What My Toddler Eats!

So I thought that I would start something new today and its a what my child eats in a day! I'm hoping that this post may be helpful to some people because our little boy Oliver is Lactose Intolerant and a lot of the meals that I'm going to be writing about have things substitited in to cater for his needs, So I'm just gonna crack on and I hope you enjoy reading about what Oliver eats during one day. 

Breakfast 
Breakfast is usually either toast or cereal he's not really all that fussed which it is aslong as he gets his breakfast on time! For toast we use the Vitalife Dairy free spread to spread on his toast, and for cereal he eats practically anything and everything; cocopops, porridge (plain and with banana in) at the moment though he's really loving Shredded Wheat and the Bear Alpha Bites cereal, he does however prefer the multigrain ones to the cocoa ones!  

Lunch
Lunch is usually cheese on crackers or cheese on crackers. We use the Arla Lactose Free cheese for his sandwiches and crackers. Oliver is also enjoys the Arla Dairy Free cheese spread on hi crackers too. With his Lunch he usually has some pom bears, along with some fruit and maybe something like the Bear Pure Fruit Yo Yo's snacks. 

Dinner
Dinner ranges from everything and anything really but he especially loves pasta he's eat it all the time if I let him! I usually try to bulk cook for our evening meals but with the Oliver's Daddy being such a fussy person that doesn't always happen! Pasta he eats really well and I do that with chopped tomatoes and just chuck some chicken and veggies in or I do pasta with meatballs and such. We also recently discovered a brand of ready meals called Kirsty's which specialise in Dairy, Gluten and Wheat free product which have been an absolute life saver and definitely taken the stress out of trying to make things to accomodate Oliver's allergy so I just pop one of these in the microwave if Me and Ben decide that we want something that perhaps Ollie can't have or if he needs something quick for whatever reason. He also really enjoys a roast dinner and loves all of his veggies he isn't however all that keen on peas. I also tend to make him his own pizza using a wrap as a base with tomato puree and his own cheese which he really enjoys, I use the wraps because unlike a normal pizza its a lot thinner and makes it easier for him to chew! 

Snacks and Drinks
Oliver isn't really a big snacker but when he does have a snack I try to stick to something like a banana or a plum or a couple of strawberries chopped up in a bowl. He is also quite partial to a couple of malted milk biscuits which if I let him he's end up eating more than he probably should do! He has a bottle of milk in the morning when he wakes up and bottle to settle him down at night and he drinks squash during the day just a small amount diluted in his sippy cup he usually prefers Orange over most. 

Hope you enjoy reading all about what Mr Oliver eats during a typical day!