OHbaby! Forums : How much junk food does your toddler eat? https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 23 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:19:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=25710 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 20monthsLollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=658716&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#658716 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 25710
Posted: 12 April 2009 at 9:19pm



Age of Toddler: 20months
Lollies: never
Ice-blocks: once or twice.  he has only finished one once
Ice-cream: not fussed on it so he has yoghurt
Chips/Cheezels etc: one or two chips every now and again. he doesnt like them but wants to have what we are having
Hot chips: doesnt like them. uses them to lick tomato sauce with
Chocolate: had his first egg this easter.  never gets choc otherwise..I DONT SHARE
Biscuits: milk arrowroot most days...but half is usually found later
Cake/Muffins: LOVES these.  when I bake
Crackers: doesnt like
Fruit bars: starts one 3x per week. leaves the sticky other half somewhere for me to find later
Muesli bars: hardly ever 
Fizzy drinks: has had a couple of sips. Love the reaction.  But he did seem to like ginger beer...so I dont drink it around him..or he begs...not cute

Anything else you can think of?

Thanks! [/QUOTE] ]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:19:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=658716&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#658716 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 3 years 4 months I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=658192&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#658192 Author: SMoody
Subject: 25710
Posted: 11 April 2009 at 11:10pm

Age of Toddler: 3 years 4 months

I dont really limit McKayla. She is great at doing it herself. At parties she tends to go for more healthy stuff even thought she will eat sweets she prefers the fruit and I think it is due to me not really limiting it.

We are however cutting certain colorants out and planning to go as colorant free as possible.

So we always have Natural confectionary sweets in the house. Fizzy drinks are like once every 6 weeks and then she has a sip but we get The Charlie stuff so no colorants.

Ice cream she is not really limited on it. So if we have it in the hous eshe can have it every day.

She eats a huge breakfast and prefers not to eat stuff like Ricies and chocolate covered chocolates. She prefers weet bix now and then but Oats and slappap is the best for her.

She has a snack at morning tea and afternoon as well. She loves her fruit. But like I say if we have sweets and she ask she gets and she got in the habit to ask if there is any bad colors in it.


]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:10:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=658192&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#658192 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 2 1/2 Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=655116&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#655116 Author: Maya
Subject: 25710
Posted: 07 April 2009 at 4:38pm

Age of Toddler: 2 1/2
Lollies: once a week - once a fortnight
Ice-blocks: Not at all in winter and alternate between
Ice-cream: ice cream and ice blocks in the summer
Chips/Cheezels etc: Once a fortnight
Hot chips: once a week - once a fortnight
Chocolate: Occasionally
Biscuits: Plain ones daily, 1/2 a Cookie Time once a week
Cake/Muffins: randomly depending if we bake
Crackers: daily
Fruit bars: Every few days
Muesli bars:Never
Fizzy drinks: Once in a (very) blue moon, usually from their grandfather]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:38:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=655116&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#655116 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 21 months Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654990&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654990 Author: Glow
Subject: 25710
Posted: 07 April 2009 at 2:38pm

Age of Toddler: 21 months
Lollies: 2 once weekly at Nanas
Ice-blocks: frozen yogurt daily in summer
Ice-cream: 3 x weekly
Chips/Cheezels etc: 5x weekly
Hot chips: 1 sometimes 2 x weekly
Chocolate: only at easter
Biscuits: 3x weekly
Cake/Muffins: daily
Crackers: daily
Fruit bars: nope
Muesli bars:1/2 weekly
Fizzy drinks: nope]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:38:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654990&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654990 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : We have Maccas here, too, on Daddys...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654878&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654878 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 25710
Posted: 07 April 2009 at 1:07pm

We have Maccas here, too, on Daddys "pub night" lol.
I tend to read labels and won't buy anything with sugar over 10g per 100gr or whatever, and only buy plain rice crackers with no msg etc. Although, Like I said, there are no "banned" foods in our house, tho, moderationis the key. Oh I lie, I won't feed my kids 2 minute noodles.]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:07:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654878&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654878 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Thats why I said &#034;junk&#034;...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654754&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654754 Author: Nikki
Subject: 25710
Posted: 07 April 2009 at 11:19am

Thats why I said "junk" / packaged foods. I don't think of crackers, plain bikkies or ice blocks as too bad either. I was really just curious about how much of this type of food other toddlers are eating.
But crackers are generally high in salt and alot of muesli bars and fruit bars have a very high sugar content. Ice blocks are just sugar, colours, flavours and water so not great nutritionally.

I think of hot chips as just a way of getting him to eat potatos with dinner and fill him up tho!! ]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:19:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654754&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654754 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : ]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654647&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654647 Author: Peanut
Subject: 25710
Posted: 07 April 2009 at 9:32am

[Age of Toddler: 16 months
Lollies: had them wine gums or marshmellows about twice
Ice-blocks: once or twice
Ice-cream: about 2-3 times a week
Chips/Cheezels etc: never
Hot chips: once a week
Chocolate: never had
Biscuits:2-3 times a week
Cake/Muffins:once a month
Crackers: daily
Fruit bars: either that or a museli bar daily
Muesli bars: either that or a fruit bar daily
Fizzy drinks: sipped some the other day

It might just be me being pregnant and hormonal (thus taking things to heart) but I don't consider museli bars, ice blocks, crackers, biscuits or fruit bars junk food (if you read the label and buy appropriate ones!), I do consider them convience foods at times!

I am also one of those bad Mummys who lets them child have McDonalds every now and again so maybe its just me

Anything else you can think of?

Thanks! [/QUOTE] ]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:32:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654647&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654647 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Thanks for all the answers - very...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654616&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654616 Author: Nikki
Subject: 25710
Posted: 07 April 2009 at 8:59am

Thanks for all the answers - very interesting!

To all those people whos kids eat hardly any junk/packaged foods ----- please see my other post re healthy snacks .... what, besides fruit, do they eat between meals?

Thanks! ]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:59:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654616&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654616 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : my kids range in age from 5 yrs,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654456&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654456 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 9:54pm

my kids range in age from 5 yrs, 3.5 yrs and 12 mths.
i dont do chezels at all, chips and fizzy are for special occasions (but not for the baby) and i only do very diluted juice from about 2 yrs. in the heat of summer we would have an ice cream or ice block a day...its a good way to cool down after the walk from kindy and school.
every thing else in moderation...

Edited by Bizzy]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:54:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654456&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654456 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 29 months Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654288&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654288 Author: Brenna
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 7:57pm

Age of Toddler: 29 months
Lollies: Hardly ever - only at a birthday party
Ice-blocks: 1-2 over the summer
Ice-cream: 2 times per week
Chips/Cheezels etc: 2-3 times per month
Hot chips: 2 -4 times a month
Chocolate: hardly ever
Biscuits: each day (plain one)
Cake/Muffins: hard;y ever
Crackers: every day
Fruit bars: most days (1)
Muesli bars: hardly ever
Fizzy drinks: never

Edited by Brenna]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:57:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654288&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654288 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 3 1/2Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654110&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654110 Author: Daizy
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 5:04pm

Age of Toddler: 3 1/2
Lollies: Very Rarely
Ice-blocks: Occasionally over Summer
Ice-cream: Very Rarely
Chips/Cheezels etc: Maybe every few weeks, Grandparents love them :S
Hot chips: Once a week
Chocolate: Occasionally (Grandparents living right next door....)
Biscuits: Every few days
Cake/Muffins: Special Occasions
Crackers: Daily
Fruit bars: Very Rarely, maybe if we are out for the day and I need a quick snack I can throw in the handbag
Muesli bars: never
Fizzy drinks: never

and

Age of Toddler: 1
Lollies: never
Ice-blocks: never
Ice-cream: Sometimes will have some of ours which isnt that often
Chips/Cheezels etc: every couple of weeks
Hot chips: a couple once a week (takeaways once a week)
Chocolate: never
Biscuits: A couple a week
Cake/Muffins: She has only ever had cake once for her birthday
Crackers: Daily
Fruit bars: never
Muesli bars: never
Fizzy drinks: never

I am sure we are worse than that... I think we used to be but have been a lot better the last few months.

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:04:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654110&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654110 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : well, mine aren&#039;t toddlers...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654085&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654085 Author: lizzle
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 4:40pm

well, mine aren't toddlers but anyway
Age of Toddler: 4 and 3
Lollies: whenever they go to my grandmothers (once a week) - one
Ice-blocks: -in summer, often, but home made - i mash up fruit
Ice-cream: - one scoop couple times a week
Chips/Cheezels etc: rarely - once every two months or something
Hot chips: maybe once a month
Chocolate: not often (too bloody messy)
Biscuits: - um, once a month? unless I've made some
Cake/Muffins: rarely unless a birthday
Crackers: once every two months
Fruit bars: never
Muesli bars: never
Fizzy drinks: once a month


well, i thought they ate much more junk food than that.

than again, my father gave Taine ice cream for breakfast on saturday...]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:40:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654085&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654085 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Wow interesting topic:) Age...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654001&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654001 Author: ElfsMum
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 3:37pm

Wow interesting topic:)

Age of Toddler: 14 months
Lollies: no
Ice-blocks: rarely but will do in summer
Ice-cream: no(mostly due to not being allowed dairy till recently)
Chips/Cheezels etc: cassava
Hot chips: occasionally will have a few of ours
Chocolate: no
Biscuits: orgran ones and rarely others
Cake/Muffins: homemade often
Crackers: often
Fruit bars: no
Muesli bars: milkies and mother earth
Fizzy drinks: no nothing except water and milk
]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:37:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=654001&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#654001 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 21 months Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653884&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653884 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 2:08pm

Age of Toddler: 21 months
Lollies: No
Ice-blocks: rarely, maybe once a month
Ice-cream: No (but he was allergic to dairy)
Chips/Cheezels etc: only casava crisps, 3-4 times per week
Hot chips: Has a few of mine now and then
Chocolate: No
Biscuits: No
Cake/Muffins: have offered but he doesn't like
Crackers: Yes is addicted to rice crackers, am trying not to give them but has daily still
Fruit bars: Only mother earth ones and max 1 per day.
Muesli bars: no
Fizzy drinks: NO WAY, we don't even give juice, just his formula in the morning and then water the rest of the time.

Edited by cuppatea]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653884&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653884 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 2 years Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653881&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653881 Author: busyissy
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 2:02pm

Age of Toddler: 2 years
Lollies: none at all, doesn't know what they are
Ice-blocks: home-made ones every now and then
Ice-cream: none
Chips/Cheezels etc: none
Hot chips: Has had hot chips a handful of times
Chocolate: none
Biscuits: 3-4 a week
Cake/Muffins: only on his birthday
Crackers: Daily, 2-4 a day but they are the little Jax ones
Fruit bars: none
Muesli bars: watties baby muesli bars maybe 1-2 a week
Fizzy drinks: none ever, doesn't know they exist.

Dom just loves fresh and dried fruit mostly and is more a savory boy than a sweet tooth. I'm so sad that berry season is over, berries were Dom's lollies! We try not to introduce lollies and chocolate but most over stuff is just because we don't eat it so its not in the house.

Edited by Saffron]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:02:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653881&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653881 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : This is so interesting .... most...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653863&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653863 Author: Nikki
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:48pm

This is so interesting .... most of the answers seem to be pretty healthy (where are the mums of all those toddlers you see eating McDs and packets of twisties?! haha). One of my reasons for posting is that I think Jake eats enough "junk" food ... but my MIL always wants to give him cake/chocolate etc (making me look liek the bad guy when I say no)and when I said no to fizzy drinks gave me a lecture about not making the mistake she did in limiting that sort of food, and the kids pigging out on it when older and getting obsessed etc. My response was the hes not even 2, so I don't think he needs fizzy drinks or fruit juice yet, and he certainly does eat some sweet things and chippies etc, so doesn't need any more empty calories! I am going to hold off on sweet drinks as long as possible - its just not something we need to start now (he knows he can't have a sip of ours, if we start that he would want it all the time), and not good for his teeth either! I have a related question - so will do another post .....

Edited by Nikki]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:48:23 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653863&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653863 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Re Lollies - I blame DH - he does...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653862&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653862 Author: CuriousG
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:47pm

Re Lollies - I blame DH - he does the childcare and seems to feed her lollies ALL THE TIME! Its a grumping topic for me.

Age of Toddler: Nearly 3
Lollies: Every couple of days
Ice-blocks: Only in summer 3-4 a week
Ice-cream:   Never
Chips/Cheezels etc: Daily
Hot chips: 1x a week
Chocolate: 2-3 times a week but not much
Biscuits: 2-3 times a week
Cake/Muffins: Rarely
Crackers: Almost Daily
Fruit bars: Almost Daily
Muesli bars: Almost Daily
Fizzy drinks: 2-3 times a week if DH has bought some]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:47:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653862&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653862 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : I personally think never letting...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653858&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653858 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:46pm

I personally think never letting kids ever have "junk" leads them to have problems controlling themselves when they get bigger. Also, you can tell the kids that have no "junk" at birthday parties! They are the ones stuffing their faces full tilt then going on a HUGE sugar high a d mum saying thats why I never let them have it, lol! I think a small amount sometimes is ok and am careful not to label things as "good" and bad" as I don't want them to have hang ups, but we do have "sometimes" food and "anytimes" food. That said, my kids will choose rice crackers over choc bikkies any day!

Age of Toddler: 2 y and 2 m and 3 y and 10 m

Lollies: About once a monthish - depends on Bday parties etc

Ice-blocks: Often in summer, and the milky ones, too.

Ice-cream: Once a fortnight or so if I have made pudding and they have eaten all their tea and been good. I don't use it as a reward or bribe, tho, so don't say if you eat... etc, will just offer them some if I think they have been good and eaten well.

Chips/Cheezels etc: once or twice a fortnight, small amount

Hot chips: Once a week

Chocolate: hardly ever, although they both had a small bunny today form their caregivers for easter. They're not too keen on it.

Biscuits: Not often, they prefer rice crackers, but will occasionally have a wine bikkie at mums

Cake/Muffins: They don't like

Crackers: Daily

Fruit bars: Mother earth ones, about one or 2 a week, or Uncle tobys twists or things like that, most days they have one

Muesli bars: They prefer the fruit cereal bars as above.

Fizzy drinks: No, they don't like them and long may it last...Jake has watered down juice with is tea "like daddy" but Charlotte dosen't





Edited by fattartsrock]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:46:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653858&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653858 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: Nearly 16 months Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653850&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653850 Author: sally belly
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:40pm

Age of Toddler: Nearly 16 months
Lollies: None thus far
Ice-blocks: Never
Ice-cream: Maybe once a fortnight
Chips/Cheezels etc: Very rarely but I will give him several if I'm having some
Hot chips: Very rarely
Chocolate: Never but I do have a small Easter bunny waiting for him
Biscuits: 2-3x a week
Cake/Muffins: Homemade muffins once a week
Crackers: Pretty much every day
Fruit bars: Never
Muesli bars: Never
Fizzy drinks: Never

Anything else you can think of?
Liam has raisins quite a bit & I'm sure they're pretty sugary ]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:40:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653850&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653850 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: Almost two and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653833&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653833 Author: thunderwolves
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:21pm

Age of Toddler:  Almost two and a half
Lollies: used to bribe tt at the moment. 1 a day
Ice-blocks: once a week
Ice-cream: 3 times a week
Chips/Cheezels etc: never cheezles, occaisonally chips
Hot chips: once a week
Chocolate: not often, only as a huge treat
Biscuits: homemade one daily
Cake/Muffins: montly perhaps
Crackers: a few times a week
Fruit bars: daily
Muesli bars: 2 times a week
Fizzy drinks: has soda water with a dash of lime juice

Anything else you can think of?

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:21:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653833&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653833 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Interesting! Age of Toddler:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653812&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653812 Author: Babe
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:12pm

Interesting!

Age of Toddler: 23 months
Lollies: about 1 a fortnight when we go shopping
Ice-blocks: none
Ice-cream: none
Chips/Cheezels etc: occasionally chippies if his uncle is eating them but not a regular part of his diet
Hot chips: once a week on takeaway night
Chocolate: a couple of choc buttons every day with dad
Biscuits: available daily (homemade anzacs)
Cake/Muffins: available daily (homemade muffins so usually bran and fruit)
Crackers: dont buy them but he munches out on plain or seaweed rice crackers at his grandparents whenever hes there
Fruit bars: dont buy them but when we dry fruit at home he has some of that
Muesli bars: available daily (homemade oaty bars)
Fizzy drinks: rarely if we've got some for a treat

I also make him jelly fingers so gelatine, water and tinned fruit (not the packet stuff).

We eat healthily mainly because I have diet-controlled ADHD so everything is natural and made from scratch. Also helps us to keep in a tight budget ]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:12:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653812&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653812 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 28 months Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653803&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653803 Author: katie1
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:05pm

Age of Toddler: 28 months
Lollies: none really unless at a party where he may have a couple.
Ice-blocks: none
Ice-cream: has had once or twice in summer
Chips/Cheezels etc: none unless at a party where he has probably had them the odd time
Hot chips: has had but not regularly
Chocolate: not really except for a choc santa someone gave him at christmas and the odd other time
Biscuits: Maybe once a fortnight. Plain ones at Grandma and Grandads.
Cake/Muffins: Homemade muffins two or three times a week. Sometimes a wee piece of cake if we are somewhere for afternoon tea.
Crackers: Every second day maybe
Fruit bars: None
Muesli bars: None
Fizzy drinks: None

I am starting to become more relaxed about things now that he is over two. (not a conscious decision to wait until then but I just seem to have relaxed) If he is having sweet things I prefer them to be homemade things like muffins or pikelets rather than packaged things from supermarket.
]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:05:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653803&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653803 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: Nearly 2 Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653797&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653797 Author: Mama2two
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 1:02pm

Age of Toddler: Nearly 2
Lollies: Never
Ice-blocks: A few fruju's over summer but usually only a bite of two of ours.
Ice-cream: Maybe half a dozen times so far
Chips/Cheezels etc: Usually a small (her size) handful of plain potato chips 3-4 times a week
Hot chips: Maybe once a week when we have them
Chocolate: Never
Biscuits: 4-5 times a week but they are the orgram everything free animal cookies
Cake/Muffins: When I have baked them, maybe once a fortnight
Crackers: Daily
Fruit bars: 2-3 times a week
Muesli bars: Never
Fizzy drinks: Never

Wow, I had just been thinking that Sam had been eating lots of rubbish lately, but looking at this it really hasn't been that bad afterall. Yay ]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:02:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653797&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653797 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 15months Lollies:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653773&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653773 Author: Bobbie
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 12:47pm

Age of Toddler: 15months
Lollies: none
Ice-blocks: only frozen bananas
Ice-cream: had her first one the other weekend
Chips/Cheezels etc: none
Hot chips: if we have takeaways she's right into them so about once a week.
Chocolate: none
Biscuits: plain ones at nana and granddads about one a fortnight
Cake/Muffins: rarely
Crackers: pretzels a few times a week
Fruit bars: rarely
Muesli bars: she has 'milky bars' almost every day
Fizzy drinks: none

This isn't really an effort on my part to have her eating a healthy diet it's more to do with the fact we don't have these things in our house because we're on such a tight budget at the moment.
]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:47:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653773&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653773 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Age of Toddler: 21 months and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653754&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653754 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 12:38pm

Age of Toddler: 21 months and 3 years
Lollies: one gummi bear a day about for TT
Ice-blocks: about 3 times a week
Ice-cream: about 3 times a week
Chips/Cheezels etc: once a week
Hot chips: once a week
Chocolate: about once a month
Biscuits: one or two a day
Cake/muffins: hardly ever (at birthday parties and stuff)
Crackers: Almost daily
Fruit bars: never
Muesli bars: a couple a week
Fizzy drinks: Never but they do have a drink of juice with dinner each night

We don't eat jelly here, usually an ice cream or ice block for dessert.

I'm really lucky that their preschool provides food (even a cooked vegetarian lunch) so they do eat a lot better when they were at home full time.
]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:38:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653754&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653754 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : Interesting.. I think my boy eats...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653748&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653748 Author: arohanui
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 12:35pm

Interesting.. I think my boy eats pretty healthily, better than I do! But alot of the 'junk food' he doesn't eat just cos we don't have it in the house cos we buy groceries on a tight budget.

Age of Toddler: Nearly 15 months
Lollies: Only marshmellow type ones if we happen to have them (like at a party)
Ice-blocks: He had about one a day in summer (home made, teeny bit of juice with water)
Ice-cream: The odd mouthful if we're eating it
Chips/Cheezels etc: Only had them once at a bday party
Hot chips: Has a couple of chips if we get takeaways
Chocolate: Every so often if we're having some (about 6 times)
Biscuits: Not very often just cos we don't usually buy them
Cake/Muffins: Hardly ever
Crackers: Not often, just cos we don't buy them
Fruit bars: Never
Muesli bars: When Grandad gives them to him! About once a week
Fizzy drinks: He has a couple of mouthfuls of ours if we're having lemonade (maybe once every few weeks)
]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:35:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653748&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653748 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : I&#039;ll start ... Age of Toddler:...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653691&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653691 Author: Nikki
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 12:03pm

I'll start ...

Age of Toddler: 21 months
Lollies: 2-3 lollies every 1-2 weeks.
Ice-blocks: On avg probably 1/mth (more in summer, less in winter)
Ice-cream: Almost never (maybe 3x)
Chips/Cheezels etc: once a week
Hot chips: 2-4x / week
Chocolate: Almost never (3-5x ever)
Biscuits: A few a week
Cake/muffins: 2/month
Crackers: Almost daily
Fruit bars: 1/wk
Muesli bars: Never
Fizzy drinks: Never

I forgot jelly -- I have been doing that for dessert recently for him - twice a week every 2nd or 3rd week.]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:03:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653691&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653691 <![CDATA[How much junk food does your toddler eat? : So, how much &#034;junk&#034;...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653685&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653685 Author: Nikki
Subject: 25710
Posted: 06 April 2009 at 11:59am

So, how much "junk" (and "packaged") food does your toddler eat?? I'm just curious / nosey (and have a background in food/nutrition so thats probably why I'm interested --- as most toddlers eat too much sugar/fat, but some people seem to have gone the opposite way and give their kids almost none now ....).

Age of Toddler:
Lollies:
Ice-blocks:
Ice-cream:
Chips/Cheezels etc:
Hot chips:
Chocolate:
Biscuits:
Cake/Muffins:
Crackers:
Fruit bars:
Muesli bars:
Fizzy drinks:

Anything else you can think of?

Thanks! ]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:59:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25710&PID=653685&title=how-much-junk-food-does-your-toddler-eat#653685