Diet Of A 1 Yr Old.

[Smowball]

Morning everybody : )

I just thought I would ask re the above as I visited my teenage son and his (ex) to see their baby(my 1st grandchild) last week to deliver birthday presents for this week. Maybe I'm out of touch but I was a bit shocked by what she was being fed. Before I took baby,mum,my son and I out for lunch(son had to go bk to work) I asked her what baby was eating these days. " Anything and everything". " Everything??". " Yep she has exactly what I have." "
Fast forward to lunch.Mum is just about to order proper lasagne - for the baby - when I gently pointed out that they did rosy posy pasta for 10 months plus, so she ordered that, but still proceeded to feed baby with constant mouthfuls of her own meal which was -garlic doughballs,chips,burger,cheese,and full fat coke, which she sucked up into a straw and then dribbled into babys mouth. I was pretty shocked at this point, but didnt want to spoil a nice day and get told " Its not your child".

On dropping them home she asked if i could sit with baby whilst she nipped to corner shop, she then returned with a few bits - and unwrapped a whole Milky Way and gave it to the baby in her babywalker - a whole one!

Now I dont want to cause a row but surely she shouldnt be eating all of this? The salt? the sugar?

Any thoughts??

[magsmay]

Smow - the child has an unhealthy diet -so does the mother and father -you can't change that -don't try -you WILL fall out, as your son will side with his partner (they always do they would not dare do otherwise) your grandchild will not die eating 'adult' food -they may become obese and have other health problems when older if they continue to be fed high fat and sugar foods-but you have to leave them to it.

[magsmay]

Smow remarked //Hi Sharingan, is your school still on holidays ?//
lol! oh dear......

[Smowball]

Did I miss something? Thought Sharingan said she was 15, apologies if i am wrong.

[Sharingan]

I'm home educated-I've never been to school nor would I wish to thanks all the same, so you have me all day, lucky you!

[Purple_Popple]

I'm with you Smow I thought the same. . If she is home schooled she isn't getting much schooling. ??

[Sharingan]

Oh thank you for the poorly formed opinions on my education. I attained GCSE level when I was 13 in English, Maths, History and a few other things. If you bothered to understand the concept of home education it is that there is no fixed curriculem or hours whatsoever, and I am currently studying things which will benefit me in my chosen employment which is acting. Should I not be as successful as I wish at that I will either go into law or politics. Doubtless that won't meet with your approval either but I must say I'm not really fussed. Have a nice day ladies:)

[Smowball]

Not sure what happened there! Was just asking if she had longer school holidays than here.

[Sharingan]

Not your fault Smowball at all, this sniping crops up on any thread I post on when certain users aren't suspended, sorry it hijacked your thread.xx

[magsmay]

So...Smow -to get back to your little grandchild -please try and keep out of it -I know its very hard but anything you say will probably be taken as interfering. You can always try and educate the child in healthy eating later on when and if she comes to stay. BTW -just being pedantic -but coke has no fat in it -its full SUGAR coke which has around 2 tablespoons of sugar in each glass and should be banned. ;-)

[anneasquith]

bite your tongue time smo................shari, who 'home schools you ' ?

[Smowball]

Sorry, I did mean full sugar coke. But will stay out of it, baby seems a happy little thing.

Sharingan - lol, I didnt realise you were home schooled.

[anneasquith]

my question was not sniping btw. ;0

[Sharingan]

Hi Anneasquith, I didn't take it to be sniping:)
When we were little it was a whole family affair since various of my parents, grandmother and older brothers have skills and knowledge in various fields. Once I could read fluently ( about 6 or 7) I chose my own books and gravitated towards literature and arts rather than sciences naturally although sciences and maths were kept up until I got to roughly GCSE standard which was about 13. Since I first decided I wanted to act at about 10, focus has shifted towards that since it was always my parent's plan for me to be self educating rather than them educating me in an enforced way. So for the last couple of years I have chosen my own lessons, literature, taken some acting courses, and technical courses that will help as well as some acting work. I also did a brief stint at a Steiner school in Germany when I lived there which was interesting but somewhat restrictive so I do prefer to be purely home schooled as it's so much more flexible than anything which is geared up for a group of people and you learn far faster than in a classroom environment. I will carry on towards the acting career and if I get something nice before I hit 18 might pass drama school otherwise I'll be applying for Rada (my Mum went there) or Lamda or Central and see where it goes from there. If I fall completely flat on my face with acting (quite a possibility) then I wouldn't mind being a Barrister or entering politics which will require Uni, but most of my older brothers have got to Uni being home schooled so hopefully that won't be too much of an issue. xx

[MadMen]

Hmm, it is a very tough call, but I would probably keep out of it. As above, you'll only end up falling out with them.

Do you know if they still see the health visitor? I can't remember at what age that stops but she'll still be taking her to be weighed and if they think she's putting on too much weight then they will discuss this with Mum/Dad.
If she does put on too much weight then, chances are, they'll be referred to a dietician who will ask them what baby eats and get them to keep a food diary.

I don't think 'adult food' is such a bad thing, but everyone's different and you'll probably find the health visitor will be dead against it.
My main concern would be the fizzy drinks. In fact, I have to to say I was gobsmacked when I read that Mum dribbles it into baby's mouth! :-(

[anneasquith]

shari. interesting post, thanks, hi to dad ;)

[Sharingan]

I'll tell him xx

[Sqad]

Shari...that is an interesting post and i wish you well.

I have a couple of points.

What supervision if any, do you have from the local authorities for "home schooling?

Dont you miss the camaraderie of schoolmates, sport and team events?

[Sharingan]

You are not legally obliged to have any 'supervision' there is not even a legal necessity to tell the local authority you are home schooling but we did and had periodic visits from someone from the education dept for a while, then they phoned up and asked if everything was okay and now you see them once in a blue moon. Unless a child is receiving no education whatsoever then they don't have any powers to intervene anyway and you don't have to see them if you don't want to.
With regards to sports etc, I've been the member of various clubs and groups, but I'm more arty than sporty and have never found problems socialising since I come from quite a huge family if you take in half and step sibs and they all have friends who are also my friends and I get to meet other people because I take external classes, so no never really missed that aspect of it at all and if I ever have children (not planning any tbh) then I would be home schooling them as well. xx

[Purple_Popple]

Thank you for clarifying Sharingan. I want smiling either. . If you thought it that way. :( I was just curious how home schooling worked.

[Sharingan]

Oh fair enough purple_popple, sorry if I misunderstood you xx