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[quote=Anonymous]My boys are both at the very end of the weight AND height scales.

DS is 5:
Breakfast - a bread item, a protein, fruit (small apple, half a banana, small orange, cup of grapes, etc.), and milk (about 3/4 cup or so). Yesterday's breakfast was yoplait yogurt, Kashi cereal bar, apple, and milk.

Typical lunch - half a sandwich, about 1/2 - 3/4 Goldfish, pretzels, or similar, 3/4-1 cup fruit, 1/2-3/4 veggies, and milk. Occasionally, there is a small treat in the lunch, like  4-5 jellybeans or a peppermint, depending upon behavior.

Snack varies from a snack-type item to fruit to nuts and raisins. We try to keep the snack to around 100 calories or so and try to buy more healthy snack items like Kashi products, or things with lower sugar content, or things with minimal dyes and unnatural ingredients.

Dinner is similar to lunch, but more veggies and less bread. My older son usually asks for seconds, which we try to keep an eye on.

Small pre-bedtime snack.

Typically, my kids drink water and milk. They occasionally get juice and hot cocoa.

I've got two boys, who typically like to eat and love to talk. They have come home with uneaten food. I've warned them that their main focus during lunch is supposed to be eating and that if lunch is not eaten because they chose to talk and goof around during lunch, then I would pack less food. It has seriously cut down on the amount of uneaten food.[/quote]

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