Snacks before bed

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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.

This sounds like one big eating disorder waiting to happen.

Uh, yeah. We know these aren’t teens. These are very young kids whose mom is posting on the teen forum. No teen is getting the choice of two cookies or carrots to eat in their bedroom. Unless they are complying and then going to eat the entire box of GS cookies after mom goes to bed because it’s easier than the argument.

DS is 12 and he likes carrots. I'm not mad about it.

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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.

Actually your dr is wrong. And your son would benefit from whole milk, especially if he isn’t feeling full at night. Whole milk is far more satiating that skim, the vitamins in the milk absorb much better, and the impact on tooth decay is no different that skim. They both have the same amount of natural sugars, it’s the fat content that differs. Fat does not contribute to tooth decay.

Well, I could listen to a doctor who endorses the current system which makes my son super happy and healthy... or I could listen to a person on the internet. Hmm.

He likes skim milk. That's what he chooses to drink. Like a lot of people accustomed to drinking skim or 2 percent he finds whole milk to have a funny aftertaste. The dentist is the one with the issue about the milk because of the sugar. I don't anyone thinks that fat in milk causes tooth decay, but I'm glad you clarified.

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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.

This sounds like one big eating disorder waiting to happen.

Only on DCUM would children loving to eat fruits and vegetables be considered an eating disorder.

Giving a growing teen boy nothing but freaking carrots when he is hungry is absolutely insane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

This sounds like one big eating disorder waiting to happen.

Only on DCUM would children loving to eat fruits and vegetables be considered an eating disorder.

Giving a growing teen boy nothing but freaking carrots when he is hungry is absolutely insane.

I love that everyone in this thread is like, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU STILL CHOOSE FOOD FOR A TEENAGER, WHY AREN'T THEY MAKING THEIR OWN SNACKS!" and I let my tween choose his own snacks and everyone is very mad that he chooses carrots.

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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.

This sounds like one big eating disorder waiting to happen.

Only on DCUM would children loving to eat fruits and vegetables be considered an eating disorder.

Giving a growing teen boy nothing but freaking carrots when he is hungry is absolutely insane.

I love that everyone in this thread is like, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU STILL CHOOSE FOOD FOR A TEENAGER, WHY AREN'T THEY MAKING THEIR OWN SNACKS!" and I let my tween choose his own snacks and everyone is very mad that he chooses carrots.

You’re giving the choice of 2 small cookies or unlimited carrots

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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.

This sounds like one big eating disorder waiting to happen.

Only on DCUM would children loving to eat fruits and vegetables be considered an eating disorder.

Giving a growing teen boy nothing but freaking carrots when he is hungry is absolutely insane.

I love that everyone in this thread is like, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU STILL CHOOSE FOOD FOR A TEENAGER, WHY AREN'T THEY MAKING THEIR OWN SNACKS!" and I let my tween choose his own snacks and everyone is very mad that he chooses carrots.

You’re giving the choice of 2 small cookies or unlimited carrots

No you misrepresent her. Unlimited *fruit or vegetables* or cookies, and he then *chooses* carrots. Because just giving her growing teen cherries is SO much better

My teen likes carrots, too. Alongside food with actual substantial caloric content. So he eats stuff like pasta, steak, fried rice, etc. before bed. And some fruit and veggies.

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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.

This sounds like one big eating disorder waiting to happen.

Only on DCUM would children loving to eat fruits and vegetables be considered an eating disorder.

Giving a growing teen boy nothing but freaking carrots when he is hungry is absolutely insane.

I love that everyone in this thread is like, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU STILL CHOOSE FOOD FOR A TEENAGER, WHY AREN'T THEY MAKING THEIR OWN SNACKS!" and I let my tween choose his own snacks and everyone is very mad that he chooses carrots.

You’re giving the choice of 2 small cookies or unlimited carrots

No you misrepresent her. Unlimited *fruit or vegetables* or cookies, and he then *chooses* carrots. Because just giving her growing teen cherries is SO much better

My teen likes carrots, too. Alongside food with actual substantial caloric content. So he eats stuff like pasta, steak, fried rice, etc. before bed. And some fruit and veggies.

I FEED HIM DINNER! I'm not restricting his diet in any way!

He has pasta, steak, chicken, salmon, rice, servings of vegetables, milk for dinner—more than one serving if he wants it. Then he has dessert. Then he's welcome to choose something for a bed time snack—if it's something like cookies, I tell him to respect the serving size. If it's a fruit or vegetable he can have as much as he wants. He's also welcome to get himself some leftovers or anything he didn't finish, but he usually likes to save it for his lunch the next day. He is very happy with the arrangement, very tall, strong and his doctor is extremely pleased with his development and his overall health. He enjoys going up to bed with a book, a large bowl of carrots and a glass of frosty skim milk! It's a good situation!

My only real restrictions are about food being left in his room. If he does choose to have more from dinner, I want him to sit at the table not go eat it with his hands on his couch in his room, which is what he'll do.

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At this age I don’t give my kids snack food or choose their snack- they choose and fix their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At this age I don’t give my kids snack food or choose their snack- they choose and fix their own.

*takes a hard drag on her Virginia Slim*

“I told my ex, ‘Stan, I don’t care what the little rat eats, Joao and I need our private time, I only keep coffee in the house anyway so if you want him to eat something else you can pay for it, you dead way!”

*gulps down rest of plastic goblet of vodka and grape juice*

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My kids always have a s can before bed. Often an apple or rice cake and some milk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids always have a s can before bed. Often an apple or rice cake and some milk.

This is going to enrage some posters here, especially if you can't prove your children want this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At this age I don’t give my kids snack food or choose their snack- they choose and fix their own.

*takes a hard drag on her Virginia Slim*

“I told my ex, ‘Stan, I don’t care what the little rat eats, Joao and I need our private time, I only keep coffee in the house anyway so if you want him to eat something else you can pay for it, you dead way!”

*gulps down rest of plastic goblet of vodka and grape juice*

Serious question—do you also judge moms who don’t wipe their teen sons’ butts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At this age I don’t give my kids snack food or choose their snack- they choose and fix their own.

*takes a hard drag on her Virginia Slim*

“I told my ex, ‘Stan, I don’t care what the little rat eats, Joao and I need our private time, I only keep coffee in the house anyway so if you want him to eat something else you can pay for it, you dead way!”

*gulps down rest of plastic goblet of vodka and grape juice*

What the heck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At this age I don’t give my kids snack food or choose their snack- they choose and fix their own.

*takes a hard drag on her Virginia Slim*

“I told my ex, ‘Stan, I don’t care what the little rat eats, Joao and I need our private time, I only keep coffee in the house anyway so if you want him to eat something else you can pay for it, you dead way!”

*gulps down rest of plastic goblet of vodka and grape juice*

Serious question—do you also judge moms who don’t wipe their teen sons’ butts?

This is a super weird thing to ask. And a weird place to jump from "snacks before bed" chat.

[Anonymous]

My teens make food every night. My rules are that they must eat downstairs. No food in their rooms. And they need to clean up the kitchen so it looks the way it did before their snack.

My 16 year old son makes fried rice, frozen meatballs with jarred sauce on Italian bread (like a meatball sub, I guess), sometimes a frozen pizza if he can get his sister to share some with him.

My 13 year old daughter is pickier and not as hungry. Also just more tired/chill in general. I keep strawberry Ensure around for her and she will drink one maybe 2-3 times a week. Sometimes she has an ice cream or something else easy. If her brother is cooking, she may eat some of what he makes, or she may not.

So many of my kids’ friends are Doordashing take out every night. It’s so expensive. I much rather have stuff on hand my kids like that they can make on their own.