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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a follow up question for everyone since I am having a similar issue with my 4 year old.  Do to all do a bedtime snack and if so, and your kids don't eat what you gave them for dinner, how do you not make bedtime snack a full meal?

If you don't do a bedtime snack, do your kids start whining that they are hungry at bedtime if they didn't eat what you made for dinner?[/quote]

Kids are just 4 and just 2. Except for an egg allergy, kids eat what we eat. We both WOH FT and can't cook separate meals. Each night there is something on their plate they will eat. DH draws a hard-line here b/c I short-order cooked with the older kid (who does not have the allergy) and it was way too much. Kids eat what's on their plate or they can refuse, but there are no snacks. Why would a kid eat dinner if they knew they were getting a snack at bedtime? If you have a kid with eating issues or something and that's necessary than that's fine, but our kitchen closes when dinner is over. And kids start dinner with water and if they do a good job, they can have milk. No filling up on milk before food. Our kids are healthy weight, active, blah blah blah and are not picky (well, on any given day they might be, but generally not picky). DH was the initial "enforcer" of this policy when we started it. It took about a week for the message to sink in but it's been great for the past 9 months. Good luck. Just do what works for you. [/quote]

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