Snacks after dinner

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not have a few options? You can’t imagine a world where you are hungry but tired of eating the exact same snack every night?

Why have any options for a bedtime snack if your children eat healthful balanced dinners? Maybe if I had to feed my kids at 4:30 or something but we have dinner at 5:30 and they’re bathed, read to and in bed by 7:30. They get the option of a banana and milk only if they’re hungry. Stops the stalling and the kitchen is closed.

Some kids are eaters. My 6yo twins were home from school yesterday and ate (each):
Breakfast: 2 eggs, handful of strawberries, 1/2 a sweet potato, bowl of wheat chex and big with 2 refills
Morning snack (crackers)
Lunch: 1/4 a large pepperoni pizza, plus some berries
Pm snack: handful of berries
Dinner: 1 cup cod chowder, 2 English Muffins with butter, 2 sliced apples and a yogurt smoothie popsicle for dessert

[Anonymous]

slice of toast with butter or pb. make the options healthy. if it's healthy stuff and not goldfish, the kid is hungry and not stalling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My six year old eats breakfast, lunch, after school snack and dinner. She eats an early lunch so it's light and then a decent after school snack. If she's hungry after dinner, she's allowed a snack of a fruit or vegetable and a small glass of milk before bed. Lately she's crying every night that she's hungry but won't eat fruit/veggies. I just ignore her, right?

No! She is hungry so give him some food. Who wants a vegetable for a. R
bedtime snack?! Why can't you give her some apple slices with peanut butter. It is cruel and mean to give her broccoli!