Kid is a “snack” fiend

[Anonymous]

Fruits are healthy but not all fruit is filling. I will give my kid an apple or banana with PB if she wants and that would hold her til the next meal…… she could eat 10 strawberries though and be hungry 5 mins later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He needs more protein.

+1. They are not getting enough fat and protein if they are constantly hungry. A lot of snacks are carbs. Then their blood suagr crashes and they till don't feel full.

As log as it is healthy, I let them eat as much as you want, same as 11:47.

I hated times and places where food was restricted. All of those friends whose parents did that have issues with feeling insecure about access to food and still hoard and/or binge.

[Anonymous]

This is such a tangential issue but it’s driving me crazy so I will share. My daughter is 6 and in kindergarten. Several of her friends are constant snackers. We cannot have a play date without the kids asking for 4 snacks in 2 hours. (Asking and receiving from their parents.) That means either their child is unavailable to play for half of the play date because they are snacking or my daughter wants to snack too because other people’s snacks are always interesting! So the play date ends up being a few minutes of playing and then Goldfish and then a few more minutes of playing and then a cookie etc. It’s absurd.

If your child snacks so much that it disrupts their social life, they need a new snacking schedule!

[Anonymous]

OP is a troll.

[Anonymous]

No junk food in the house, OP. Why is that so hard? Were you a teen mom?

[Anonymous]

i make homemade soups several times a week. My kids love that as their snack.

Also, They are allowed to eat as many mandarin oranges, apples, bananas, carrot and celery sticks as they like. I buy the small "kid-sized" apples that are a perfect amount for them.

[Anonymous]

I have this problem and a lot of the suggestions so far seem to misunderstand the problem. I say "no" to my kids requests for snacks all the time. She just asks again in 10 minutes. I say "no, and there will be no snacks until dinner" and then she goes and asks her dad. And so on.

We also exclusively offer health snacks (a fruit or veggie plus a protein, so apple+PB or carrots+hummus or pear+cheese or blueberries+almonds) and we get a LOT of complaints that she doesn't want to eat those. That's what we snack on so I don't care and just say that's what is offered. This does not prevent her from rejecting this snack and then complaining bitterly that she wants goldfish crackers or chocolate. We have never offered these things as snacks outside of like being on an airplane or like my mom will offer that kind of thing when we visit her. I also think she gets junky snacks at school sometimes. But we don't serve it.

Anyway, my kid just ate a lunch of chicken and rice with a yogurt sauce, blueberries, and carrots with hummus. Literally 10 minutes later she said "I'm HUUUUUUUUNGRY, can I have a snack?"

I assume growth spurt and am offering apples but I just heard her asking her dad for crackers. Sigh. I think kids are just like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have this problem and a lot of the suggestions so far seem to misunderstand the problem. I say "no" to my kids requests for snacks all the time. She just asks again in 10 minutes. I say "no, and there will be no snacks until dinner" and then she goes and asks her dad. And so on.

We also exclusively offer health snacks (a fruit or veggie plus a protein, so apple+PB or carrots+hummus or pear+cheese or blueberries+almonds) and we get a LOT of complaints that she doesn't want to eat those. That's what we snack on so I don't care and just say that's what is offered. This does not prevent her from rejecting this snack and then complaining bitterly that she wants goldfish crackers or chocolate. We have never offered these things as snacks outside of like being on an airplane or like my mom will offer that kind of thing when we visit her. I also think she gets junky snacks at school sometimes. But we don't serve it.

Anyway, my kid just ate a lunch of chicken and rice with a yogurt sauce, blueberries, and carrots with hummus. Literally 10 minutes later she said "I'm HUUUUUUUUNGRY, can I have a snack?"

I assume growth spurt and am offering apples but I just heard her asking her dad for crackers. Sigh. I think kids are just like this.

They sre bored and want a snack for entertainment.

[Anonymous]

Whole milk chobani yogurt. Get a zillion of those small containers.

Also my kids love garbonzo beans. Just open the can, rinse, and snack. Very filling.

[Anonymous]

You need hunger crushing combos. People will call me crazy but I limit my kids snacks. They get 2 a day and that’s it. Make sure you’re giving filling snacks and jot just a bunch of fruit or carbs.

Things I give

- Yogurt pouches or yogurt with berries
- Fruit with peanut butter or cheese
- Cheese and crackers
- veggies with hummus or guacamole
- granola bars

I do not allow chips or unhealthy snacks in my house unless it’s a special occasion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have this problem and a lot of the suggestions so far seem to misunderstand the problem. I say "no" to my kids requests for snacks all the time. She just asks again in 10 minutes. I say "no, and there will be no snacks until dinner" and then she goes and asks her dad. And so on.

We also exclusively offer health snacks (a fruit or veggie plus a protein, so apple+PB or carrots+hummus or pear+cheese or blueberries+almonds) and we get a LOT of complaints that she doesn't want to eat those. That's what we snack on so I don't care and just say that's what is offered. This does not prevent her from rejecting this snack and then complaining bitterly that she wants goldfish crackers or chocolate. We have never offered these things as snacks outside of like being on an airplane or like my mom will offer that kind of thing when we visit her. I also think she gets junky snacks at school sometimes. But we don't serve it.

Anyway, my kid just ate a lunch of chicken and rice with a yogurt sauce, blueberries, and carrots with hummus. Literally 10 minutes later she said "I'm HUUUUUUUUNGRY, can I have a snack?"

I assume growth spurt and am offering apples but I just heard her asking her dad for crackers. Sigh. I think kids are just like this.

I totally get this. The only way out is a solid schedule with 3 meals and 2-3 snack times. No deviation otherwise. Also my kids get nothing if they are whiny.

[Anonymous]

How much does he eat at meals? When my kids were 4 they ate more than me. Breakfast would be like two eggs and oatmeal and fruit. For dinner, double helpings of everything. We didn’t do a lot of snacking — some kids have blood sugar issues. But I find the more they snack the less they eat at actual meal time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No junk food in the house, OP. Why is that so hard? Were you a teen mom?

Wait is this a troll comment? If not, it is hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How much does he eat at meals? When my kids were 4 they ate more than me. Breakfast would be like two eggs and oatmeal and fruit. For dinner, double helpings of everything. We didn’t do a lot of snacking — some kids have blood sugar issues. But I find the more they snack the less they eat at actual meal time.

You must not eat a lot then. Or your kids are very impressive eaters!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No junk food in the house, OP. Why is that so hard? Were you a teen mom?

Wait is this a troll comment? If not, it is hilarious.

Is this a junk-food-loving overweight mom/family comment?