast they're feeding their children.

 

[DaisyBee]

I do think that its up to each individual parent to decide what & when to feed their child. A lot of my friends have given their children McDonalds at a young age - and that is their choice. I don't have any judgement towards them or their decisions on what they feed them. If I choose to eat something then I will feed it to my children. Everyone has different opinions on what is ok to eat. Some are ok with cake - some arent. Some are ok with pizza- some arent. Same with McDonalds.

 

[suzanne108]

Not the whole thread so sorry if this has already been said...

Did anyone see the woman on Jeremy Kyle who fed her 5 month old mcdonalds?!

 

[3 girlies]

Not the whole thread so sorry if this has already been said...

Did anyone see the woman on Jeremy Kyle who fed her 5 month old mcdonalds?!

that was meeee .....just kidding!!

no way, sydnee cant eat chicken nuggets & chips & shes 5 months, its not physically possible

 

[Fabmumof3]

I think everything in moderation. I take my 3 to McDonalds about once a month as a treat and cant see why when my daughter is a year old why she would have to sit there and watch the older 2 eating and have none. A few chips to chew on will not hurt. I think if you dont give them any 'bad' or 'junk' food that is when they crave it and as they get older will do anything to get it behind your back. My kids all eat balanced healthy foods ad IMO that included the odd bit of junk food as a treat. To judge someone else when you see them in McDonalds is a bit judgemental unless you know what they get up to 24/7 with their kids.

 

[jenny_wren]

there was a show on maury about HUGE kids
and some were younger than emily and eating
nothing but junkfood it was awful they were literally
eating crap 5 times even at 2am

in regards to the thread though ...

i dont see whats wrong with the occasional take away
emily's always ate what we eat, if we get a take away
we give her a little we dont eat alot of macdonalds
or burger related takeaways anyways (i dont like them) but
if we did i probs would buy her a few chicken nuggets or
some fish fingers why the hell not!

as long as kids dont eat junk on a regular every day basis
what's the harm aslong as they have a good knowledge of whats
healthy and whats not i dont see the problem

emily has sweets as a treat, we have a take away
and im not gonna sit and eat it infront her now am i

xxx​

 

[Wombat]

Before I got pregnant I was thinking I will never have dring during pregnancy.

When I gave birth to my first I thought he will never have any formula.

Before he started having food tantrums and refusing his food I thought I will never feed him junk food.

Before he was being potty trained I thought he will never have chocolate every day.

Before he started kicking the baby I thought I will never smack him.

What I am going to say - before you are at a certain stage of your childs development - don't judge. Don't judge mothers who feed their children chips (they might not be eating anything else at the time. And not because mother is a bad mother and can't be bothered to cook healthy. Maybe like me she is super healthy tasty cooking cook, but her child happens to have dodgy foof fobia. What then?)

So girls, once again - lets be friends. If we can't get into other mums skin - we have no rights to judge her choces

 

[Lara310809]

I personally will not be giving my daughter any fast food unless I'm desperate and there's nothing else around. We made the decision never to take her to McDonalds etc, because you don't know what's in the food, and the quality of the food is substandard.

Had I been willing to take her to have fast food, I would think 5 years old is probably the absolute youngest I would take her. I just think that at such a young age they should be having all the nutrients they can get. You need to be able to teach your child about a healthy diet, and the only way to do it is to start them young.

And 99% of parents will take their child there "as a treat" - the last thing you want is for your child to associate McDonalds with being good, because then they end up like me; associating food with comfort and eating crap all the time.

Worst case scenario obviously, but that's why I won't be taking LO to fast food

 

[suzanne108]

Not the whole thread so sorry if this has already been said...

Did anyone see the woman on Jeremy Kyle who fed her 5 month old mcdonalds?!

that was meeee .....just kidding!!

no way, sydnee cant eat chicken nuggets & chips & shes 5 months, its not physically possible

She was actually feeding it bits of her burger Jezza was going mad!

And just for the record....I don't see anything wrong with giving a 1 year old Maccies but not regularly I was there yesterday with my 2 year old nephew! x

 

[Lara310809]

Before I got pregnant I was thinking I will never have dring during pregnancy.

When I gave birth to my first I thought he will never have any formula.

Before he started having food tantrums and refusing his food I thought I will never feed him junk food.

Before he was being potty trained I thought he will never have chocolate every day.

Before he started kicking the baby I thought I will never smack him.

What I am going to say - before you are at a certain stage of your childs development - don't judge. Don't judge mothers who feed their children chips (they might not be eating anything else at the time. And not because mother is a bad mother and can't be bothered to cook healthy. Maybe like me she is super healthy tasty cooking cook, but her child happens to have dodgy foof fobia. What then?)

So girls, once again - lets be friends. If we can't get into other mums skin - we have no rights to judge her choces

I know what you're saying, and I agree; I just think that it should be avoided if at all possible. It's your choice to fill your body with junk food, and I just don't think it's fair to make that decision for your child when you could be providing something better

 

[Blue_bumpkin]

We only drink water in our house, we eat healthy 95% of the time, but if we're out and we want Mc Donalds, Caitlyn can have it too. When we pass Mc Donalds she says "Food!" and that isn't because she eats it every day, it's because she's clever and she recognises things easily. I think it's horrible to call someone disgusting because they're feeding their children Mc Donalds, atleast they're feeding their children.

The OP didn't say her friend was disgusting but that, in her opinion, feeding her child regular maccy dee's was disgusting...

 

[Blue_bumpkin]

Before I got pregnant I was thinking I will never have dring during pregnancy.

When I gave birth to my first I thought he will never have any formula.

Before he started having food tantrums and refusing his food I thought I will never feed him junk food.

Before he was being potty trained I thought he will never have chocolate every day.

Before he started kicking the baby I thought I will never smack him.

What I am going to say - before you are at a certain stage of your childs development - don't judge. Don't judge mothers who feed their children chips (they might not be eating anything else at the time. And not because mother is a bad mother and can't be bothered to cook healthy. Maybe like me she is super healthy tasty cooking cook, but her child happens to have dodgy foof fobia. What then?)

So girls, once again - lets be friends. If we can't get into other mums skin - we have no rights to judge her choces

I know what you're saying, and I agree; I just think that it should be avoided if at all possible. It's your choice to fill your body with junk food, and I just don't think it's fair to make that decision for your child when you could be providing something better

Agreed

 

[SilasLove]

I think making wiser choices for your children at fast food joints is fine. Such as instead of a cheeseburger and fries you have nuggets and apple slices with chocolate milk or something to that effect. Some parents don't have a lot of choices as their life is always go, go, go. Of course, I would probably go to Subway first. LOL

 

[FierceAngel]

luisa had a mcd's at 13 months old,, she had a burger happy meal with apple/grapes insted of the chips and a carton of milk...

like said over and over moderation is the key imo.. but then we all have diff parenting views...

 

[Aneesa_09]

And this girls ur friend? MAybe u should tell her about it instead of running posting it on bnb

 

[v2007]

And this girls ur friend? MAybe u should tell her about it instead of running posting it on bnb

I wrote this earlier, then deleted before i posted it. I thought exactly the same

V xxxx

 

[3 girlies]

I personally will not be giving my daughter any fast food unless I'm desperate and there's nothing else around. We made the decision never to take her to McDonalds etc, because you don't know what's in the food, and the quality of the food is substandard.

Had I been willing to take her to have fast food, I would think 5 years old is probably the absolute youngest I would take her. I just think that at such a young age they should be having all the nutrients they can get. You need to be able to teach your child about a healthy diet, and the only way to do it is to start them young.

And 99% of parents will take their child there "as a treat" [B/]- the last thing you want is for your child to associate McDonalds with being good, because then they end up like me; associating food with comfort and eating crap all the time.

Worst case scenario obviously, but that's why I won't be taking LO to fast food

i said "treat" in my post because it is a treat for them (i know your post isnt directly pointed at me ) they like maccy d's, so therefore it is a treat, it doesnt meant my children will end up obese or comfort eating. Its only a few chips once a month IMO, i wouldnt judge anyone for doing that!!

 

[rosie5637]

i think my son was about 18mths when i first took him to macdonalds. we only go about 3-4 times a year and i don't think it does him any harm.

every parent has differnt views, there isn't really a right or wrong answer. i have a friend who was horrified that i let my son have ketchup on his meals saying it's so sugary but i'd rather he had sauce and ate his pate of veggies than didn't have the sauce and left the veggies.

the one thing i am really strict on is fizzy drinks. my son has never had a fizzy drink and won't do for as long as i can help it. it doesn't bother me what other people do though, it's none of my business.

my son is very active and doesn't have an ounce of fat on him (i do feed him, honest!) so i don't see how the odd treat will do him any harm, whatever that treat may be.