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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have one mid-morning snack and one mid-afternoon snack.  We are not feeding them snacks on demand.  Snacks are things like cheese, pretzels, fresh fruit or veggies, nuts, yogurt, raisins or other dried fruit, peanut butter and crackers, or fig bars.

Carbs are fine; lots of highly processed carbs without a lot of fiber or protein aren't great.  [/quote]

This is what we do too and we try to really prioritize it so they can count on it, that way we don't have to do the dance as much. Generally no snacking in between these because it's usually only about 2 hours time, if hungry I mention that lunch (or if it's after lunch, the next snack) is x amount of time away and that it's okay to feel a little hungry before a meal, that's normal. I read somewhere that normalizing being hungry before a meal is helpful - we don't always have to satiate our hunger at every moment. This made sense to me so I went with it. If they are starving, growth spurts, whatever, we adjust but try to be consistent with the adjustment, it's not like we're militant.  Although as others mentioned it's sometimes hard since snacking is so big with others, I feel like everywhere we go the parents always have snacks out so I don't like, prevent him from partaking with other kids during those times. But that's our general approach.

I agree with the person who said your kids are probably genuinely hungry now after daycare, so it will take some time to switch. Your body really does adjust to be hungry at the times you generally eat. That's why the set (with some flexibility) snack and meal times work well. I think this is why you don't see kids snacking/begging all day at daycare, they are ok because they know when to expect the next meal or snack and it's consistent. [/quote]

Also want to clarify that we never restrict amounts at the planned snacks and meals. They can eat as much or as little as they want. Reading this back it sounds like oh i'm like oh it's cool you're hungry! I'll feed you a carrot later! :)[/quote]

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