Whats in Your Fridge and Cupboards?

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The alcohol has sat in there untouched for two months.

I'm thinking Aspergian mutant just wants to know whether he's on the right track ... thinking he needs detailed description... it's hard to know what they should be eating at what age, whether it still should be baby food or not.
I personally "modelled/copied" an aquaintance when I had my first kid.. I was 21, in spirit a teenager, and realised that 2 year olds didn't do well on pizza, late nights ect.. my lifestyle before having kids. Kids don't come with instruction pamphlets.. you have to learn somehow... maybe I misunderstood what AM wanted?

Our fridge and pantry are overflowing, so I'm just going to answer the second question. Here is what is in my kitchen that my 2 year old eats:

Breakfast:
Cold cereal (Life, Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch for a treat)
Homemade sweet breads (banana bread, coffee cake, friendship bread, cinnamon rolls)
Naked Juice (a brand of 100% fruit smoothie...contains all the fiber of real fruit)
100% Juice cran-raspberry (only small amounts, though...too much sugar!)
Melon, cut into cubes
Bagels with cream cheese
Toast
Scrambled eggs

Snack:
Ritz crackers
Apple slices
Banana
Goldfish

Lunch:
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (about 1/2 of any sandwich)
Tuna salad sandwich
Lunchmeat and cheese sandwich
Cheese and crackers
Grapes
Apple slices
Pita bread and hummus

Dinner
She really just eats a smaller serving of what I eat...
Tuna noodle casserole
Sausage sandwiches
Spaghetti
Baked chicken
Pot roast
Fresh steamed veggies
Rice
Pasta

Junk food
Fruit snacks
Teddy Grahams
Cookies
Ice cream
Brownies
(We occasionally use the first two as a snack, but mostly these all qualify as "treats")

The important things are to offer a variety of healthy foods, and don't be upset or irritated if she only takes one bite and feels full. Toddlers naturally eat to meet their caloric needs, and when we force them to eat more we breed a tendency to obesity.

What on earth are "goldfish"?
(we don 't have them here - I'm imagining a two year old with a little fishie!!)

goldfish are small cheese crackers shaped like goldfish..........now they come in different flavors, colors, and you can even get pretzel goldfish.

Chicken, pork chops, cheese sticks, cheese, milk, eggs, veggies, yogurt, cottage cheese, 3 kinds of salad dressing, ketchup, pickles, lunch meats, carrots, mayo, 2 kinds of mustered, blueberries, strawberries, avocados, potatoes, icecream, icepops, breads,

Nothing! Just bought a house and have not moved in yet.

My son ate so many foods, back then, unlike now. The main thing is to avoid choking hazards, otherwise they can eat a wide array of foods. If you are eating foods that are healthy, just make sure you omit choking hazards.

I used to shred up meat for him. He ate homemade lasagne, etc. We also had the obligatory crackers, Cheerios, bread etc.

His diet is more restricted now, than then.

Cheese keeps cropping up in these lists. Making me hungry for it.

Fridge
Milk is a staple. Eggs too- though they stay until I have the craving.
Cheese when I can afford it (the cheap brick stuff).
Vegetables (peppers, broccolli, zucchini, tomatoes, cauliflower, asparagus, onions). Meats.
Butter. And whatever leftovers I had from the night before.

One of the best things my mom did for me is involve me in the kitchen throughout my childhood. I can cook.

I tend not to get fruits much, and the only condiment regularly found in my fridge is dijon mustard.
I always plan to drink more juices, but never remember to buy them. Apple juice is the one exception.

Cupboards/Shelves
Peanut Butter. Saltines. Bread. Bananas (ooh a fruit!). Rice. More peanut Butter.
Garlic (real garlic - the dehydrated stuff is evil, as is the garlic salt. Processing poisons!).
Spices. More Spices. Tomato pastes and Sauces. Tuna. Cans of (assorted) Beans. Cornmeal
Kraft Dinner (which usually sits for about 8 months before it's all eaten over three or four days).
Tea! Sugar (brown). Flour. Olive oil. Vegetable oil. Canned mussels/sardines. Canned soups.
Lentils (which don't get used as much as they should), and sometimes noodles (again not used much).
Cereal - usually corn flakes, or rice crispies.
Mini Wheats and Cheerios make it in there too, but are bad for me.

I just realized this is in parent's discussion... why?