Mum mercilessly trolled after she shares her one-year-old’s lunch & there’s one ingredient that has everyone talking
A MUM of three has revealed what she gives her kids for dinner - but mum-shamers have been quick to comment on her cooking skills.
Alexandra Sabol regularly home cooks for her family of six, which includes the kids, herself, her friend and her boyfriend.
And despite going through a lot of effort to cook the meals from scratch, Alexandra has found that she is being criticised.
Many people have something negative to say about her cooking style, and what she gives her kids to eat as they think meals she cooks for them are “not healthy” enough.
Alexandra often shares her meal preps and food shops to her TikTok page, which currently has over 237k followers.
She says: “I’m not a regular mum, I’m a cool mum.”
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Alexandra cooks a variety of meals and snacks for her kids, and one of them included bbq chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes, mad and cheese, and carrots “for the kiddos.”
In one video, in which Alexandra can be seen plating up the dinner, her child can be heard talking about the green beans.
They said: “I’ll try it, even though I don’t like them.”
She then can be seen opening a packet of Cheetos, and sprinkling them over the mash potato, which caused quite the reaction in her comments section.
“All good, but Cheetos on the mash?!” one questioned.
Alexandra finishes the meal off with adding Apples to the side, and a glass of milk.
Talking highly of the dinner, she says: “It’s a win for all three kids tonight.”
The video has gone viral, with nearly one million views in under 24 hours and over a thousand comments.
Some questioned the amount of carbs she had given her children on one plate.
One wrote: “Potatoes and mac ‘n’ cheese?”
Others were proud of her, as they said it was “much better” and “healthier” than previous meals she has given her kids.
In another video uploaded to her social media account, many were worried if she ever gave her kids “anything fresh?” or asked if she gave them “any vegetables”.
I'd rather my baby to eat than make y'all happy, I'm still gonna feed my kids how I want to
Alexandra Sabol, USA
Alexandra showed off her huge food shop, which mainly included ready-made items, as well as tinned foods and piles of instant mash potatoes.
And she also showed off what she gives her one year old to eat for lunch.
Five easy tips to get your food-fussy kids trying and enjoying healthy meals
By Emily Leary, who wrote Get Your Kids To Eat Anything,
- PUT UNFAMILIAR FOODS WITH FAMILIAR: Start gently with variety at mealtimes. Introduce small elements of unfamiliar colour, flavour or texture into family favourites.
Change meals they like just enough to start experimenting with variety.
If you were to make fish fingers, chips and peas. How could you do it differently? Could you use a different type of fish, could you use sweet potato fries? Could you use lentils rather than mince if preparing spaghetti bolognese? - IF YOU’RE INVESTED, YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE, TOO: Leading by example is hugely important, since youngsters acquire behaviours from the significant role models around them.
If you’re veg phobic or eat the same thing every single night, chances are your children will, too. Take care to express positive emotions, verbally and non-verbally, around the food you are enjoying together. It will go a long way. - MAKE FOOD FUN BY DESIGNING A COLOURFUL MEAL TOGETHER: We grow up being told not to play with our food, but when what’s on our plate looks inspiring, we are more inclined to eat it.
Design a meal with five different colours in it.
Think about how the ingredients go together and how you could cook or mix them. - PUT THE OCCASION BACK INTO MEALTIMES: Meals are much more than just food, they’re about getting together socially.
When everyone at the table is happy and comfortable, food becomes a joy, not a chore. So what can we do to enhance that experience and create the perfect environment that is conducive to happy, healthy varied family mealtimes?
Take time to think about how you normally share your meals. Do you all eat at the same time or separately? - INVOLVE CHILDREN IN THE COOKING PROCESS: Whether it’s grating cheese, stirring ingredients, kneading bread or pouring pie fillings into their cases, children are much more likely to be accepting of the finished result if they have seen what goes into it.
If they’ve helped along the way, they will hopefully feel proud of their efforts and want to enjoy their food. Give your child an age-appropriate job at every meal and keep things fun.
It consisted of chicken nuggets, as well as a fruit pouch and Cheetos on the side, whilst also having a Capri-Sun on the side.
Many were gobsmacked, writing: ''Omg, I thought those were carrots.. but Cheetos?!''
Another added: ''Someone please stop her! Why is she feeding her child this crap? She‘s making her sick!”
But Alexandra doesn’t let the mum-shamers get to her, and hits back by saying how it’s difficult to feed her daughter vegetables “as she does not eat them.”
She explained that her son, on the other hand, loved broccoli, and while “plating up vegetables” on camera may make the viewers happy, off-camera they won’t eat it.
Alexandra said: “Because I'd rather my baby to eat than make y'all happy.
''I'm still gonna feed my kids how I want to.''
Is there a health problem in the UK currently?
The Academy of Medical Sciences say lives are being ruined by a rise in unhealthy childhoods.
Some of the UK’s leading health scientists have been urging politicians to act now to boost kids’ wellbeing.
A report warns that failing to address their upbringing around their fifth birthday risks creating a generation with more long-term illnesses.
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If things aren’t addressed in this “crucial” window, scientists warn that it will place a huge economic strain on the country.
The Academy's paper which is called, ‘Prioritising early childhood to promote the nation's health, wellbeing and prosperity', estimates the cost of inaction to be at least £16 billion a year.