I was so busy today with work stuff, that the time flew by. E has been having lunch at pre school for ages now, but W was doing his first time having a packed lunch there. Lovely Bloke was fretting about it, especially as they both ate very little for breakfast. Fast forward to 3.30pm and I go to collect them. It’s one of the perks of self employment – being able to pop out for half an hour, to do the school run. Turns out W has eaten apple at morning snack and eaten a lovely afternoon snack. But at lunch time he did a lot of watching and not enough eating – other than his cake and salami.
E ad W got into the car and started devouring their packed lunches with fervour. It was actually quite sweet in some ways – they had been too busy / nosey / distracted to eat at lunchtime. Upon arriving home W doesn’t want to go digging in the garden. Instead, he proceeds to request, nay demand, food. And lots of it. He had a second portion of crackers, and salami, and apple. And then sausages which E took me to the fridge and instructed me to cook “right now”….
I fret so much about their eating. I really do. E is in a phase of eating beef and chicken at the moment, followed by him adopting the muscle man pose. We then have to feel his “big strong muscles”. It’s quite funny really, as he used to not eat much at all. God willing, W will follow in his footsteps at some point. At the moment, all he wants to eat is Salami and chocolate. And drink hot chocolate. He loves to drink his hot chocolate.
It was the programme last week, My Child Won’t Eat that’s altered my perception at the moment – if W is eating something, surely I should just let him get on with it? It’s important that he eats a balanced diet, but surely instead of a perfect diet, how about him just eating some good stuff and some stuff that’s not so great. And if that’s all he wants to eat, I should maybe let him.
I’ll probably go back to fretting about their food next week, but for this week, I’m going to be a bit more relaxed about it….
Do you fret about about the amount of food your baby, toddler or little people? What’s your approach…..
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