Kids and Small Hotels and Breakfast Time Nightmares

custardy

mrcow wrote: »

Erm no....I meant the food label. Which is why I said "It will tell you on the label".

'food' label
well that links to the labeling of Coca Cola
eg a fizzy juice

look at all this goodness

Carbonated water, sugar, colour (caramel E150d), phosphoric acid, natural flavourings (including caffeine).

thegirlintheattic

This is why I prefer to stay at adult only places. For those who are childless by choice, kids can be very annoying. I think parents get used it it all but if you very rarely come across children the noise etc. can really wind you up.

I remember staying at a premier inn earlier this year who had a family who not only thought it was appropriate to have the TV blaring out a 6am but then complained that us "youngsters" - their words, were disturbing their little cherubs at 7pm. They also seemed to think that the corridors were a playground and so let the kids run up and down playing with doors. Luckily the hotel spoke to them and they sorted themselves out. I don't think they realised that the behavior they accepted at home was not appropriate for a hotel.

I'm not saying that all families are like this but there are some that either let their kids run riot or simply don't consider that whilst they might be used to screaming, pushing and running around at home, not everyone wants that when on holiday.

shellsuit

custardy wrote: »

nope,but it provides no nutrition and gves a massive suger rush.
leading to a lull later in the day when they should be learning at school(for example)

But if it's a one off, a treat now and again, or something which happens for a week on holiday, does it really matter? There's no harm so long as it's not a regular thing.

Tea and coffee isn't exactly healthy is it, and neither are croisants or pancakes and syrup, or toast spread with proper full fat salty butter, but I guess people wouldn't bat an eyelid at kids eating those.

Dunroamin

sassyblue wrote: »

You need to stay in a hotel that does buffet, the kids can get up and wander about to choose their food, so they don't have to sit still and wait for it. Recipe for disaster with toddlers and small kids.

Kids wandering round carrying food sounds liike an even bigger disaster to me!

mrcow

custardy wrote: »

'food' label
well that links to the labeling of Coca Cola
eg a fizzy juice

look at all this goodness

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make? Sugar has a "nutritional value" whether you like it or not. Do you understand what the phrase means?

Drinking carbonated water and sugar with caffeine is hardly the crime of the century. If you are sick or ill, it's probably one of the better drinks to have, that or Lucozade or lemonade.

Exactly what do you mean by the word "goodness"? Do you think that other foods aren't packed with sugars too? What do you think you actually eat?

dizziblonde

I felt sorry for the people trying to eat in (well drink in) at Costa the other day - a couple were literally letting their kids jump over all the sofas and completely ignoring them, no one else dared say anything... they then left having let their kid whack the emergency stop button on the escalator on the way out without saying anything in response to them doing that.

There's a line between kids being kids and family-friendly places and completely copping out letting them do what they like and making everyone else's time utterly hellish - these were definitely over the line and off in another county.

shellsuit

Dunroamin wrote: »

Kids wandering round carrying food sounds liike an even bigger disaster to me!

The first time we took the kids abroad (in 2005), we let them loose at the buffet.

My daughter (she was 6 then) was soooo funny as she put a bit of everything on her plate, so she had a sausage, an egg, a slice of bacon, beans, salad, various cold meats, cheese and some other weird stuff.

I had words with her that she shouldn't have done that incase she didn't like half of it, but give her her due, she tried everything and then knew what she liked and didn't like for the remainder of the holiday.

We'd always sit and watch them incase they got stuck, and when they came back and started to eat, me and my husband would go and get ours.

If you can work together as a family and have some rules, eating out with kids can be a joy and not a hassle! And how are they meant to learn for themselves if they're not given the chance?


It's not the fault of kids who run about and shriek and poke and mess with food, it's their parents or carers for not teaching them basic manners and how to behave around food and other diners.

custardy

shellsuit wrote: »

But if it's a one off, a treat now and again, or something which happens for a week on holiday, does it really matter? There's no harm so long as it's not a regular thing.

Tea and coffee isn't exactly healthy is it, and neither are croisants or pancakes and syrup, or toast spread with proper full fat salty butter, but I guess people wouldn't bat an eyelid at kids eating those.

um I dont give my boy tea or coffee
I make pancakes but no syrup
nor butter on his toast
I'm no food nazi however we are in an obesity epidemic thats snowballing.
the least I(we?) can do is try and set good habits from a young age.

mrcow

custardy wrote: »

um I dont give my boy tea or coffee
I make pancakes but no syrup
nor butter on his toast
I'm no food nazi however we are in an obesity epidemic thats snowballing.
the least I(we?) can do is try and set good habits from a young age.

Do you think that pancakes and toast don't contain plenty of sugars, because I can assure you, they are packed with them. Not putting butter on toast is not going to avoid obesity.

You have some very odd ideas about food. I wouldn't say that they are particularly good habits either! Pancakes need syrup, or some other topping. Otherwise they asre completely boring!

shellsuit

custardy wrote: »

um I dont give my boy tea or coffee
I make pancakes but no syrup
nor butter on his toast
I'm no food nazi however we are in an obesity epidemic thats snowballing.
the least I(we?) can do is try and set good habits from a young age.

I didn't mean your child personally, I meant that some would raise eyebrows if they saw a child with a can of coke with breakfast, but hardly anyone would if they saw them with the other stuff I mentioned, which are equally as bad for a child.