Help me save money please you good peeps :)

frosty

I do lots of home baking,I try to make things like banana loaf,malt bread,drop scones the kind of things that fill children up but are not full of rubbish,I always have to hide some away for another day or they eat it all in one go.It works out a lot cheaper than buying cakes ect,in the supermarket.

purplegirluk1

My sentements exactly, if they don't like it then they go without, eventually they all come round I promise! I was a VERY fussy eater as a child and the only thing that sorted me out was being given one meal and no choices, that way I had to try things or I went hungry. It may feel like your being mean but imagine what they will be like when they are older and they can't face trying new foods, it doesn't make for a very happy life.

Try to involve them in the cooking and show they what it is they are eating, where it comes from, how it is grown etc. I think it comes down to fear of the unknown with kids, if they havn't tried it before and it doesn't look like something they can identify like a potato or a carrot or something then they get worried about what it will taste like, or do to them. Its all a learning process so remember not to get angry and to test as many different things as possible, they will soon realise that food can be fun and variety is far more interesting than eating the same meals over and over.

jaybee

If your kids are old enough, try getting them to do some cooking - they are usually proud of what they've done and feel that they have been in control (!) of what they're getting. They may also be upset if anyone else refuses to eat what they have painstakingly prepared! Lesson learnt!

I'm quite interested in the steam cleaning thingy. There seem to be quite a few around at vastly different prices. Would it just be something else that I use a few times in a mad flurry of enthusiasm and then can never bother to get out of the cupboard again? (I'm pretty lazy when it comes to housework!)

Kimberley

Hmm before all you said that if they don't eat it then they will go hungry, i always thought that well if they don't eat they will waste away but if you say it works then yeah i'll tell them they either eat it or they get nothing else.. :rolleyes:

Their ages are 12, 11 and 8. The 8 year old is the worst :rolleyes:

Queenie i have never ever come across a coupon before, where do you all get them from?

Hiding food is a good idea, i've tried it before the kids even try to hide food under their cutlery :rotfl:

Thanks for all the info, hopfully by end of next month i will have more pennies :beer:

Queenie

Kimberley wrote:

Queenie i have never ever come across a coupon before, where do you all get them from?

Magazines, sometimes the newspapers also, check out the Discount Codes and Vouchers forum <

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click on those words and it will take you there

Queenie

Kimberley wrote:

Their ages are 12, 11 and 8. The 8 year old is the worst :rolleyes:

LOL Nah .. trust me ... 14 and over are the worst! They become sort of ok again after 21yo

My youngest 2 are 11 and 10yo ... so they would have been 8 and 7 when I really put my foot down I explained to them that, because I loved them soooooo very much, I wanted them to be healthy. If I didn't care about them, I wouldn't worry about junk food or crisps or rubbishy foods ... blah blah blah.

Should be much easier now though after the Jamie Oliver campaign over school meals; schools already have as part of their curriculum an element in primary school about eating 5 fruit/veggies a day.

And if your 8yo *still* won't be convinced ... I watched (with my family) a programme on BBC3 a week ago called: "Honey we're killing the kids" (or something like that) ... if you get a chance, watch it!!! It makes for very uncomfortable viewing My youngest hugged me afterwards and said: "Thank you for loving me."

Kimberley

Queenie wrote:

Magazines, sometimes the newspapers also, check out the Discount Codes and Vouchers forum <

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click on those words and it will take you there

cheeky!!!

Yeah i'll click on those words :rolleyes: ta :beer: Although i don't buy mags or papers I read my Daily Mirror online on their website :rotfl:

I did watch this weeks "Honey we're killing the kids" it's shocking really what some parents feed their kids before they are shown their adult faces :rolleyes:

Queenie

Sorry, didn't mean to come across as "cheeky" ... just trying to be helpful

Kimberley

Queenie wrote:

Sorry, didn't mean to come across as "cheeky" ... just trying to be helpful

No i think being Cheeky is good I've just been on the "honey were killing the kids" website, very interesting, you can even download a daily diet planner

foreverskint

I take the line of eat it or starve too.

My HealthVisitor years ago said that a child will never willlingly starve itself, and that your child will eventually come round to the idea. I have never been drawn into the meals for the kids/ different ones for the adults as a rule, as I hate cooking mo9re than one meal at a time.

I have found that to keep putting veg on a plate and getting your child to try just a little works eventually.

As for tips for saving money one of my biggest savings has been washing powder. I mix equal quantities of my Favorite powder, value powder and washing soda, and then use about a third of the amount suggested on the box. I find this way I only by washing powder every 4 months. (large box). There are 6 of us and I do a lot of washing:eek: