peanut butter and jelly

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Anonymous wrote:I also have a special needs son (he's 10) who has major sensory issues and only eats 5 things. I'd be THRILLED if he'd eat a pb&j. I guess if you don't have major health concerns that you're constantly dealing with and running to specialists 3 times a week, these are the things you worry about.

I find comments like this very irritating. "My special snowflake only eat chocolate pudding. I guess anyone who worries about feeding their child 23 pudding cups every day must just have way too much free time.". Uh, no.

Parents of typically developing kids know that nutrition is one of the ways they can help their kid stay on track. The fact that your kid was born "off-track" is completely unrelated to the parenting choices that are developmentally appropriate for a typical kid. Your attitude isn't doig the SN community any favors. Many Parents of SN kids feel very isolated, and the attitude that Parents of NT kids aren't allowed to discuss normal concerns isn't going to encourage anyone to reach out and bond over the things all parents have in common.

You are a jerk pp. Total jerk. Actually, I am thinking of worse language....

Which PP?

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Didn't have time to peruse every response, but OP, maybe you can convince your daughter of the awesomeness of PB& banana, or other fruits?

There are so many delicious variations out there..... mmmmm.

But to answer the question, I'd let my kid eat it every day, but this is coming from a house where peanut and almond butters are eaten out of the jar with spoons.

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Every day. Sometimes more than once a day. And shock and horrors, not on whole wheat bread, not with fresh, organic peanut butter, and not with unsweetened jelly.

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natural pb with a lower sugar jam on whole grain is way better than most lunch meat, lunchables etc. good protein, fills you up and tastes great

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't have time to peruse every response, but OP, maybe you can convince your daughter of the awesomeness of PB& banana, or other fruits?

There are so many delicious variations out there..... mmmmm.

But to answer the question, I'd let my kid eat it every day, but this is coming from a house where peanut and almond butters are eaten out of the jar with spoons.

OMG this reminds me-I don't know where I first saw it but we just made natural crunchy pb, nutella and banana grilled on challah-SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!

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Anonymous wrote:Every day. Sometimes more than once a day. And shock and horrors, not on whole wheat bread, not with fresh, organic peanut butter, and not with unsweetened jelly.

filled with that lovely hydrogenated substance? Yum Especially love the weird waxy taste

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern over PB&J sandwiches? I am asking sincerely. Are they considered non-nutritive?

OP here. My concern is about the jelly, and about the lack of variety in her diet.

My DCs like PB & sweet pickle (gherkin)! Really good!

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I grew up on peanut butter and lettuce. (Iceberg lettuce! It's got moisture and crunch and is a great foil to salty, sticky PB.)

I would be in heaven if my kids wanted to take the same thing to school every day. They get variety at breakfast and dinner and snacks. I'll take one simple, reliable favorite, thanks. (Please, kids? Just one?)

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We do sunbutter & J. Imagine my surprise one day when my 5 yo asked if he could have apple slices instead of jelly. Sunbutter & apple--woohoo!

He doesn't want this every time, but once in awhile it's fun for him. Other times the apple slices go in separately as a side dish.

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Anonymous wrote:daily 2-3 times a day (usually 2 though). BEFORE you start in, until you have walked a mile in my shoes DO NOT JUDGE. My DS has senosory issues and eats a limited diet. We try slowly to expand it (with the help of professionals). PBJ and a nutritional suppliment drink are staples in his diet right now. He goes through phases where he will try other foods and drop the pbj for several months. Then it's back to dropping a host of different foods and back to pbj. My goal is to watch to make sure he doesn't loose weight (BTDT and it's not fun when your kid drops weight consistently instead of gaining it).

I actually think it's a pretty good option!

Have you tried mixing it up with almond butter? Would he try that?

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My son has gone on streaks where it's been pb&j every day of the week in his lunch box, along with a fruit. veg, and snack item. 1.) because he'll eat it, and 2.) because his tired single mom with two jobs at the time just flat out couldn't think of anything else to stick in there instead that week.

I bring up the tired single mom thing because it's my personal reality, and because no matter what our individual realities here on this thread are, there's a lot of pb&j going on, and it's totally OK.

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My DH says he ate PB&J every day at school for 3 years straight. He has a totally normal, healthy diet as an adult.

He makes our DD lunch every day. She wants nutella & jelly (on wheat). Every day. And he makes it.

I'm horrified by this. But he has read the labels on the nutella and the PB and he swears that it's equally healthy. I swear it's not.

Sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see a problem with letting your kid have a pb&j every day. If you use wheat bread and a low-sugar jelly then it's not necessarily bad for her. Besides, she's going through a big change (going into kindergarten) and it might be comforting to her to have a consistent and familiar food every day for a while.

This. I had a PB&J nearly every day in middle/high school (breakfast and lunch were a long time apart). However, when I went to college I discovered that other people slathered about 3x more PB and jam on their sandwiches than I was used to - mine always had a thin smear of each on wheat bread, and my mom was on the "nothing but peanuts" hippie PB train long before that became cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH says he ate PB&J every day at school for 3 years straight. He has a totally normal, healthy diet as an adult.

He makes our DD lunch every day. She wants nutella & jelly (on wheat). Every day. And he makes it.

I'm horrified by this. But he has read the labels on the nutella and the PB and he swears that it's equally healthy. I swear it's not.

Sigh.

Do you use sweetened peanut butter or plain? Because the difference is much starker if you compare plain PB to Nutella. I remember seeing a Nutella-alike at TJs that claimed to have less sugar and a darker chocolate taste - maybe that would be better to pair with jam?

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Plain PB. I will have to check out the TJ version of Nutella. And we definitely need to work on expanding the things she will eat!!!