tv dinners - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

sunnydayz05 · 05-07-2006, 08:14 PM

a friend of mine was talking to me about what her one year old was eating, and she told me she buys the 0.99 tv dinners for her to eat at night. do ya'll think that's a bad idea to feed them that. it seems like it would be a balenced meal w/ veggies and everything but it kinda seems unhealthy. tell me what ya'll think

debating · 05-07-2006, 09:17 PM

You can buy some pretty decent TV dinners these days, so I guess it depend on what kind. The ones that have mechanically deboned, cubed, meat "parts" with a lot of perservatives might not be so good.

I dunno, it depends.

Beyondthesky37 · 05-07-2006, 10:04 PM

I don't think the ones that they sell for .99 are all that nutrious but I could be wrong. I don't think I'd try it with me kid but I'm extremely picky about what he eats. I try to balance fruits and vegetables and protien sources properly. I don't allow sweets that often either. I guess there could be worse things than tv dinners to feed them though.

Ausomemom2 · 05-08-2006, 05:58 AM

Something like that occassionally seems fine, but if it is her main source of food, then that seems bad to me. I wouldn't feel comfortable with my baby eating that stuff all the time. But then again, it's amazing to me what children can thrive on. My 4.5 year old autistic son is an extremely picky eater. (though he's been doing great for the past week!) He eats only cereal, junk food, frozen food, more junk and the occassional sandwich, burger or chicken. I took him to the dr to have blood work done because I was so scared he was deficiant in something or had an imbalance somewhere because of his poor eating and he is in perfect health. The ped. said he's obviously taking in eveything he needs. I give him a multivitamin daily and I always try so hard to get him to eat good food. So, I guess it's a toss up, but I really don't like the sound of that if it's the only thing the baby is eating. Like the PP said, the .99 meals aren't that healthy. Take care!

Brandy

Altson · 05-08-2006, 08:29 AM

Items like those 99 cent meals are loss leaders for the store, so forming an opinion based on the price isn't all you should do. Look at the ingredients. As parents, we should know how to read a food label and be able to make informed decisions about purchasing it or not. If the first several ingredients are corn syrup, hydrogentated anything, sugar, or enriched anything, then pass on it or only serve occassionally.

I also agree with the other poster about meat "parts" and processing.

Also look at the sodium and sugar percentages. If that one meal contains close to 100% of their daily allowance of salt and sugar, that's too high.

Trust me, my kids get probably more than their fare share of not so great for them foods, but I do my best to pass on these types of ingredients as well as high sugar and/or salt content.