Do you offer unlimited snacks at the next snack time (if you give snacks)? So, like if my LO hardly touches lunch, and it's time for his usual mid-afternoon snack of yogurt or whatever, should I let him eat as much yogurt as he wants? Or should I limit him so that he'll eat at dinner?
If I limit his snack, I am probably in for a lot of tears and fun times. But it's what I'm inclined to do.... What would you do?
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I just serve the same food a couple hours later.
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@BabyTsMom: Is there a reason he ate poorly at one meal? and how old is he?
I dont give my LO extra snacks because then she will just always eat poorly and expect more snacks but she is 4 years old though which is probably much older than your LO
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I set her plate on the counter and give it to her when she asks for food later. She is 2.5.
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Depends what it is. If her snack is plain yogurt, yeah she can have a bunch. If it's goldfish or sweetened yogurt or something less healthy, I'll still only give her a normal portion. Also depends what dinner is. If she wants to eat a lot of fruit before I give her Mac and cheese for dinner, that's fine, but if snack is less healthy and dinner is more healthy, I limit and will do dinner a little early if necessary.
So in short it depends.
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DD can have as many fruits and veggies as she wants as snack, but only a regular portion of whatever else I might give. She is almost 3 so she is starting to understand that not eating= belly is hungry. I don't feel that she is deprived if I don't give her extra goldfish when she refuses her lunch.
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@Mrsbells: He's a few months into 2 yrs. Yeah, the reason is that he's being picky. Lol... I'm just curious as to what others do. What I normally do is give him a regular portion of his normal snack plus a little more if he asks, but if he asks again for more food, I'll offer something really boring like a slice of bread. Usually he'll decline and wait for dinner.
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