Snacks before bed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, your teenage son has to sneak food after you go to bed because you won’t allow him to eat?

Here’s a hint—you can’t feed your teenage son your middle aged DC anorexic mom diet.

Also-your teenage son is perfectly capable of fixing his own snack. Unless he has an eating disorder himself, he should have the run of the kitchen to eat when he’s hungry. Keep good snacks and ingredients on hand.

OP never said an age.

True, but even a nine year old tween is capable (or at least, SHOULD be capable) of making their own snacks and some simple meals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- growing up I was always told to not eat right before bed because food can’t be digested. I am new to this!

I know he is hungry so that’s why I am looking for something healthy and fills him up.

Love all of these ideas! Thank you.

PP with the carrots... one of my strategies with veggies and fruit (and I know this is not unique) is basically to have a bottomless veggie and fruit option. So, I may say, well, you can have two girl scout cookies, OR as many carrots as you can carry to your room (so long as you don't leave them in there for weeks). And being a dumb (but beloved) boy, he always goes for the bottomless carrots. Now he loves carrots. With my daughter it's cherries. She whines for candy and as she starts to get very upset, I say, "Well, don't tell mom, but you can have as many cherries as you want, but just today." Both kids have sweet tooths but both eat insane amounts of fruits and vegetables.

You want your almost teenage son to eat nothing but carrots when he is hungry after dinner? That’s cool for a 5yo who is stalling bedtime, but it’s bot nearly enough calories for a teenager who is about to shoot up in height! How about carrots and pita and hummus or something?

I don't want my teenage son to eat anything! He helps himself to it!

And it's not his only meal of the day! With his sports schedule, he'll typically have a hearty snack, go to practice, come home, shower, have dinner, watch some TV, eat a dessert, chug some glasses of milk, and then fix himself his bedtime snack and head upstairs to read.

I tell him he can't have candy, cookies or cake, but he can have anything fruit, vegetable or nuts (so long as he pays attention to the serving size) he wants. He sometimes will create a fruit bowl or maybe celery and peanut butter. But carrots are his favorite. We buy baby carrots in bulk. If I buy whole carrots, he'll eat them, skin on, before I can clean them up for him. He wouldn't eat hummus if you held a gun to his head.

My biggest concern is nothing that leaves crumbs everywhere in his room and I don't love the peanut butter because he finds a way to smear it everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here- my son is 10.

Don't worry about the weirdos—stock some healthy food and make him feel like it's his idea. Whether it's carrots, apples, hummus and pita (a nod to the crazy dude), there's nothing wrong with eating at bed time and let him fill up on good stuff.

[Anonymous]

Oatmeal with fruit would be good

[Anonymous]

https://youtu.be/llMvol_VEEs?si=X-QoQDaoEIl9BnMj

This video gives tips on the digestion side. Nothing with too much fiber or fat veggies are included in that.
Good snacks from video; string cheese, cottage cheese, oatmeal, banana, waffle with a little peanut butter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://youtu.be/llMvol_VEEs?si=X-QoQDaoEIl9BnMj

This video gives tips on the digestion side. Nothing with too much fiber or fat veggies are included in that.
Good snacks from video; string cheese, cottage cheese, oatmeal, banana, waffle with a little peanut butter.

yikes, not a doctor, and some of those suggestions like milk and molasses will make your dentist's hair stand on end... but the bottom line is you know what healthy food is, and if it's something you feel good with your kid eating during the day, let them have it at night. some people think veggies have too much fiber, but also you will not find a doctor who will tell you that your kids should eat less veggies—if they're willing to eat it, especially anything green, at any time, day or night, they should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- growing up I was always told to not eat right before bed because food can’t be digested. I am new to this!

I know he is hungry so that’s why I am looking for something healthy and fills him up.

Love all of these ideas! Thank you.

PP with the carrots... one of my strategies with veggies and fruit (and I know this is not unique) is basically to have a bottomless veggie and fruit option. So, I may say, well, you can have two girl scout cookies, OR as many carrots as you can carry to your room (so long as you don't leave them in there for weeks). And being a dumb (but beloved) boy, he always goes for the bottomless carrots. Now he loves carrots. With my daughter it's cherries. She whines for candy and as she starts to get very upset, I say, "Well, don't tell mom, but you can have as many cherries as you want, but just today." Both kids have sweet tooths but both eat insane amounts of fruits and vegetables.

You want your almost teenage son to eat nothing but carrots when he is hungry after dinner? That’s cool for a 5yo who is stalling bedtime, but it’s bot nearly enough calories for a teenager who is about to shoot up in height! How about carrots and pita and hummus or something?

I don't want my teenage son to eat anything! He helps himself to it!

And it's not his only meal of the day! With his sports schedule, he'll typically have a hearty snack, go to practice, come home, shower, have dinner, watch some TV, eat a dessert, chug some glasses of milk, and then fix himself his bedtime snack and head upstairs to read.

I tell him he can't have candy, cookies or cake, but he can have anything fruit, vegetable or nuts (so long as he pays attention to the serving size) he wants. He sometimes will create a fruit bowl or maybe celery and peanut butter. But carrots are his favorite. We buy baby carrots in bulk. If I buy whole carrots, he'll eat them, skin on, before I can clean them up for him. He wouldn't eat hummus if you held a gun to his head.

My biggest concern is nothing that leaves crumbs everywhere in his room and I don't love the peanut butter because he finds a way to smear it everywhere.

Okay. OP, firstly, just make a rule that there's no food allowed in kids bedrooms, ever. They can have water overnight and that's it. The produce or nuts he's eating after dessert is not going to fill him up. He needs heartier food than that. Or, try giving him a heartier dessert- chocolate ice cream, but add peanut butter, banana and nuts to it. See if that helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- growing up I was always told to not eat right before bed because food can’t be digested. I am new to this!

I know he is hungry so that’s why I am looking for something healthy and fills him up.

Love all of these ideas! Thank you.

PP with the carrots... one of my strategies with veggies and fruit (and I know this is not unique) is basically to have a bottomless veggie and fruit option. So, I may say, well, you can have two girl scout cookies, OR as many carrots as you can carry to your room (so long as you don't leave them in there for weeks). And being a dumb (but beloved) boy, he always goes for the bottomless carrots. Now he loves carrots. With my daughter it's cherries. She whines for candy and as she starts to get very upset, I say, "Well, don't tell mom, but you can have as many cherries as you want, but just today." Both kids have sweet tooths but both eat insane amounts of fruits and vegetables.

You want your almost teenage son to eat nothing but carrots when he is hungry after dinner? That’s cool for a 5yo who is stalling bedtime, but it’s bot nearly enough calories for a teenager who is about to shoot up in height! How about carrots and pita and hummus or something?

I don't want my teenage son to eat anything! He helps himself to it!

And it's not his only meal of the day! With his sports schedule, he'll typically have a hearty snack, go to practice, come home, shower, have dinner, watch some TV, eat a dessert, chug some glasses of milk, and then fix himself his bedtime snack and head upstairs to read.

I tell him he can't have candy, cookies or cake, but he can have anything fruit, vegetable or nuts (so long as he pays attention to the serving size) he wants. He sometimes will create a fruit bowl or maybe celery and peanut butter. But carrots are his favorite. We buy baby carrots in bulk. If I buy whole carrots, he'll eat them, skin on, before I can clean them up for him. He wouldn't eat hummus if you held a gun to his head.

My biggest concern is nothing that leaves crumbs everywhere in his room and I don't love the peanut butter because he finds a way to smear it everywhere.

Okay. OP, firstly, just make a rule that there's no food allowed in kids bedrooms, ever. They can have water overnight and that's it. The produce or nuts he's eating after dessert is not going to fill him up. He needs heartier food than that. Or, try giving him a heartier dessert- chocolate ice cream, but add peanut butter, banana and nuts to it. See if that helps.

No, everything is going great. He’s happy, we’re happy and his doctor is very happy and encouraged us. Doesn’t love all the milk but it’s skim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- growing up I was always told to not eat right before bed because food can’t be digested. I am new to this!

I know he is hungry so that’s why I am looking for something healthy and fills him up.

Love all of these ideas! Thank you.

PP with the carrots... one of my strategies with veggies and fruit (and I know this is not unique) is basically to have a bottomless veggie and fruit option. So, I may say, well, you can have two girl scout cookies, OR as many carrots as you can carry to your room (so long as you don't leave them in there for weeks). And being a dumb (but beloved) boy, he always goes for the bottomless carrots. Now he loves carrots. With my daughter it's cherries. She whines for candy and as she starts to get very upset, I say, "Well, don't tell mom, but you can have as many cherries as you want, but just today." Both kids have sweet tooths but both eat insane amounts of fruits and vegetables.

You want your almost teenage son to eat nothing but carrots when he is hungry after dinner? That’s cool for a 5yo who is stalling bedtime, but it’s bot nearly enough calories for a teenager who is about to shoot up in height! How about carrots and pita and hummus or something?

I don't want my teenage son to eat anything! He helps himself to it!

And it's not his only meal of the day! With his sports schedule, he'll typically have a hearty snack, go to practice, come home, shower, have dinner, watch some TV, eat a dessert, chug some glasses of milk, and then fix himself his bedtime snack and head upstairs to read.

I tell him he can't have candy, cookies or cake, but he can have anything fruit, vegetable or nuts (so long as he pays attention to the serving size) he wants. He sometimes will create a fruit bowl or maybe celery and peanut butter. But carrots are his favorite. We buy baby carrots in bulk. If I buy whole carrots, he'll eat them, skin on, before I can clean them up for him. He wouldn't eat hummus if you held a gun to his head.

My biggest concern is nothing that leaves crumbs everywhere in his room and I don't love the peanut butter because he finds a way to smear it everywhere.

Okay. OP, firstly, just make a rule that there's no food allowed in kids bedrooms, ever. They can have water overnight and that's it. The produce or nuts he's eating after dessert is not going to fill him up. He needs heartier food than that. Or, try giving him a heartier dessert- chocolate ice cream, but add peanut butter, banana and nuts to it. See if that helps.

No, everything is going great. He’s happy, we’re happy and his doctor is very happy and encouraged us. Doesn’t love all the milk but it’s skim.

Am I in cuckoo land? Whole milk is bad for a growing boy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- growing up I was always told to not eat right before bed because food can’t be digested. I am new to this!

I know he is hungry so that’s why I am looking for something healthy and fills him up.

Love all of these ideas! Thank you.

PP with the carrots... one of my strategies with veggies and fruit (and I know this is not unique) is basically to have a bottomless veggie and fruit option. So, I may say, well, you can have two girl scout cookies, OR as many carrots as you can carry to your room (so long as you don't leave them in there for weeks). And being a dumb (but beloved) boy, he always goes for the bottomless carrots. Now he loves carrots. With my daughter it's cherries. She whines for candy and as she starts to get very upset, I say, "Well, don't tell mom, but you can have as many cherries as you want, but just today." Both kids have sweet tooths but both eat insane amounts of fruits and vegetables.

You want your almost teenage son to eat nothing but carrots when he is hungry after dinner? That’s cool for a 5yo who is stalling bedtime, but it’s bot nearly enough calories for a teenager who is about to shoot up in height! How about carrots and pita and hummus or something?

I don't want my teenage son to eat anything! He helps himself to it!

And it's not his only meal of the day! With his sports schedule, he'll typically have a hearty snack, go to practice, come home, shower, have dinner, watch some TV, eat a dessert, chug some glasses of milk, and then fix himself his bedtime snack and head upstairs to read.

I tell him he can't have candy, cookies or cake, but he can have anything fruit, vegetable or nuts (so long as he pays attention to the serving size) he wants. He sometimes will create a fruit bowl or maybe celery and peanut butter. But carrots are his favorite. We buy baby carrots in bulk. If I buy whole carrots, he'll eat them, skin on, before I can clean them up for him. He wouldn't eat hummus if you held a gun to his head.

My biggest concern is nothing that leaves crumbs everywhere in his room and I don't love the peanut butter because he finds a way to smear it everywhere.

Okay. OP, firstly, just make a rule that there's no food allowed in kids bedrooms, ever. They can have water overnight and that's it. The produce or nuts he's eating after dessert is not going to fill him up. He needs heartier food than that. Or, try giving him a heartier dessert- chocolate ice cream, but add peanut butter, banana and nuts to it. See if that helps.

No, everything is going great. He’s happy, we’re happy and his doctor is very happy and encouraged us. Doesn’t love all the milk but it’s skim.

Am I in cuckoo land? Whole milk is bad for a growing boy?

It’s very bad for your teeth; according to our dentist.

Doctor prefers he drinks water, but if he’s going to drink milk, recommends skim because of the fat content. DS drinks skim anyway because both my wife and I grew up on it and it’s what has always been in the fridge.

He drinks at least half a gallon a day, so at that rate I don’t think the doctor is wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here- growing up I was always told to not eat right before bed because food can’t be digested. I am new to this!

I know he is hungry so that’s why I am looking for something healthy and fills him up.

Love all of these ideas! Thank you.

It digests slower at night. But still digests.

Does he like veggies? The PP mentioning the carrots had a good idea.. as long as yo kid likes carrots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- growing up I was always told to not eat right before bed because food can’t be digested. I am new to this!

I know he is hungry so that’s why I am looking for something healthy and fills him up.

Love all of these ideas! Thank you.

PP with the carrots... one of my strategies with veggies and fruit (and I know this is not unique) is basically to have a bottomless veggie and fruit option. So, I may say, well, you can have two girl scout cookies, OR as many carrots as you can carry to your room (so long as you don't leave them in there for weeks). And being a dumb (but beloved) boy, he always goes for the bottomless carrots. Now he loves carrots. With my daughter it's cherries. She whines for candy and as she starts to get very upset, I say, "Well, don't tell mom, but you can have as many cherries as you want, but just today." Both kids have sweet tooths but both eat insane amounts of fruits and vegetables.

You want your almost teenage son to eat nothing but carrots when he is hungry after dinner? That’s cool for a 5yo who is stalling bedtime, but it’s bot nearly enough calories for a teenager who is about to shoot up in height! How about carrots and pita and hummus or something?

I don't want my teenage son to eat anything! He helps himself to it!

And it's not his only meal of the day! With his sports schedule, he'll typically have a hearty snack, go to practice, come home, shower, have dinner, watch some TV, eat a dessert, chug some glasses of milk, and then fix himself his bedtime snack and head upstairs to read.

I tell him he can't have candy, cookies or cake, but he can have anything fruit, vegetable or nuts (so long as he pays attention to the serving size) he wants. He sometimes will create a fruit bowl or maybe celery and peanut butter. But carrots are his favorite. We buy baby carrots in bulk. If I buy whole carrots, he'll eat them, skin on, before I can clean them up for him. He wouldn't eat hummus if you held a gun to his head.

My biggest concern is nothing that leaves crumbs everywhere in his room and I don't love the peanut butter because he finds a way to smear it everywhere.

Okay. OP, firstly, just make a rule that there's no food allowed in kids bedrooms, ever. They can have water overnight and that's it. The produce or nuts he's eating after dessert is not going to fill him up. He needs heartier food than that. Or, try giving him a heartier dessert- chocolate ice cream, but add peanut butter, banana and nuts to it. See if that helps.

Why would nuts not be filling?

[Anonymous]

If he's not allergic, a perfect before bedtime snack is a single serving of nuts. Good for the heart, the brain, the gut and the mix of protein, fiber and healthy fat will be a nice slow burn overnight.

[Anonymous]

Popcorn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- growing up I was always told to not eat right before bed because food can’t be digested. I am new to this!

I know he is hungry so that’s why I am looking for something healthy and fills him up.

Love all of these ideas! Thank you.

PP with the carrots... one of my strategies with veggies and fruit (and I know this is not unique) is basically to have a bottomless veggie and fruit option. So, I may say, well, you can have two girl scout cookies, OR as many carrots as you can carry to your room (so long as you don't leave them in there for weeks). And being a dumb (but beloved) boy, he always goes for the bottomless carrots. Now he loves carrots. With my daughter it's cherries. She whines for candy and as she starts to get very upset, I say, "Well, don't tell mom, but you can have as many cherries as you want, but just today." Both kids have sweet tooths but both eat insane amounts of fruits and vegetables.

You want your almost teenage son to eat nothing but carrots when he is hungry after dinner? That’s cool for a 5yo who is stalling bedtime, but it’s bot nearly enough calories for a teenager who is about to shoot up in height! How about carrots and pita and hummus or something?

I don't want my teenage son to eat anything! He helps himself to it!

And it's not his only meal of the day! With his sports schedule, he'll typically have a hearty snack, go to practice, come home, shower, have dinner, watch some TV, eat a dessert, chug some glasses of milk, and then fix himself his bedtime snack and head upstairs to read.

I tell him he can't have candy, cookies or cake, but he can have anything fruit, vegetable or nuts (so long as he pays attention to the serving size) he wants. He sometimes will create a fruit bowl or maybe celery and peanut butter. But carrots are his favorite. We buy baby carrots in bulk. If I buy whole carrots, he'll eat them, skin on, before I can clean them up for him. He wouldn't eat hummus if you held a gun to his head.

My biggest concern is nothing that leaves crumbs everywhere in his room and I don't love the peanut butter because he finds a way to smear it everywhere.

Okay. OP, firstly, just make a rule that there's no food allowed in kids bedrooms, ever. They can have water overnight and that's it. The produce or nuts he's eating after dessert is not going to fill him up. He needs heartier food than that. Or, try giving him a heartier dessert- chocolate ice cream, but add peanut butter, banana and nuts to it. See if that helps.

No, everything is going great. He’s happy, we’re happy and his doctor is very happy and encouraged us. Doesn’t love all the milk but it’s skim.

Am I in cuckoo land? Whole milk is bad for a growing boy?

I don’t think either of these people are OP