What do you put in your lo's sandwiches because Jamie seems to end up getting dairylea everytime. I tried chicken but he took it out (which is not surprising as he dismantles all sandwiches) and then didn't eat it and ham is really salty

Ellie just likes plain bread and butter! I do put ham in but she takes the ham out to eat first and eats the bread and butter.

Have tried marmite or paste?

ham, normal cheese, tuna mayo with sweetcorn, salad, chicken (chop it up small and mix with mayo - make your own may if you want it healthier!)


If you find he takes them apart try making them like a roll...cut the crusts off, roll the bread flat with your rolling pin, butter, add the contents and make as usual then sqaush flat with your hand (I find rolling it again break it) so its all flat and stuck together...then roll it up and cut into mouth size pieces like this

Omg Lisa! I would love to be my mummy, they look fab and I'm going to try them with Ellie tomorrow

My two have sarnies most lunch times, their faves are:

Double cheese (dairylee with sliced cheddar)
Dairylee and ham
Meat paste/pate
Cheddar and ham toastie
Cheddar and pasata toastie (kinda like a pizza toastie )

Others we have now and then:
Thinly sliced beef
thinly sliced chicken (Hannah always dissects and eat seperate like Ellie)
Egg mayo (hit and miss if they eat it or not)
Tuna mayo (Hannah will eat but Thomas wont)

xx

BabyMilly wrote:

Omg Lisa! I would love to be my mummy, they look fab and I'm going to try them with Ellie tomorrow

Hope she likes them! Izzy is a 'pull-apart' kind gal with normal butties...which defeats the object of me spending 5 minutes making it really...so these work well for her!


The best fillings I've found for the are thinly cut cheese or grated cheese, tuna mayo, egg mayo and ham...salad is the worst, although tomato and cucumber when done thin enough can work ok

going to try that idea Lisa, Ava pulls hers apart but just licks the butter off and leaves everything else.

hahah Izzy is a butter licker too!!

Rowan will only eat butter or just plain bread. he does have ham every now and then but takes it out of the sandwich. he wont eat anything else, have tried cheese, tuna, chicken, pate but he either throws it in the bin or says i cant eat it

Imogen's not that good at eating sandwiches anymore, she used to love them. most of the time she had jam sandwiches, or soft cheese, she loves proper cheese now and ham (altho will pull it apart). Could try some spreads.. We need to start trying more but so many spreads have mayo and Immi was allergic but luckily seems to have grown out of it.

Chloe likes cheese and marmite, or cheese and pickle, ham, chicken, tuna and sweetcorn, salmon, paste, peanut butter, egg, prawn Mayo, cream cheese

fussypants benji will only get soft cheese or butter...
struggling too for ideas, so thanks for all the ideas ladies
ps. lisa i also wish you were my mummy those sarnies look awesome!!

Thank ladies. Will try some of these ideas

I didn't make those actual ones by the way...Izzy isn't a fan of chives

I've just given my two their first pin wheel sarnies (double cheese) and they are loving them - thanks Lisa!!

xx

alfie hates sandwiches. i try to get him to eat them and have tried loads but he isnt a fan. he just turns his head and goes "no no no no", x

Peanut butter, phili, ham, dairylea, ham, regular cheese, jam, nutella for the odd treat, marmite

elijah will only eat marks and spencer just cheese sandwiches, he's just not into any other sandwichy treat

lewis only eats bread and butter, or with a very thin layer of jam, anything with 'bits' in he picks out, it drives me nuts

he used to love tuna mayo, but now just plays with it :s