Children in restaurants

verucasaltt

Goodness why wouldn't a child be eating from the Adult menu? How long do you class your child incapable of eating a broad range of food that doesn't include chicken nuggets and chips?

What silly Women, post this thread on your wall OP!

daska

I remember all too well the looks on people's faces when DS1, age 8, ordered fried trout and tucked in despite the head still being attached while all the other children were eating the standard nuggets/ fishfingers/ pizza and chips. There was an incredulous "how do you get him to eat grown up food?" from one of the other parents. Truth was he'd never had 'children's food' so he just ordered what he fancied, nothing special on my part as far as I was concerned. DS2 (5) has been far fussier until recently but they'd been studying 'mini-beasts' in reception and had actually had a pretend restaurant in class that week looking at the different insects etc eaten around the world so it seems a natural extension of his studies to me to cook him some snails... apparently taking the shells into class for show and tell raised some interesting reactions from his peers :rotfl:

GG I'd pick and choose the mum's you like best from the group and ignore the rest. If you're ever asked why you don't join them for lunch respond that you prefer not to eat with people that pander to their children's demands by not expecting them to eat a varied diet.

Sezzagirl

Just read through this and, whilst I dont' have much I can say on the food (having managed to raise one teenager who will eat anything that stays still and one who is still a real fusspot) I would stay stick with it at the toddler groups

Some of my best friends are ones I made at aactivites I took my children to

Pick and choose who you see and try to get to talk to different people and not to get stick in the same group all the time

Good Luck!

RuthnJasper

GobbledyGook wrote: »

Going by the comments I don't think it was about the food particularly. I think it's more that my daughter asked and I said yes. They seem to have taken that to mean I always say yes, rather than seeing that there was absolutely no point in saying no.

The children's menu was pretty good. Perhaps why that is why they don't see the reason for her to not eat from it. Younger daughter had chilli and my son had macaroni, there were some good options on it. She just particularly likes risotto.

Although I obviously haven't seen the FB posts, I'm inclined to agree. I suspect that their reactions say far more about THEM than it does about you or the food. I'm glad that one of the non-FB-harpies has been in touch; she might turn out to be a decent friend - maybe she's just been waiting for someone sensible to come along and you're a bit of a godsend for her!!

My little niece (3) and nephew (7) are allowed to select what they'd like from either menu, on the understanding that they abide by their choices and eat what they've been given. At home, they are given their food and THEN get two choices:
A) they eat it; or
they don't.
There's no "aww, would you like crisps or some toast instead?!"

I suspect that the FB mums flog themselves half to death in the evenings, doing a separate meal for the kids and then a separate dinner for themselves and their OH's in between Pilates and Yoga for balanced babies... why make life harder?! Nice bit of mild chicken curry and rice in small portion for the kids, then add extra spices and a bit more curry powder to the (same pot of) curry for dinner with hubby later.

But the FB t*t-witches can STILL s*d off!!!

emsywoo123

RuthnJasper wrote: »

I suspect that the FB mums flog themselves half to death in the evenings, doing a separate meal for the kids and then a separate dinner for themselves and their OH's in between Pilates and Yoga for balanced babies.

But the FB t*t-witches can STILL s*d off!!!

Possibly controversial, but how is saying this about other people (particularly the last line) any nicer than what the women were doing?!

And some nice stereotyping there.........

threemuttleys

TBH, I avoid mum and baby groups. The few I have been to, have been very !!!!!y, and cliquey. So now we tend to just do our own thing, if we bump into other kids/mums then cool...if not, no problem.

My DS will eat pretty much anything too (22 months) and I do tend to share whatever I am having with him. He adores fish (esp mackerel!)

Pennywise2012

My 10 year old nephew will sit and comb the adult menu for the most childish food (IYKWIM) on it - deep down he wants the kids menu food, but it's 'for babies' apparently. :rotfl:

dizziblonde

I go to one mum and baby group - the other one I was in I got hounded out of for not breastfeeding by some utter witch who joined. Twas a pleasant and awesome experience (but I guess I deserved it for having a child who was so inconsiderate as to have been born too early and not able to latch - did she not READ all the breastfeeding leaflets? I mean it's not as if there's much else to do in-utero apart from jam feet into my ribs!)

missmucksmum

When ive been out with family and friends ive had a few raised eyebrow as my 10yr old daughter would order a steak or mixed grill and the 5yr would want a desert (he eats little and often and seems to eat more early on so would probably of had 4 or 5 mini meals before we went out so didnt want to have to sit and eat a big meal) I really do not care what people think they are my children and are both very different as all children are as long as I know they are having a balanced diet thats all that matters and eating cake for a meal occasionally when you go out must be great fun when your 5

SandC

I went to Franky and Benny's for a family meal last month and if I ever go again I'm having me a kids' meal! Their pizzas were as big as the ones on the adult menu and so were the desserts! All for £3.50.......

Are they funny about things like that?