[HollyB]

I agree with Penny, food jags are so, so, so common in two-year-olds and they generally just pass on their own, to be replaced with something else. If he's still whining for cheese all day in six months, then I'd maybe be a little concerned. But I bet he'll have moved on!

[augoldminer]

Do you have a family history of gout.
If not don't worry about gout.

Gout: Risk factors - MayoClinic.com

[BigcityRich]

Originally Posted by volleyball

Once they grew out of it, they never eat it again. You might be scraping cheese off of food for them in the future....

My mother often tells me when I was little, all I wanted was pickles. I cannot stand pickles on anything now. Yuck!

[Real4]

Originally Posted by msmichellemille

Now this is very low carb and I'm glad that I don't have to worry about that but literally eating cheese like 5 times a day just *can't* be good for him, can it?

Why not. Cheese is milk (naturally processed) and that's out initial food.

[matingara]

Originally Posted by msmichellemille

Yeah...I guess there are worse things he could want but I'm worried that his cholesterol will rival Tony Soprano's before he hits the age of 3!

i do not know who Tony Soprano is - but i assume he has bad cholesterol?

i do not think that cheese has a direct effect on anyone's cholesterol level does it?

for a lot of people eating fat does not make them fat or make their cholesterol go up.

cheese is a self limiting food. you can only eat so much before you do not want anymore...

i clearly remembering eating so much (like 4-5 pieces) that i literally became sick of cheese (until 24 hours later!!!).

i think kids should be allowed to eat as much REAL food as they like. i.e. only restrict candy and sweet things.

my mother had a cool trick. she used to withhold artichokes! she made them a treat! to this day i still adore a treat of a globe artichoke with vinaigrette.



-- Joel.

[davef]

I think you need to look at your Son and ask yourself, is he healthy, if the answer is yes, then let him have the cheese. Perhaps (only perhaps) see if he will go for the "good stuff" rather than kraft slices. If not, don't worry about it.

It's a great source of calcium, great for his growing bones.

We have a fussy eater in our house and have learned that we only limit things like candy, chocolate etc but let him eat his other staples (cornflakes, cheese, bread rolls, grapes, tuc crackers). We spoke to our Doctor who advised that he is one of his healthiest patients, so just watch the "sweet things".

When my son (the fussy one) was 2, he used to love a mix of potato and carrot that my wife made for him, he wouldn't eat anything else, but we had to cut out the carrots because his skin was turning orange - I'm not kidding - the Doctor said it was down to the carrots.

The thing about kids is, with food and most everthing they go through phases - what they eat today they may hate next week. Go with the flow.

[Mrs.Type 1]

Originally Posted by msmichellemille

Gosh I wish they made more foods low-carb!!!!!!!

I have a few questions for you...but i will start by saying that my husband and i have thought so much about how we could get companies to make more diabetic friendly kids snacks. Like lunchables,goldfish things like that...just seems unfair that when the kids get older and start school that they wont be able to have the same things the other kids will.

[volleyball]

Originally Posted by Mrs.Type 1

I have a few questions for you...but i will start by saying that my husband and i have thought so much about how we could get companies to make more diabetic friendly kids snacks. Like lunchables,goldfish things like that...just seems unfair that when the kids get older and start school that they wont be able to have the same things the other kids will.

We all know life is unfair. We try to protect our children from it. But kid snacks? This is a good life lesson. No kid is being deprived if they don't get lunchables, it is actually a good thing. Being vocal to other parents that you think those things are just bad for your child, then maybe they will have the courage to say no to their kids. And it will SPREAD to many more.
Things like that started with parents trying to give their kids more. so both parents work long hours. They don't have time for their kids so they buy stuff. And spend more money, so they work more.
This is the same cycle that some drug users go through.
Not saying anyone here is guilty but you probably know someone like this

[slipperyelm]

Davef's comment about too many carrot's turning his child's skin orange made me laugh because that happened to my child too, only mine liked to eat carrots, sweet potatoes, & butternut squash, all of which are very high in Vitamin A.

I would not worry about too much cheese, but I would always make other foods available. I had food allergies as a child and so did my siblings, so we always had some weird meals and snacks. If you cannot think of something low-carb to snack on, it is probably because you are not used to thinking of certain foods as "snack" appropriate. But what about things like tuna, mackerel, canned salmon? All these are easy to have on hand, easy to portion, easy to refrigerate. They have the saltiness of that process cheese, and also the protein. Mackerel even has a lot of calcium. If you don't happen to like those foods yourself, try not to influence your child negatively about them....My child would happily sit down to a mounded plate of crawdads (crayfish), even if I would not touch it with a ten foot pole....Oh, yeah crawdads would be low carb, too.

How about shrimp? Little kabobs made a couple times a week and held in the fridge? Tiny sauceless meatballs? Cucumber sticks? Spinach omelets? Sunflower seeds? Peanuts, walnuts, pecans, etc (sometimes little ones do not chew these well ? Zucchini marinated in Italian dressing and grilled? Deep fried tofu, which has sort of a skin on it so that it can be handled as a finger food? Gluten patties, homemade or purchased. Mushrooms, sauteed or cooked on those kabob sticks? Bacon? Jerky (homemade so you can control what goes in it)? Olives?

Really, just go through a list of zero/low carb foods. There is not reason any of them could not be a snack, and many would be convenient when prepared a head of time. I also think it might be a good idea if not all snacks were zero carb. That way you could introduce more variety, a greater range of nutrition, and flexibility in your child's palate. For instance, maybe you could give him two little meat balls along with a small strip of grilled zuchini or two strawberries.

[Janlaton]

Hey, I'm 63 and still eat the occasional spoonful of peanut butter! Don't forget to include any fruit your son can eat in his diet. Many toddlers really eat lots of mac and cheese so if you are worried over carbs at least he is only eating the cheese...

Hate to tell someone but once you have gout it may go into remission but you never get it completely out of your body. You just have to keep the uric acid levels down. Good luck.

[volleyball]

Originally Posted by Janlaton

Hate to tell someone but once you have gout it may go into remission but you never get it completely out of your body. You just have to keep the uric acid levels down. Good luck.

I had gout a couple of times, long gone. Since gout is a build up of salt in the joint, once it has been cleared, the gout is gone. While you may be more likely to get it again, just like some people may re sprain their ankle, it doesn't mean you always have a sprain in remission.
So I don't believe it is something you can be cured from as it is not a disease

[Penny]

The grandkids liked "ham sticks" when they were little....we would just roll up a slice of ham and they ate it that way. They also liked salad cucumbers, peel and all, they ate them like apples. Also cherry tomatoes, I know they have a few carbs, but they don't seem to bother my BS.

[Janlaton]

a two fisted snack for my grandsons is salmon patties! Easy to fix and good for them. They also love macrel and tuna in patties. Mix with oatmeal and an egg sometimes an onion and a dash of salt whatever spice you prefer with fish. Cook in pan lightly covered in olive oil and it is great.

Regular ham cut into strips is also good and better than deli ham slices.

[Neuromancer]

About the only thing I would think you'd really have to consider is the saturated fat content of full milk cheese...you might want to consider buying low-fat cheese...

[Mich]

Jan, you made me smile. Our whole family can demolish a plate of salmon patties as finger food. I make them small and use the same ingredients you do.

When the girls were little, I put out a little bit of everything in kid-sized bites. I was surprised at how they ate just about everything eventually.

Michelle, how is your little guy doing? How are you doing?

Mich