Hellobee Boards Topic: Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 16:21:19 +0000 GrapeCrush on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427565 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:02:54 +0000 GrapeCrush 2427565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes and no. Growing up all veggies were out of cans, most things were boxed/frozen. Lots and lots of sweets at my moms house, and tons of salty snacks at my dads. the kids are huge fans of chicken nuggets, tater tots, and the like. But I make majority of meals and only buy fresh veggies. We rarely have sweets or chips in the house, but we do let them have it when we do. And they are fans of happy meals ;) Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427554 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:50:33 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2427554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No mine won't! Growing up all of our veggies came from a can except for onions and during holidays when the fridge looked like the produce section of the grocery store. Growing up I had just about every Little Debbie treat imaginable at my disposable. Depending on who cooked, mom or dad, we ate potatoes or rice with most meals. We also ate a lot of pork for both breakfast and dinner. The one thing that will probably remain exactly the same is the amount of meals not prepared in our kitchen. Growing up we went to restaurants often, but now we just do takeout. Anagram on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427490 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:06:26 +0000 Anagram 2427490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Very similar, except my parents took us out to eat maybe 2-3 times a year, and we might eat out once a month. Charm54 on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427489 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:06:19 +0000 Charm54 2427489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would say she eats way better... I was super picky growing up so my parents are amazed that my DD eats avocados, salad, lobster... Pretty much anything. Greentea on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427485 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:00:06 +0000 Greentea 2427485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ NO WAY! Not even a little tiny bit. Buddig turkey on white bread? Instant Hungry Jack mashed potatoes with no butter or salt? Vegetables out of cans? Nasty porch chops with no seasonings or pepper or salt? I might be sounding like a snot, but we don't eat much meat and eat local and organic as much as possible. My mum didn't cook and didn't eat vegetables. So. Yeah. blackbird on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427481 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:55:49 +0000 blackbird 2427481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @lamariniere: Oh yeah, country crock! But hey, REAL BUTTER WILL MAKE YOU FAT lol. looch on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427432 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:19:32 +0000 looch 2427432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't think I ate a chicken nugget as a child, they're my son's main form of protein. My mom cooks everything at home, she can make a meal out of a sack of flour, a few eggs and some random vegetables, I think it's because she grew up in post WW2 Europe where things were tight. MrsRcCar on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427410 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:05:41 +0000 MrsRcCar 2427410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Growing up my parents both worked and my mom cooked a lot of from box foods. After college I completely changed my eating habits and my boys eat mostly homemade from scratch foods. I find healthy ways to make my old favorites for my boys. Both of my boys are gluten, egg, dairy free so it complicates things a bit. I love cooking so it works for me. My mum loves when I visit because I love cooking at her house too. Cherrybee on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427400 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:59:08 +0000 Cherrybee 2427400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Completely different. When I was young, neither of my parents worked. My dad grew vegetables in the garden. Money was very, very tight so my mum would buy meat and fish but we never had treats at all, no cakes or sweets or anything. Meals were always stews, roast meat with potatoes & veg, or salads. My dad hated "foreign muck" as he calked it, so no Indian, Asian, Italian style food. I never tried pizza until I was a teenager and didn't have take away until I moved out! Very sad (!) but my diet was very healthy, organic and fresh. Poor E gets loads of processed food at home - fish fingers, chicken nuggets - and we eat out a lot. There just isn't time to cook proper meals every day. When I do cook, I make a lot of curries, Bolognese, chilli, stir fries. She also gets yoghurts and sweet treats like banana loaf. Its convenient to grab them for snacks. She does eat lots of veggies and good stuff at daycare and her grandparents' house though. :bummed: rachiecakes on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427283 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:44:22 +0000 rachiecakes 2427283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The only similarities are that my mom always used whole ingredients and didn't believe in "diet" anything. But we're vegetarians (leaning on the vegan side of things with very limited dairy). winniebee on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427264 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:38:02 +0000 winniebee 2427264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My kids eat healthier than I did. They of course have the occasional treats and boxed mac n cheese / hot dog, but I cook better meals and feed less processed stuff. Mama Bird on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427248 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:33:21 +0000 Mama Bird 2427248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pretty similar, but so far fewer delicious things that take time, like pancakes and stews... we don't have as much help as my parents did so I have to cook quickly. The kids have fresh fruits and veggies all year, which I didn't, but on the flip side when we had them in season they were much better than anything you can buy in a store in NYC. Alivoo01 on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427200 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:12:52 +0000 Alivoo01 2427200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not really. I ate way more home cooked Asian food as a kid than DS gets now. My dad was an awesome chef! Me, not so much. I can follow a recipe, but some recipes just can't be replicated because my dad cooks "by taste" which I can't do! Sucks! Wish I could though! catlady on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427158 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 08:52:16 +0000 catlady 2427158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No. I was told that I was a picky kid (I remember being picky), but in retrospect, I realize now that my parents were also very picky. So there were very few things that we ate, mostly "american" or chinese food, lots of white rice or white potatoes and meat. We also ate alot of frozen or boxed stuff. DH and I try to avoid processed foods, and we eat more veggies than I did as a kid, plus we tend to order ethnic foods when we eat out. LO loves thai, indian, and mexican food. I didn't try those until I got to college because my parents didn't like them (and to be fair, they were much less available back then). Alba4 on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2427059 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:46:17 +0000 Alba4 2427059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not at all. My DS eats mostly organic and has never had fast food. HLK208 on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426985 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 01:17:18 +0000 HLK208 2426985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pretty different. I cook cleaner meals with lean meats, veggies, and they're typically not carb heavy meals. I also don't use butter. My mom made heavy dinners but wouldn't allow snacking throughout the day so we were always really hungry by dinner time! I'm lenient on snacking. Carrot sticks, yogurt, cheese sticks, applesauce are always available for the kids. My parents never ate out, made desserts and never bought fast food or snacks while we were out. I'm not like that at all. If I make clean meals all week, I don't see the problem in indulging here and there. The LOs have a treat probably twice a week. I hope to teach my kids that healthy balance is the way to go. yoursilverlining on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426419 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:10:01 +0000 yoursilverlining 2426419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes and no. Growing up we had white rice with EVERY SINGLE DINNER, which DH and I very rarely have. We eat a lot less carbs and casseroles than I did growing up – growing up we had pasta several times a week, white rice basically every single day and casserole type dishes several times a week. We ate a fair amount of ground beef growing up, which we very rarely eat in our house now. Salad was always iceberg lettuce which we really never eat. But, we are similar in that the vast majority of our cooking is home cooking from scratch and the food is good! Similar also in that there was never a lot of junk food available. gingerbebe on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426359 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:36:32 +0000 gingerbebe 2426359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had a mix of traditional from scratch Korean food (so very healthy and varied and nutritious) but complete junk for snacks and whatever American food we ate after school when we were home alone. We had what we cereal we wanted, my mom left white bread, bologna, and Kraft singles or PB and jam for sandwiches, a jug of punch since it was cheaper than juice, and a bunch of fruit snacks, cookies, chips, etc. Candy galore. So DS gets a fair amount of Korean food but he also gets pretty balanced American food. I'm not super strict on sweets and juice however. He gets watered down OJ when he's sick and he gets a few Teddy Grahams and mini marshmallows as a dessert after dinner and stuff like that and I don't think it's a big deal. Bao on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426262 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:47:58 +0000 Bao 2426262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Rainbow Sprinkles: we never ate out either! But we did have little Debbie's lol! gilmoregirl on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426260 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:47:32 +0000 gilmoregirl 2426260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom hates cooking and I really enjoy it, so my son definitely eats differently. I use her recipe for spaghetti sauce though, and serve spaghetti and meatballs weekly which was a tradition in my house growing up. In high school I had a soda and a Tastycake for lunch every day, which I find so astounding now. I had to pack my own lunch, so that really has nothing to do with my parents and everything to do with my own teenage self. lamariniere on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426248 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:41:39 +0000 lamariniere 2426248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @blackbird: he he, it was Country Crock with either Coke or Sunny D! Barf! blackbird on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426158 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:17:13 +0000 blackbird 2426158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Oh god no. Lots of soda/junk/processed everything at home. Lots of fast food. I never had roasted broccoli (or any veg, really) until i was a grown adult. We eat a lot cleaner and simpler. Anybody else remember the loaf of white bread and the butter spread served with dinner? heh. Rainbow Sprinkles on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426145 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:15:09 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2426145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pretty closely, but I think I had a touch more sweets and a touch more processed foods as a kid. My mom always cooked breakfast, lunch, and dinner for us, but we had pretty unhealthy snacks (Little Debbies err' day! LOL). We NEVER ate out, and very rarely do I now with my own family. regberadaisy on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426143 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:14:16 +0000 regberadaisy 2426143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, not really. Growing up we ate traditional Chinese all the time. I never ate anything else until high school. But I do make Chinese about once a week. DH grew up eating a lot of semi homemade meals. Betty Crocker mashed potatoes, banquet chicken, fish sticks etc. We don't eat any of that and cook primarily from scratch. We also feed a lot more variety and cuisines to our kids than we did as kids. lamariniere on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426123 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:08:33 +0000 lamariniere 2426123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not at all. My dad took my brother and I to McDonalds nearly every morning when we were little. My mom cooked, but used a ton of convenience items, TV dinners or other atrocities. There was always junky/snacky food in the house. I home cook a ton and buy lots of organic products. I very rarely buy junk food. We also eat a lot less meat. Andrea on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426116 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:06:47 +0000 Andrea 2426116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope. My parents fed me a lot of junk so I've gone the opposite way with mine to make sure they are healthier. mediagirl on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426114 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:06:29 +0000 mediagirl 2426114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A little different but mostly the same. My mom made a lot of stews and meals with veggies and meat in the same pot. I'm not a big fan of that so we don't have them a lot. We also eat more fish and chicken. As a kid we ate more beef. Bao on "Does your LO eat similar to the way you did growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-eat-similar-to-the-way-you-did-growing-up#post-2426108 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:04:15 +0000 Bao 2426108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think my girls eat pretty similar to the way I did when I was younger as far as meals, since I tend to use a lot of my moms recipes. However, I think although I do let them have treats, they eat a little bit better in the snacking category. I remember eating a lot of treats when I was younger! I try and make good food choices for my kids but I'm in the kids are kids camp, and they are picky...so I make it work! Does your LO eat similar to the way you did when you were growing up?