Would I be a bad mom if....?

Question

I fed my kids hotdogs and cut fruit for dinner? I'm so tired and absolutely not feeling well. Last night I grilled steak and we had steamed broccoli and rotini in a white wine sauce (homemade) to go with it.

Answer 1

Give em the hot dogs, you're not a bad mom, you're a tired mom who needs a break.  It happens to all of us and if we don't go with our instincts when we need a break I imagine we would have to have a section on Answers titled...."Psychotic Parents."

Answer 2

I always feel guilty too!! Iam pregnant with #4 and I have turned to easy quick meals for my other three children lately. They still are alive! Lol some days I feel so sick the sight of food makes it worse and they have  to eat!! Hope you feel well

Answer 3

Nothing wrong with hot dogs and fruit!!!

Answer 4

Hotdogs and fruit sound great ... once in a while. I'd say no more than once or twice a week without working in some vegies and chicken/beef/pork somewhere.

Answer 5

My oldest is so picky he eats PB sandwiches at least once a day, with grapes, and won't eat veggies. I almost laughed out loud at the question - I'm not making fun of you, but you're obviously doing a great job if you're worried that hot dogs and cut fruit make you a bad mom! They will be FINE!

Answer 6

yum  sounds good to me hun

Answer 7

A good dinner for kids is anything they will eat. Grilled cheese and soup, hotdogs and fruit, pb&j. Hotdogs every meal of everyday isn't good but they don't need a three course meal either.

I work third shift and sometimes I am just to tired to make myself something let alone my kids so every now and then they have a micro meal.

Don't feel like you are being a bad mom. If your kids like hotdogs make them some. They won't see you as a bad mom so don't worry about what other people think.

Sometimes you just need a break.

Answer 8

kids will eat just about whatever you put in front of them as long as they like it. i've learned that they dont care of you made it from scratch or made it from a box, if they like it they are going to eat it. if they like hotdogs and fruit, give it to them for dinner. they arent going to complain, and you just ned to take a little "unmommy" time and relax, try to start feeling better!

Answer 9

That would not be bad at all.  That is perfectly fine.

Answer 10

it's perfectly fine.  Heck, my son had fruit loops for dinner last night (it's what he wanted and he ate right the rest of the day so I wasn't gonna fight it)

A well-balanced diet is important, but that doesn't mean EVERY meal they ever eat has to be healthy.

Answer 11

(??) you would be a bad mom if you didn't feed your kids all together....don't be so hard on yourself, take care of you first:)

Answer 12

No lol You are a Mom but your also human.

Answer 13

I guess that I'm a terrible Mom. I fix my kids sliced hotdogs and canned fruit every other day for lunch.

One day last week, I even *gasp* fed them cereal for dinner!

Relax...you aren't superwoman. We can't all be Martha Stewart. And about the steak and rotini with wine sauce...wow! Can I send my kids to your house for supper?! Send a doggy bag with the oldest one!

Answer 14

Yes its perfectly fine and dandy. My sons favorite food in the world is hotdogs. In fact in most cafateria school lunches thats exactly what they feed kids.

Answer 15

Oh my gosh no!  hot dogs and cut fruit is a perfectly acceptable dinner, even if you feel 100%.  Cut yourself some slack.  Hope you feel better soon!

Answer 16

No. That seems fine. It's not like you are doing that every night. It's better than McDonald's. You are a good mom because you care. You show it by asking a question like this.

Answer 17

If you did it every night?  Then, well, you wouldn't be making good nutrition choices for your kids - that's certain.

But, once in a while, it's perfectly fine.  

Last night, my kids had (frozen - not homemade) pot pies for dinner.  

At 8:30pm!  

Life gets crazy sometimes & part of being a good parent is being able to roll with it all & still meet your children's needs.

Answer 18

its fine atleast ou gave them fruit . i mean your not a super-mom . they understand just atleast dont keep feeding them junk and every week have a extremely healthy meal.

Answer 19

Not at all - everyone needs a night off once in awhile.

Answer 20

Lol! Are you serious? That would be perfectly fine for dinner, even if you weren't feeling bad. I hope you get well soon!!=]

Answer 21

Hahaha... some of my favorite dinners growing up were hot dogs and raw baby carrots with ranch dressing and sunday nights we had ice cream for dinner (but we ate an actual lunch!). so it definately doesn't make you a bad mom.

Answer 22

lord no you are not a bad mother that sounds okay for dinner it don't always have to be a five course meal and some kids would rather have a simple dinner like that

Answer 23

If you think you are a bad mom for offering hotdogs, you might be pretty hard on yourself for other things too.  

Hotdogs are fine.  Fruit is GREAT.  This is really no-big-deal.  Just keep telling yourself that for all the other things you might feel makes you a bad mom too.  No-big-deal.  And while you are at it, add "I-am-a GREAT-mom"!

Answer 24

Good Lord!  You are feeding your kids better than I feed my husband!  He may want to go live at your house!  You are doing great!  Just send him home!

Answer 25

No, you're only a bad mom if you don't feed your kids at all.  Nothing wrong with hot dogs and fruit once in a while.

Answer 26

Heck no...     grill them outside...  mm mm good.