Do your toddlers get morning and afternoon snacks?

[monkeybabe]

Zoe mostly plays with her snacks. I offer her the snacks so I can later tell the pediatrician that I did.

[Deleted]

Ada gets 3 meals and 1 snack. Snack varies between morning and afternoon based on her nap time which isn't consistent

[The Foozzler]

Yup, 3 meals, 2 snacks, and 1 nap here.

7:30 breakfast
9:00 snack
11:15 Lunch
12:00 nap
3:00 snack
6:00 dinner

[muppetinma]

3 meals, 2 snacks, 1 nap, no bottle. His snacks are small though. For instance, this morning, he had about 12 honey graham bunnies.

[vthokie]

Jul 25, 2013 15:49:19 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

Yup, 3 meals, 2 snacks, and 1 nap here.

7:30 breakfast
9:00 snack
11:15 Lunch
12:00 nap
3:00 snack
6:00 dinner

We're pretty close to this schedule. I try and stick with what day care does because she's there the most once I go back to work. They do breakfast, snack, lunch, nap, snack. It seems to work well for her.

And, we do a cup of milk with each meal, but she doesn't drink a ton of it most of the time

[TrudyCampbell]

We do a late morning snack before her nap and a small lunch when she wakes up. No other snacks unless we're out and about and I want to entertain her with food.

[hass2001]

I'd say Sam gets 2 snacks rather than 1 full lunch (before nap and after nap). She eats a good breakfast and dinner though.

[The Foozzler]

Jul 25, 2013 15:54:45 GMT -5 vthokie said:

Jul 25, 2013 15:49:19 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

Yup, 3 meals, 2 snacks, and 1 nap here.

7:30 breakfast
9:00 snack
11:15 Lunch
12:00 nap
3:00 snack
6:00 dinner

We're pretty close to this schedule. I try and stick with what day care does because she's there the most once I go back to work. They do breakfast, snack, lunch, nap, snack. It seems to work well for her.

And, we do a cup of milk with each meal, but she doesn't drink a ton of it most of the time

Yup, this is the toddler schedule at daycare. I want to keep it consistent this summer to make the transition back as easy as possible.

[fryjack2]

They are currently eating their once a day after their afternoon nap snack---a bunch of bunnies and a few sunflower butter and berry jam bites. Here they are. They just woke up, have matching head injuries, and bed head I told them to say hi, so they waved and looked towards our door

[SteelCity44]

Not really, though I worry that I let my kid graze. Breakfast is around 7/7:30, and sometimes that can take a half hour or more. Sometimes he wants one bowl. Sometimes 3 bowls. Sometimes there's a banana involved. He usually nods off around 10:30/11, so I feed him lunch once he gets up. Then there's the necessary 4:30/5 snack to get him out of my hair while I try to start getting dinner ready. Then he'll eat dinner with us at 6ish. So... no? Not 2 snacks, but sometimes a very big breakfast?

[biblionerd]

3 meals, 2 snacks, milk before bed.

[charlielove]

Charlotte just went to one nap this week. She gets a morning snack, afternoon snack, and three meals.

[mala]

7-8 breakfast + nursing
1230 lunch
1 nap
330-430 snack
630 dinner
745 nursing and bed

3 meals, 1 snack, 1 nap

[ruby412]

Yep!

8- breakfast
11-snack
1:30-lunch
4-snack
5:30/6-dinner

This is going to change when we switch to 1 nap next week though.

[imimahoney]

Yep, morning at 10ish and afternoon after nap with milk. Its anything from fruit to animal crackers to a nutragrain bar. There is no way he would last until meal time without them.

[imimahoney]

Jul 25, 2013 15:49:19 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

Yup, 3 meals, 2 snacks, and 1 nap here.

7:30 breakfast
9:00 snack
11:15 Lunch
12:00 nap
3:00 snack
6:00 dinner

That is our exact schedule.

[fusion]

1 nap, 3 meals, usually a morning snack. I only give her an afternoon snack if she is really freaking out and dinner is going to be longer than 30 minutes. She wakes up fairly late from her nap and dinner is around 6, so she can usually wait 1.5-2 hours and then eat a good dinner. No nursing or bottles.

[livinreality]

No set snack but if they are hungry I feed them (because you can't normally feed just one...), we average 1 snack a day but both boys are really good breakfast eaters so morning snack is not needed unless we will eat lunch late.

[thedahliharpa]

She has nursing snacks I guess. Sometimes she butts into H's snacks on the days she's home or if I really need to occupy her. When she starts school with H she will get morning and afternoon snacks. The program starts at 18mos so I guess it is normal for the age group.

[thedahliharpa]

It's hard enough right now offering variety with her restrictions for 3 meals a day..

[TrudyCampbell]

I don't think you can really over feed her. Offer her a snack and if she's hungry she will eat it, right?

[blondiesbored]

Willows schedule is something like this (depending on nap):
7:40 cup of milk
8:15 breakfast: usually an egg, whole wheat toast and some yogurt
10:30 snack: a piece of fruit, a couple goldfish or crackers, cup of water (she does not eat all of it)
12:00 lunch: cup of milk, and whatever she is having for lunch
3:00 small snack: usually just a couple crackers or a small amt of fruit or yogurt if she didn't have it in AM
5:30 supper: Whatever we are having, cup of water
7:00 a cup of milk

[Regina Philange]

I do three snacks. Too much? Crap.

Eh he is a hungry growing boy!

[imimahoney]

Ari refused to eat snacks when he isn't hungry. He will either shake his head no or just throw the damn fruit on the floor. Ughhh, it makes me so sad to see expensive organic raspberries squished in to the hardwoods.

[Regina Philange]

His snacks are small though.

[teamhayes]

We don't do set snacks but if we have a snack we offer it or if we are out we will,offer him food. He eats large meals though so. I need for snacks. No bottles. Today he had 3 pretzels so small snacks.

[AndyCohen]

I can barely get her to eat 3 full meals and 16oz milk. I do spread out her lunch over the course of a couple hours or let her graze to eat more.

[carawestt]

Lincoln gets an afternoon snack at 2:30-3.

[UnicornDog]

We do her snack right before we brush her teeth for bed and actually skipped it tonight, since she nursed from both sides after her bath instead of just one plus had late dinner.

During the day, she does not want to stop playing and eat a snack. I have tried afternoon snacks with her favorite foods, but she just threw it and whined while signing "all done." Thankfully, she usually eats good meals, so I'm not too worried.

[Deleted]

My kids have this schedule, loosely:
7am Breakfast
9am/10am snack (fruit usually)
12pm Lunch
3pm snack (not much, to leave room for dinner)
6pm Dinner