Meals for 1 Year Old

What is everyone’s favorite meal to feed their little one? I’m a full time worker so I don’t have much time to spend on meals besides during the weekend so I need some quick to make suggestions !

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following for ideas 😊

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My girl has been loving peanut butter sandwiches with fruit for lunch! For fast breakfast I pre-make pancakes and freeze them so they only take a minute or so in the microwave to warm up

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My dude has been loving meatballs and it's nice you can make a big batch

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Our boys favorites are peanut butter toast with fruit
Chicken nuggets
Tomato salads
I have 3under3 so for quick meals we keep lunchables stocked, viola skillet meals, hamburger helper & well done meals we can make the night before then just throw in the oven- our family favorite is taco shepherds pie. We make it when the kids go to bed then pop it in the oven the next day for dinner.

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We do eggs & sausage with banana
Eggs and chorizo with strawberries

Snacks; apple sauce pouches, cheese and fruit, sammich, muffins

Dinner; chicken, green beans, rice
Fried rice and chicken
Alfredo pasta with broccoli & chicken

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Hear me out a simple meal for breakfast almost entirely balanced:

Healthy pancakes:
Oats
Eggs
Boiled or steamed apples
Bananas
Spinach
(Anything else you want to add)

Blend and alter the mix to make it the consistency to batter. If you need more liquid, and more egg!

My daughter loves these

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Once a week I make chicken nuggets, meatballs or turkey meatloaf for easy heat up throughout week. Slices of baked sweet potato are great too. I always have canned black beans for an “emergency option” along with veggie pouches. Then I rely on him eating what we eat as much as I can. Fruit and cheese always in fridge. I need to add more make-ahead veggies since I can’t really give him salad yet.

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very curious. I'll try these tomorrow!

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We switch between eggs and cheese or oatmeal for breakfast. Lunch is usually fruit, cheese crackers or chicken nuggets and fruit.
Dinner is whatever the family is eating. Lately she's been throwing lots on the floor. Just started giving a yogurt smoothie before bedtime.

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Mine will only eat meat, berries, and peanut butter toast. He doesn’t eat a single veggie—not even like beans or potatoes unless it’s a blend in a pouch. He does accept potatoes in tater tot form but this is a recent development.

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Is this normal?

Is it just my husband that does this? He is able to work from home via his computer and in the mornings and evenings he is on there doing his job. When he is done for the day he tends to stay in the room and either play video games or watch something. He will occasionally come out and play with the girls for a few minutes and that’s it but when I really need him he says he is busy. My daughters are both 1 year old now and I am just wondering how much involvement should he have with them now?
Idk if this is the norm or not…..

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Saying NO to buying toys etc

5 year old is getting really envious of others. He is obsessed with items that other kids have at school. I am pestered daily to buy these things in a different style when we already have 3 others. I have seen parents just buying stuff their kid likes which I don't necessarily agree with even when i can afford it. How do you deal with it?

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Thoughts?

your soon to be brother in law (upon inquiry) told you that only a few kids from the family were attending his wedding because they are over the age cut off..

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Tablet for kids

Alright don’t need any negative Nancy’s telling me not to get my 2yo a tablet so if that’s what your gunna do please don’t participate in my poll.

We’re about to move cross country 3+ day trip and my 2yo and 9m hate the car I’m talking scream their heads off till they are out of their seats. We’ve already changed car seats and it didn’t help so I’d like to at least have one entertained and sit next to baby and try and distract her or put her to sleep. Our new car has tvs but since they are rear faced my 2yo can’t see it.

Debating getting her a tablet or dvd player right now on long car rides I end up giving her my phone because I get so overwhelmed sitting in between both of them screaming and crying.

And yes I do bring different toys I bring snacks I play songs try to distract her other ways but for the sake of not losing my mind on this move I think this is best.

-A very overwhelmed and anxious to move mama 😓

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Daycare?

Thoughts on daycare?? Truly, I am SCARED to be leaving my kid for daycare. I literally do not trust anyone, not even family (they haven’t given me a reason it’s just trust issues on my end, you never know). He’s turning 3 and I’ve been a sahm the whole time but tbh my man doesn’t make enough for us to move out somewhere more calm . We live in a ‘not so safe’ area in LA and I’m just not used to living here so I just want us to give my son a better life and in order to speed up the process I would have to work.. I do lashes at home and I’d be open to take new clients so I wouldn’t have to look for work but I’m just scared to lose my license 😭

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Struggling

My husband works and does so much for me and my baby girl. However I get annoyed every time he hops on a video game he usually plays for 1-2 hrs if she's still awake and has like 3+hrs of free time once she goes to sleep (i co/contact sleep). The last time I was able to have actual free time was last month when I tried to turn some onesies into shirts for baby girl to sleep in- and I wasn't able to finish them and haven't picked them up since lol. The only free time I get is while she's napping right next to me where I can't move an inch or breathe too deeply or she'll wake up, or when I shower. Crafting used to be my outlet and now if I were ever to tell him that I need to craft I don't even know what I would do or where to start I just sit there and stare.... just losing myself and I'm struggling with it. Does anyone else feel the same way? What do I do?

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