Ideas,Ideas,Ideas

vanoonoo

get onto free4cycle for a microwave, also have you got a slocooker? they are great for sticking something in of a morning and coming home to it and its ready to serve

Triggles

Another one here with 2 boys with eczema. Bathing 2-3 times per week, quick wash-ups on other evenings. Otherwise it dries their skin too much. Also don't use hot water, use warm water instead, as water that is too hot is drying as well. (less hot water = less energy used = less expense!) If possible, perhaps use quick showers a couple days to use less water as well.

For lunchboxes, boiled eggs, pickles, raisins, cut up cheese, cherry tomatoes, pieces of fruit, pretzels are things that our boys like to snack on, so I give them for lunch (although our 3yo is not in school yet, he likes to have his "box" lunch lol).

For meals, a slow cooker is helpful. Also making enough of something one night to heat up another night, either the next night or freeze it for later. We do this with a number of meals.

Definitely meal plan for meals as well as lunches, so you can make your shopping list accordingly. Nothing I hate worse than running around the kitchen in the morning getting agitated as I can't find anything suitable for DS2's school lunch (he's got SN/ASD so lunches are very regimented for him - must be of certain specific items or he won't eat).

Lazy_Liz

Can I just say as a child I developed some strange fussy ideas all on my own, no milk except on cereal, no fried boiled or poached eggs. I did without while everyone else ate theirs. We were not allowed to leave veg etc and despite the fact I was not keen on some veg I ate them up and now I love them. My parents ignored my silly fussy ideas and intime I decided to try the dreaded eggs and guess what? I discovered I liked them.
So some times children develop fussiness becuase they are allowed to get away with it and sometimes they just get these strange ideas in their heads. Just ignore them, let them go without and probably they will get over it.
In the mean time find something they will eat and make that. even better do they have any friends or older cusons who eat "normaly"? if your kids look up to them invite them around and put the same food out for everyone, often childern will eat what their heroes eat when they won't on thier own or even if they see adults eating it.
Oh an by the way I still won't drink mike on its own, only on cereal.....I have really tried honest but I just don't like it:o

Triggles

Lazy_Liz wrote: »

Can I just say as a child I developed some strange fussy ideas all on my own, no milk except on cereal, no fried boiled or poached eggs. I did without while everyone else ate theirs. We were not allowed to leave veg etc and despite the fact I was not keen on some veg I ate them up and now I love them. My parents ignored my silly fussy ideas and intime I decided to try the dreaded eggs and guess what? I discovered I liked them.
So some times children develop fussiness becuase they are allowed to get away with it and sometimes they just get these strange ideas in their heads. Just ignore them, let them go without and probably they will get over it.
In the mean time find something they will eat and make that. even better do they have any friends or older cusons who eat "normaly"? if your kids look up to them invite them around and put the same food out for everyone, often childern will eat what their heroes eat when they won't on thier own or even if they see adults eating it.
Oh an by the way I still won't drink mike on its own, only on cereal.....I have really tried honest but I just don't like it:o

Is this aimed at the OP or myself? Genuinely curious.

Either way, it's probably not horribly helpful. If you look at the OP's signature, you'll see she indicates one child has ASD and also possibly another child does. Children with ASD often have difficulty with food that is far beyond the whole "dislike" of a particular food. It's not something that is that easy to fix as your examples.