https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 06:04:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1108790 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:51:13 +0000 tysonja 1108790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have time to reply but I agree with what sandy said above!:) hope it works out!!:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1108702 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:11:46 +0000 sandy 1108702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's a phase but with every phase I believe it's good to not establish new undesirable habits...or else they may expect a new kind of normal. </p> <p>Just wondering if you guys eat at the table together? I've heard that's the #1 thing that helps establish better eating habits. Try to include her in the dinner conversation and make a big deal about what you are serving for dinner and talk about the food together. My LO eats better when we're all enjoying the food and we say things like "dada big broccoli" and "LO big broccoli" then we look for small items of food etc</p> <p>Have tried giving her a toy that she just gets in the car to distract during the drive home? Or giving her a non filling snack such as rice puffs/crackers. Or give ger something that would be hard for her to get a lot of during the drive home - like a tiny apple...it takes my daughter forever to eat an apple bc she can only take little bites...they has tiny apples at Trader Joes. </p> <p>I think it's normal for a toddler to be more interested in playing than sitting to eat and as their growth slows they eat leas. I think you're on the right track to limit snacking (or maybe even limit milk /juice intake since some kids drink their calories rather than eat them). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1107919 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:40:54 +0000 sweet_p 1107919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: We're in the same boat. LO is 20 months old and we can barely get her to sit in the high chair now for her meals. She prefers to run around and take bites here and there. I cut back on snacks before dinner and that seemed to help a little, but lately she's more interested in playing rather than eating :(</p> <p>We are also trying to wean her off the paci. Let me know if you have any success! LO loves hers and she's already a bad sleeper, so I'm scared to take it away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1107065 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:16:38 +0000 mediagirl 1107065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm. I don't have a good answer to this but I am curious about how people handle it. My lo has just started pushing away from her high chair when she's close to done with dinner but then wants to get on my lap and eat. I've also noticed at daycare, she gets there and immediately points at the chairs, like she wants snack time already. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1089418 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:09:30 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1089418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I think that idea might work. I'll start trying that and see if makes a difference. </p> <p>@locavore_mama: I was wondering the same thing, but your schedule is pretty much like ours, except I pick her up from daycare around 5/5:30, with dinner at 6:30. And yes, she'll freak out and throw an epic tantrum the entire 25 min drive home if we cut out the car snack. The only way to stop it is by giving her a snack or her paci (another thing we're trying to cut out -ha!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1089411 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:08:16 +0000 erwoo 1089411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually hardly do mid-morning snacks b/c we are late risers. Sometimes don't even do late afternoon snacks when my boys nap for longer. It just makes eating proper meals harder. My youngest hasn't been wanting to sit in his high chair to eat lately but I still make him do it even if it's a struggle to get him in there. He wants to eat but just doesn't want to sit b/c he doesn't want to miss out on playing. I'd say it's just a phase. For me, I just can't have one toddler sitting while the other is running around to be fed. I tried it a couple of times and it just doesn't work for me. "I" end up not eating until really late (10am for bfast and 2-3pm for lunch!) and then I get cranky too. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1089395 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:03:20 +0000 regberadaisy 1089395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: hm. what's the timing on all these?<br /> My 16m gets breakfast at home, then snack at 9am, then lunch around 11:30, snack around 2/3, snack in car around 4:30, when we get home she usually gets another small snack. Dinner at 6ish. And bedtime around 7:00/7:30.</p> <p>Just wondering if a different timing might help her not being hungry at dinner then hungry afterwards. If you cut out the car snack will she freak out? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1089392 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:01:51 +0000 looch 1089392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I know, I don't subscribe to the idea that you should let them go to bed hungry either, and when he asks for something to eat, we give him two choices...it seems to let him feel like he's in control, which is the major reason for my son's behaviour.</p> <p>eta: deconstructing the meal and offering it on a snack type tray may also work for you...again, about the control. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1089389 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:00:17 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1089389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: @autumnlove: She has a snack between breakfast and lunch, and then one after her nap at daycare. But she immediately asks for another one on the ride home. Then, she won't eat much dinner, but she wants a snack after her bath. It's kind of driving me insane. I don't want her to go to bed hungry, but I don't want her to think this is the way things are. (and it's really hard to turn her down when she says "hun-ry, peeese") </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1089387 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:59:41 +0000 looch 1089387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It might be that she eats better that way...I've had to adjust my perspective about toddler eating since my son turned 18 months old.</p> <p>I am not saying that it's got to be all snack type food, but possibly smaller meals offered more frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1089367 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:54:21 +0000 autumnlove 1089367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wonder this too. I think I'm going to try to cut out her 4:30 snack at daycare because it is too close to dinner time! Her teachers might kill me... :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-stop-the-snacking-habit#post-1089344 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:48:31 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1089344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has decided she doesn't want to sit for meals anymore. She used to sit and eat everything on her plate. Instead, she wants to snack all day. As much as we explain to her that she can only get food at certain times, I think she might be too young (20 months) to fully comprehend it. </p> <p>We have tried making her sit longer at the table, and we will only give her the leftovers from her previous meal or snack, if she says she's hungry a few minutes later. She will tell us "all done" and push her plate away, but then 10 min later, she wants a snack or says she's hungry. </p> <p>Is this just a phase or is there something else we can be doing to stop her from snacking all day? </p>