Snack help

[dizzycooks]

Funny I'd just realized I was doing more cracker snacks than I prefer to give them. *not helpful*

Maybe she needs more filling meals? Whole wheat pasta instead of regular? An extra serving of vegetables or a cheese stick on the side? Is she drinking enough water?

[momin2013]

I would definitely try increasing her meal portion sizes a bit to see if that makes a difference.

My favourite snack for DS is Babybel cheeses - non-messy, pretty healthy, and also easy to have on hand when we're out and about in case he gets hungry.

[penguingrrl]

If it's real hunger and not just bored hunger (which my kids are very susceptible to) then I would do cheese or yogurt. Something with protein and fat, which are slower burning than carbs.

[lala]

I think it's totally normal to eat snacks between meals, so unless she's hungry 5 minutes after a meal, I don't think that's the issue.

apples & almond butter, hummus w/ veggies or crackers, yogurt, celery w/ almond butter & raisins, string cheese, trail mix, cucumber slices, and of course the obvious crackers & fruit.

[gastro]

At home between meals DS can have cheese (he likes shredded cheddar), yogurt, any fruit, carrot or celery sticks, pretzels, Zbar, or homemade beef jerky. He likes celery sticks filled with cream cheese.

[abs]

DD gets a slice of turkey and fruit for an afternoon snack most days.

She can't eat dairy.

[nowa]

Trail mix with seeds if nuts are an issue, yogurt, bananas, baby carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, hummus. I my kids always have a morning and afternoon snack as do I.

[nicolewi]

Yogurt, lunch meat "roll ups" or half-sandwich, cheese. low-sugar Instant oatmeal?

[quesyrah]

The kids have a bowl of snacks they're allowed to help themselves from at any time:

Apples, bananas, oatmeal muffins, baby carrots, cheese cubes, yogurt, almonds and pretzels

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Pirates booty, banana, yogurt, beef jerky, raisins, apple sauce, protein granola bar, granola, graham crackers

[justbecause]

Veggies and a yogurt ranch dip
Avocado slices with pita
Hard boiled egg
Cheese stick and turkey pepperoni
Yogurt (we freeze it in tubes)

[lattelady5]

Can she do any nuts? We do cashews and almonds a lot. Carrots, apples, bananas and cutie oranges. Chobani makes these Greek yogurt tube things my kids loooove. Granola bars, pretzels gold fish or cheddar bunnies.

[lattelady5]

Oh yeah pita chips and humus has been a favorite lately.

[minismama]

I swear I have nightmares about snacks. Seriously can they really always be starvinnngggg??? If all of Mini's meals are eaten I will offer fruits, cucumbers, carrots. Yogurt, smoothies, pretzels, raisins. I'm the self proclaimed queen of the snack plate where I put a bunch of stuff down (some healthy, some like chips/goldfish/cookies) but that usually keeps them happy and I stick on fruit, cheese and crackers, all sorts of stuff. Otherwise she can always have another sandwich or cereal and she will usually say no which makes me think she's not so hungry.

[quesyrah]

What about smoothies?

[quesyrah]

Feb 18, 2016 22:20:33 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Feb 18, 2016 21:52:21 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

What about smoothies?

She likes them when we buy them at the mall, but the ones I make at home taste "random". 4 year olds!

OMG DS pulls that shit too.

I bought this $20 sandwich press from pampered chef to make my own uncrustables. DS refuses to eat them because they taste homemade. Wtf

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Feb 18, 2016 22:23:14 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

Feb 18, 2016 22:20:33 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

She likes them when we buy them at the mall, but the ones I make at home taste "random". 4 year olds!

OMG DS pulls that shit too.

I bought this $20 sandwich press from pampered chef to make my own uncrustables. DS refuses to eat them because they taste homemade. Wtf

Ughhhh kids man. Ds is a picky butt sometimes. I give up! I can so relate to this.

[momin2013]

Feb 18, 2016 22:20:33 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Feb 18, 2016 21:52:21 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

What about smoothies?

She likes them when we buy them at the mall, but the ones I make at home taste "random". 4 year olds!

Lol that your 4 year old calls something "random" - that's too funny!

[abs]

Feb 19, 2016 10:58:01 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Feb 19, 2016 8:27:58 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

Lol that your 4 year old calls something "random" - that's too funny!

Everything is random. "The house smells random" "my shoes are random". She has no clue what the words means, but she uses it often. She cracks me up.

DD's version of this is spicy. Spicy means anything she doesn't like.

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Feb 19, 2016 11:21:23 GMT -5 abs said:

Feb 19, 2016 10:58:01 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Everything is random. "The house smells random" "my shoes are random". She has no clue what the words means, but she uses it often. She cracks me up.

DD's version of this is spicy. Spicy means anything she doesn't like.

That's so cute! Ds calls sparkling water spicy water and always asks for it as such

[penguingrrl]

Feb 19, 2016 10:58:01 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

Feb 19, 2016 8:27:58 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

Lol that your 4 year old calls something "random" - that's too funny!

Everything is random. "The house smells random" "my shoes are random". She has no clue what the words means, but she uses it often. She cracks me up.

That was me in the 90s lol! Everything was random!