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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are trying to get your attention.  This is why working while trying to take care of kids this young doesn't work unless they have unlimited screen time.

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Kids this age will not be able to entertain themselves for long periods of time. You might get an hour, but otherwise they are going to pester you all day. How many hours a day are you working? [/quote]

They are in part time daycare. I get them back at 3… it’s not even about work, but more about the constant snacking and asking for another.[/quote]
So this is really about them coming home starving and having to wait until dinner. Kids (and adults) are naturally very hungry in the afternoon and a snack doesn't always cut it. It got to the point where I swapped the afternoon snacktime with dinnertime. Yes, I gave my kids a full [kid-sized] dinner at 4:00 with protein, vegetable, and carb. Then, at dinnertime when dh came home, I'd offer them a snack while dh ate dinner. While it's nice to eat dinner as a family, we had become a disfunctional mess trying to get the kids to wait until 6:00 to eat dinner. Dh was the one who suggested I give them dinner earlier so he didn't come home to a non-stop meltdown. Once they were in elementary school, that early meal became less important and they moved back to a more traditional family schedule.[/quote]

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