Food For Thought

As well as doing this I run a recipe group on Facebook which started when I started weaning O at 6 months (I trained as a chef when I was younger). The response I got to it was overwhelming and pretty amazing, helping these fellow mums felt so rewarding.

However I noticed one same line keep appearing which was 'Sorry for the silly question but..' and I was so confused as to why these lovely ladies thought asking a question regarding their child's well being was silly i.e. what they can eat, how long a meal can be frozen for, temperatures etc. I had mothers private messaging me as they were too embarrassed to ask in public which I really don't mind but I honestly don't think asking questions is silly when it could stop you making your child ill. No one knows everything.

Along with this just the other day I had someone message me concerned that I had suggested fish fingers as a lunch time snack. Telling me how they are processed and not great for anyone let alone children. Nowhere did I write to give children fish fingers everyday for the rest of their lives but giving yourself a break and your child having a fish finger or a few chips (both which could easily be home-made too!) is not that bad, I mean it's not like they're going to spontaneously combust the moment they bite into it. There is so much pressure on us parents these days to do everything 100% perfect that we're scared to relax. They'll be eating mud and worms behind our backs before we know it, I think a fish finger is the least of your worries.

Their is also the mothers (and I have been here myself) who are desperate for their child to eat. It's so hard to reassure them that their child WILL eat in his/her own time when I know in that position its hard to relax and just believe it. O went 3-4 days just eating banana and refusing any meal I made him no matter how long I slaved over the bloody cooker for, Well they don't care how frustrating they are do they? 

So what to take from this post? 
- No question is a silly question. (I wont be saying that once O can string sentences together)
- Fish fingers don't make our children spontaneously combust.
- Children don't care if you want them to eat or what you cook. They like to be awkward.

Lasagna aftermath.