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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was like this with my first child, but completely different with my second child.

My first child just didn't seem to need a morning snack, and barely needed an afternoon one either. She was better about sitting at the table for like an hour until she had eaten her whole meal. She also wasn't as active as my second child, and also slept more. I would get annoyed when people offered morning scacks because that usually meant she was too full for lunch, AND I did (and still do) find it inconvenient to take a snack everywhere I go.

Anywayyyy fast forward to my second child. Just a totally different kid. Eats two bites of his meals then is done and zooming around playing. Just more of a grazer - doesn't want to eat big meals. Definitely needs a morning snack and an afternoon snack or will melt down. So that's what we do! And by this age my daughter seems to need them too because she's older and a lot more active than she was as a toddler.[/quote]

Oh, but I will say, I still don't let them run around with snacks. Like I wouldn't let them walk around a playground or museum with a snack container. Playground snack, they come to me and I get their snack container out, then they eat a little and go back to playing. I do like to keep it fairly discreet, too, because yes I understand it's a distraction for other kids.[/quote]

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