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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like my toddlers are snack monsters. And I think I created it. After daycare, they immediately expect a snack on the way home - usually raisins, goldfish, pretzles...something carb-ish out of a bag. They sometimes want a lot of it. On the weekends when we're out and about, I feel like I'm always handing them snacks.

So, my question is, how many snacks are your kids eating? Do you have a "snack time" like they would at daycare or can they get a snack whenever they want? And what are you giving them that is not Goldfish? [/quote]

I occasionally give my kids a snack on the weekends in the afternoon after my youngest wakes up from his nap, but it's almost always fruit.  We occasionally bake (less than once a month), so if we baked something I'll let them have some of that for an afternoon snack.  My kids are in daycare and I think they usually get an afternoon snack there.

My husband picks up my kids from daycare 95+% of the time (daycare is at his work), and he was giving the kids a snack in the car on the way home from daycare.  He went out of town for a few days, and I was doing pickup, and I didn't offer them a snack.  They didn't ask for it (or maybe they did, but they didn't protest too much when I said no), and surprise, surprise, they actually ate all of their dinner.  I was able to convince my husband after that to stop doing the after daycare snack.

We generally don't bring snacks with us when we're out on the weekend.  If you don't have them, they can't eat them.[/quote]

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