https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:33:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2155541 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:05:41 +0000 BandDmommy 2155541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just happy he eats. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2155532 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:01:22 +0000 travellingbee 2155532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a small rotation of lunches and I always feel bad that it's not more diverse. But lots of people eat similar things each day for lunch... He always gets: cheese stick, fruit, veggie pouch and a veggie (peas, brocolli, carrots) and then I alternate chicken nuggets(organic white meat), PB&amp;J, or pasta. This week he had sausage twice. I know he'll eat those </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2155514 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:51:51 +0000 QBbride 2155514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I feel guilty! I used to send him to daycare with so many different lunches and now it's basically the same - fruit x 2, cottage cheese or yoghurt, some type of crackers/veggie straws and pasta with veggies (because he loves veggies). I feel bad always sending pasta though!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2155436 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:00:28 +0000 blackbird 2155436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you guys want some easy/quick food ideas, i've been trolling Gimme Some Oven and she has a handful of 5-6 ingredient meals that you could easily put together, portion out, and freeze in single servings for your kids! I'm making a few for freezer meals. </p> <p>Just an idea if you want to add some easy variety :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2155421 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:51:37 +0000 irene 2155421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do! Thanks for this thread , I could have written it!</p> <p>I feel so bad that almost every day, I make him baked chicken or salmon, some pasta, and some veggie (either steamed broccoli, green beans, carrots or corn on cob). Every, day! I just feel so bad because my mom is a SAHM and while we didn't have fancy things to eat every day at least each day was somewhat different... but I do have to work and I already stop working every day at 4-ish to start cooking.... if it is different every day then I'll have to stop working every day at 3:45pm, which i can't. Not to mention a lot more planning ahead (which I am too lazy to do. Yes, guilt) Just feel so bad.</p> <p>I am also hoping to venture out to other easy recipes but I don't even have time to research. Now for veggies I do Kale Chips too and it is not crazy difficult to make and he eats it so that's good. I will study this thread later for ideas :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154724 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:49:19 +0000 Ginabean3 2154724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, she always eats it happily and hasn't started/learned to complain about the monotony yet.... :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154719 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:46:56 +0000 mrbee 2154719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If they eat it, then I don't feel bad at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154685 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:14:46 +0000 Anagram 2154685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make the same 8 dinners over and over for LO because I sometimes feel like I don't have time after to work to source a bunch of dairy-and-soy free recipes that are quick and easy. And I don't want to spend my weekends meal planning either.</p> <p>Our go to's are dairy free meatballs, roasted chicken, broiled salmon, dairy free fish sticks, or italian sausage in pasta---always with some steamed vegetables of some kind. That's basically it, every day. </p> <p>But today I am mixing it up with chicken burgers and homemade sweet potato fries, and I'm sure lo will reward that effort by eating none of it. ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154677 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:11:04 +0000 lemong 2154677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - though it's usually the same thing I'm packing for her lunch. Pasta or rice, with chicken. I try and do more, but when we don't have dinner leftovers or she doesn't like it, I just send something I know she'll eat.</p> <p>@Mrs Green Grass, @SorryCharlie - DD LOVES TJ turkey meatballs. I also keep those in the freezer and send them as her lunch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154671 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:05:32 +0000 Pirouette 2154671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePeony: hahaha. I mean, at least cream cheese has calories, right? :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154661 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:53:46 +0000 PurplePeony 2154661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: yep, one of the only things my LO will reliably eat is cream cheese from a slice of toast. She picks and licks it off and leaves most of the bread behind, it drives me crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154652 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:48:27 +0000 Pirouette 2154652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: @Smurfette: that makes me laugh because lo often begs for bread with jam but then licks off all the jam and wont eat the bread. They should share food and reduce waste ;) toddlers are funny.</p> <p>and yea, lo eats the same foods all the time because i know she will eat them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154642 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:35:12 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2154642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: that means you should especially not fee guilty! Not with a picky eater... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154637 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:33:30 +0000 PurplePeony 2154637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do, but she's been refusing pretty much all food recently so I don't really care what it is as long as I can get a couple bites in her. She eats all sorts of things at daycare but at home she tells us "no" (and means it) no matter what we offer her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154507 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:20:32 +0000 LC 2154507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel guilty sometimes, but she's so picky lately I'm just happy if she eats. One of our easy dinners is scrambled egg, with fruit on the side. Easy and healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154504 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:18:46 +0000 jhd 2154504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is currently eating a tortilla with refried beans and some cheese. He had the same for lunch, but I gave it to him again since he ate it earlier!</p> <p>ETA we try new things but also I'm not going to feel guilty if he eats the same things as long as he eats something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154495 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:10:33 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2154495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really feel guilty. My son has the same thing for breakfast every day! Pancake, yogurt, berries. Lunch is often the same things over and over too. If he eats I'm happy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154490 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:07:54 +0000 Smurfette 2154490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: oh if we make her a turkey sandwich she takes it apart to eat. First the bread, cheese, and then turkey. I don't even know what she would do if I put peanut butter on it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154489 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:07:09 +0000 deerylou 2154489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We meal plan, and make sure suppers are relatively straight forward and realistic to prepare, on a week night. However, our daughter usually has hot or cold cereal for breakfast, M-F. It takes me a while to get going in the morning, and she simply will not wait for homemade waffles and sausage. No guilt; she seems to dig it, and has more variety, throughout the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154486 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:05:36 +0000 catomd00 2154486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eggs are easy and guilt free! a "real" meal that is super easy is stir fry. Just get a wok, cook chicken it takes 10 mins, throw in bagged veggies (another 10 mins) and some sauce. Healthy and quick! We eat it with different types of sauces (red fork and McCormick make a good variety!) to keep it somehwt interesting. You can always toss in marinara sauce or something. And it's only one Pan to wash!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154479 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:01:41 +0000 sorrycharlie 2154479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: their frozen meatballs are DELICIOUS. my daughter is 2.5 and pretty much refuses all meat. In the last couple weeks since I started shopping at TJ, she has eaten their meatballs, their frozen grass fed burgers, and the just chicken strips! I was shocked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154478 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:01:35 +0000 lovehoneybee 2154478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Yep, we're barely in the house (like the door is still open) and he's begging for a piece of bread. Nothing on it, not toasted, just bread. Occasionally I can manage to make a half peanut butter sandwich with it, but half the time he freaks out about it. </p> <p>Toddlers are weird little creatures. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154468 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:57:03 +0000 Adira 2154468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We make Xander the same thing all the time and I feel bad. But he gets a wide variety at daycare, so at least I know he's getting other stuff at other times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154464 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:54:49 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2154464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pretty much only make easy things. Here are my staples: frozen party-size meatballs, "Just Chicken" package, shredded cheese, frozen veggies, frozen microwaveable rice, a quesadilla (all from Trader Joe's). Don't feel bad at all - just find some additional ways to keep it easy and quick for yourself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154450 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:49:04 +0000 Smurfette 2154450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope cause if we make her other stuff she won't eat. </p> <p>@lovehoneybee: R is obsessed with eating plain white bread slices. Not toasted, no butter, no jelly, just plain. Weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154445 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:46:44 +0000 lovehoneybee 2154445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to, but now I'm just happy if he eats. Dinner used to be a fight I never, ever won, and I just didn't have the energy for it. Seriously, he eats scrambled eggs and a hot dog just about every night (and a piece of bread, sometimes crackers or goldfish, and always applesauce or yogurt and berries). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154441 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:44:46 +0000 Mamaof2 2154441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are older but no I don't feel guilty - if they are fed something dinner then I am perfectly happy :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-guilty-feeding-your-toddler-the-same-thing#post-2154438 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:43:52 +0000 sorrycharlie 2154438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been so. exhausted. it's not even funny. I don't know why, but I do know I barely have the energy to cook dinner. I feel so guilty for feeding my toddler the same basics when I'm zapped...grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese, or spinach tortellini. I know it could be worse, but..</p> <p>I need to expand my easy-dinner options! </p>