by handstand79 » 30 Jul 2012, 19:18
DS2 is 21months and I'm a bit concerned about whether he is getting enough protein. He is following the 2nd to 9th centile for his weight so I know he is eating enough calories, but I am a bit concerned about the foods he eats. He will ate porridge, weetabix, shreddies, rice krispies, corn flakes, raisin wheats, cherrios, shreddies, toasted tea cake, toasted fruit bread, crumpets, yogurt, grapes, apples, satsumas, blueberries, banana, peach, nectarine, pear, plum, raspberries, strawberries, pineapple, raisins, dried apricots, bread sticks, crackers, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, peas sweetcorn, baked beans, pasta, rice, naan bread, tortilla, homemade pizza, cheese and tomato flatbread, Yorkshire pudding and green beans. He will not touch any kind of meat (o eat veg if cooked in a casserole with meat) , eggs, cheese (unless on pizza or flatbread), quorn, potato, toast, sliced bread. Is this a balanced enough diet or should I ask the health visitor if we can see a dietician? He doesn't seem to be having enough protein to me, or calcium, although he has milk on cereal and still has two breast feeds a day. As you can probably tell from the food list, breakfast is no problem, he has loads, and snacks are ok too, but lunch and dinner are a nightmare. He either has baked beans or crackers with butter for lunch with yogurt and loads of fruit and at dinner time he usually just eats the rice, pasta and veg. I am not stressed by it at mealtimes and we don't make a big deal of it. He is offered what we are all having and left to his own devices. DH does try to sneak meat in with a loaded spoon sometimes but he spits it straight out and starts crying. We don't really eat much vegetarian food, but I guess I ought to try to find some more pulse based recipes to try. Does anyone have any recommendations?